Dr. Mauricio Karchmer leaves a “campus without compassion”; inspired by YU’s values and elite education Dr. Mauricio Karchmer, an esteemed MIT computer science professor who resigned in December over the university’s pervasive, unchecked antisemitism, has found a new home: Yeshiva University. Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, welcomed Dr. Karchmer by placing […]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many local, national and global businesses continue to struggle. Aware of and dedicated to its mission of tikkun olam (repairing the world), Yeshiva University's Innovation Lab has initiated a new program that offers free support and expertise to local small businesses with the goal of helping them thrive in this challenging economic climate.
Thirty-six YU students are raising funds for critical supplies like mezuzahs, toothbrushes/pastes and OTC medications to bring with them to communities and clinics in Central America right after Shavuot.