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Yeshiva University
| Motto |
Torah U’madda ("Torah and Wisdom") |
| Established |
1886 |
| School type |
Private |
| President |
Richard M. Joel |
| Location |
New York, New York, USA |
| Enrollment |
2,168 undergraduate, 3,191 graduate |
| Faculty |
4,714 |
| Campus |
Urban |
| Athletics |
11 (?) varsity teams |
| Homepage |
www.yu.edu |
Yeshiva University is a private Jewish university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a rabbinical school, is an affiliate of the University.
Separate undergraduate programs for men (Yeshiva College and the Sy Syms School of Business) and women (Stern College for Women and the Sy Syms School of Business) combine traditional liberal arts and sciences studies with extensive Jewish Studies programs. In 2001, undergraduate enrollment was approximately 2,600. The undergraduate programs operate according to the Modern Orthodox philosophy of Torah U'Madda - torah and secular studies.
Coeducational graduate and professional programs are offered in numerous fields including medicine, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; law, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law ; psychology, at the Ferkauff Graduate School; Social Work, at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work; Jewish studies at the Bernard Revel Graduate School; and Jewish education at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration.
Yeshiva Eitz Chayyim, a cheder -style school was founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1886. It had little secular studies in its curriculum. It merged with Yeshivas Rabbi Isaac Elchanon (founded in 1897 for high school and undergraduate level Talmudic studies) in 1915. Simultaneously, Bernard (Dov) Revel , Yeshiva's legendary first President, founded the first dual curriculum high school- the Talmudical Academy (now known as The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy-MSTA), blazing a path to what has become the norm in Orthodox Jewish circles. Yeshiva College was founded in 1928 as an expansion to stem the tide of TA graduates to secular colleges such as NYU and City College of New York. Later that year, Yeshiva moved to its current location in Washington HeightsWashington Heights affectionately known as "The Heights", is a New York City neighborhood. Located in northern Manhattan, it is named for Fort Washington, a fortification held by American troops during the American Revolution and which was captured by the. (The alternative location was in Morningside HeightsMorningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park. Streets marking its edges are 110th and 123rd Streets, Riverside Drive, and Morningside D, near the current location of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia UniversityColumbia University officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York is a private institution of higher education. It is one of the world's foremost research universities and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1754 under a royal charter.) Yeshiva attained university status in 1946, under its second President, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin . In 1970, Yeshiva revised its charter to become a secular university, reducing the status of RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary) and MSTA to "affiliate", despite vigorous student and faculty protest. In 2002, Yeshiva again broke with tradition by appointing a layman (non-ordained rabbi), Richard M. Joel , as its fourth president, again over sustained student and faculty protest, which quickly subsided upon his investiture. Yeshiva currently has over a dozen affiliated schools. Rabbi Dr. Norman LammNorman Nochum Lamm or Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm (born, 1927, Brooklyn, USA), major modern Orthodox Judaism rabbi, and Jewish communal leader. He is presently the Chancellor of Yeshiva University. Chancellor and Rosh Yeshiva of YU He was the third President of, who served as the university's third president, now serves in the dual position of Chancellor of the University and Rosh HaYeshiva (headmaster) of RIETS.
