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In his book, To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks encourages us to act on our inherent duty to care for others. Until we eradicate hunger, poverty, and curable diseases, we have work to accomplish. As long as discord reigns between nations, hatred exists amongst men
At Yeshiva University, Rabbi Sacks served as an inspiration for us to create two distinctive groups of graduate scholars: the Sacks Research Scholars and the Sacks Impact Scholars. These were established following the successful Sacks Scholars Graduate Fellowship from the previous year.
The Sacks Research Scholars fellowship aims to enhance the professional abilities and broaden the leadership capabilities of graduate students from Azrieli, GPATS, Revel and RIETS. This is achieved through studying, researching, publishing, and teaching the thoughts of Rabbi Sacks, whilst engaging with modern Jewish concepts.
In the book Future Tense, the author articulates the need for a new generation of Jews to engage in a dialogue between religious and worldly matters for the successful application of Torah in today's world. The emphasis is on understanding the world so that Judaism can effectively tackle the challenges posed by it.
We are thrilled to announce this year's impressive cohort of Sacks Research Scholars 2023-2024:
Rabbi Tzvi Benoff is a third-year fellow in the Wexner Kollel Elyon/Kollel L Horaah and serves as the Assistant Rabbi at the Riverdale Jewish Center. He holds a MA in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University.
Tamar Yastrab Koslowe is a second-year student in GPATS and in Nishmat's Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program.
She earned a BS in computer science from Stern College and worked on a risk management team at JP Morgan.
Neti Linzer Penstein is a second-year student in GPATS, while pursuing her MA in Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School.
She earned a BA in philosophy from Princeton University and was a teaching fellow at Maayanot and Maimonides high schools
Asher Willner (RIETS) is a third-year student in RIETS and serves as Rabbinic Intern at the Young Israel of the West Side.
He earned a BS in computer science from Columbia University, where he taught a weekly Talmud class.
Alisa Zeffren is a doctoral candidate at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration.
She teaches Jewish studies at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, where she is also the Student Activities Director.
The cohort will meet bi-monthly to workshop their research, writing and teaching projects, and will join the Sacks Impact Scholars in leadership training sessions.
The Sacks Impact Scholars fellowship is an interdisciplinary cohort comprised of graduate students from Cardozo School of Law, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Katz School of Science and Health, Sy Syms School of Business, and Wurzweiler School of Social Work.
In the spirit of Rabbi Sacks charge, We are here to make a difference, to mend the fractures of the world, Yeshiva University welcomes these scholars who are making a dent in the universe:
Megan Priaulx (Cardozo) will contribute to the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice's legal research, case investigation and social advocacy on behalf of individuals seeking relief from wrongful convictions.
Shira Levy (Ferkauf) will work with asylum seeking high school students in a mental health support group to share, address and heal from the traumas of their asylum journeys.
Ann Squicciarini (Fish) will create interfaith Holocaust programming, resources and curricula to expose communities with lesser ties to people of the Jewish faith to the history that set the stage for the antisemitic rhetoric and sentiments that fueled the rise of Nazi Germany's Final Solution.
Thota Manish Kumar (Katz), using artificial intelligence, will train a model that can recognize and teach course content, answer questions, and provide interactions with audiences to improve the learning experience and student engagement in online courses.
Michelle Borde and Eitan Kastner (Syms) will develop a 2-sided marketplace software platform for the hiring of adjuncts in higher education. They will also continue to build YU's relationship with IRS VITA [Volunteer Income Tax Assistance] program to assist local low-income residents with their tax preparation.
This diverse cohort will collectively participate in monthly leadership training seminars and individually contribute to impact projects in their respective schools.
Dr. Shira Weiss, Assistant Director of the Sacks-Herenstein Center and Dr. Erica Brown, the Center's Director, will be working closely with all of the scholars in both cohorts.
To fill a critical need for affordable, English-language mental health services in Israel, Yeshiva University,together with Amudim Israel, will open the Jerusalem Therapy Center in September 2022.
Providing professional care for English speakers, gap-year students and Israelis,the Center will offer mental health counseling that has become ever more important during prolonged lockdowns and affiliated stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
The Center will be run as a partnership between the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Amudim Israel, a social services organization serving individuals and families impacted by trauma, addiction and other complex mental health-related issues.
Staffed by Wurzweiler graduate students, recent graduates and other professionals who specialize in a variety of modalities and concentrations such as addiction, anxiety and trauma, the Center will address the pressing mental health needs of English-speaking immigrants, from those suffering psychologically from the pandemic to gap-year students away from home for the first time and new immigrants struggling to adjust to life in Israel.
Wurzweiler is unique in its ability to both educate the next generation of mental health professionals and provide much-needed and high-level services to our community in Israel, said Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president for academic affairs.
 This is an exceptional opportunity to connect to the University's larger mission of serving the needs of those living in Israel. As a world-renowned institution, YU is proud to provide exceptional training, support, and expertise to the people of Israel.
Gap-year students come to Israel to study for a year fresh out of high school and will be a key focus for the Center.
These students are away from their families and familiar support systems, often for the first time, and are not usually covered for mental health counseling by the tourist/temporary health insurance. The Center will provide vital, affordable, quality mental health care to this vulnerable population.
For many in Israel's English-speaking community, dealing with mental health issues can be difficult, complicated and confusing.
Diagnosis and treatment can be trying under the best of circumstances, and locating appropriate English-speaking practitioners can add layers of complexity, while navigating and understanding the mental health services offered through the health system can be challenging.
Recognizing the challenges faced by English-speakers in Israel, in May, Wurzweiler co-sponsored a Mental Health Expo in Jerusalem, which drew over 1,500 participants.
The large turnout was just one of many catalysts for opening the Jerusalem Therapy Center.
Our community is in real need of mental health services, said Nechama Munk, senior program director of Wurzweiler in Israel. 
 One of our basic values is to help those in need, and the Therapy Center will be here to offer relief and hope. Getting good, affordable treatment is challenging for all Israelis, and even more so when your mother tongue isn t Hebrew.
And good mental health services have never been more necessary.
Studies have shown that anxiety and depression have increased by 25% since the onset of the pandemic, a wake-up call to countries around the world to step up mental health services and support.
And while Munk says that COVID did not create new mental health issues, it exacerbated existing difficulties.
As he wrote in Future Tense: If we are to apply Torah to the world, we must understand the world. We need a new generation of Jews committed to the dialogue between sacred and secular if Judaism is to engage with the world and its challenges. ť
The Center will also serve other often over-looked demographics, who may suffer alone with mental health challenges, such as soldiers struggling with PTSD and those who, in making aliya, find the financial, cultural and psychological stress overwhelming.
In addition, the Jerusalem Therapy Center will provide training and enrichment seminars for gap-year administrators, educators, directors and therapists, giving them the tools they need to gain new skills and properly guide students who may be struggling.
At a recent presentation at the prestigious International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Tokyo, Dr. Marian Gidea, association dean for STEM research and director of graduate mathematics
at the Katz School, revealed the results of a simplified mathematical model demonstrating that oscillating steel beams made of piezoelectric materials produce more energy when their motion is regular.
The research, Energy Growth, Dissipation, and Control in Hamiltonian Systems, is supported by a three-year $300,000 National Science Foundation grant, which was awarded in July to investigate dynamical systems, including applications to energy harvesting, celestial mechanics and space mission design. 
Piezo is the Greek root for pressure or push, and piezoelectric describes a property of special solid materials that can convert energy from an applied pressure into an electrical charge.
The computer model was developed in collaboration with Tamar Leiser, who wrote her honor's thesis on the subject as a student at YU's Stern School for Women, and Katz School Mathematics Ph.D. student Samuel Akingbade, as well as research collaborators from Georgia Tech and Polytechnic University of Catalunya.
The researchers created a framework in which two steel beams are hooked up to a capacitor and suspended over magnets. When the vibration of the beams is stronger than the mechanical friction, electricity is produced and stored in the capacitor.
What we discovered to our surprise is that the answer we got was the one we should have expected, said Dr. Gidea.
 The beams that keep moving in a regular fashion, a periodic motion, going back and forth, accumulate more energy in comparison with the ones that move chaotically ”that is, without any pattern.
Energy harvesting devices, which produce electrical charges through external vibrations, can be attached to skyscrapers, trains or bridges and provide a source of unlimited renewable energy.
Piezoelectric energy harvesting is also the preferred method for use with wearable devices since it is the most capable of producing the power needed at a small scale.
energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties.The steel beams in the Katz School model were coated with ceramic, the preferred material for this type of energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties.
The steel beams in the Katz School model were coated with ceramic, the preferred material for this type of energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties.The use of piezoelectricity stands to reduce, or even eliminate, the need for frequent charging of devices and batteries. Consumers would no longer be burdened with having to be near an electrical outlet, which would in turn conserve electricity.
This may be a critical advance for healthcare since these devices can be implanted in pacemakers to stimulate the heart, said Dr. Gidea.
The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is the law school of Yeshiva University. Located in New York City and founded in 1976, the school is named for Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. Cardozo graduated its first class in 1979.
An LL.M. program was established in 1998. Cardozo is nondenominational and has a secular curriculum, in contrast to some of YU's undergraduate programs.
Around 320 students begin the J.D. program per year, of whom about 57% are women.
In addition, there are about 60-70 LL.M. students each year. Cardozo was ranked 52nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2023, but 69th in 2024 due in part to various changes USNWR's calculation of rank.
For the class entering in 2022, Cardozo accepted 33.80% of applicants, with 27.12% of those accepted enrolling, the average enrollee having a 164 LSAT score and 3.76 undergraduate GPA.
Cardozo is home to academic centers including the FAME Center for fashion, arts, media & entertainment; the Innocence Project; the Florsheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy; the Data Law Initiative;
the Blockchain Project; Cardozo/Google Patent Diversity Project; the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights; and the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance.
Cardozo's faculty are notably productive in their scholarship. They were ranked 15th most prolific faculty in 1996, when the School of Law was only twenty years old.
Ten years later the faculty had the 31st most SSRN downloads, and it is ranked 33rd in scholarly impact (as of 2021).
Highly cited faculty members include Professors Myriam Gilles, Michael Herz, Peter Markowitz, Alexander Reinert, Anthony Sebok, Stewart Sterk and Edward Zelinsky.
Cardozo's faculty were also the most productive per capita for articles in top journals from 1993 to 2012, for law schools outside of U.S. News & World Report Top 50 law schools.
Cardozo is noted for its focus on clinical teaching and practical experience. As part of the fulfillment of the J.D. requirements, students may choose to participate in clinics housed within the school, taking on legal work under faculty supervision.
The clinics provide pro bono services to clients across a range of areas of legal practice, including both civil and criminal cases.
Many clinics serve individual clients, while other clinics take on class action lawsuits. They include the Civil Rights Clinic; Bet Tzedek (focused on representing elderly and disabled people); Filmmakers Legal Clinic; Immigration Justice Clinic; the
Innocence Project; Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic; and Tech Startup Clinic, among others.Perhaps the best known is the Innocence Project, run by Professor Barry Scheck, which has used DNA profiling to help free dozens of innocent people from prison. The project's work has been instrumental in a number of high-profile cases.
Cardozo has seven faculty members who have clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and Cardozo has had two graduates chosen to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court: Sara J. Klein 05 (for Justice John Paul Stevens) and Cliff Elgarten 79 (for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.). In 1999 Cardozo became a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor society for law scholars.
Cardozo was the second U.S. law school to secure an invitation to The European Law Moot Court Competition, and the first American law school to be invited twice consecutively. Many of Cardozo's 12,000 alumni reside in the New York metropolitan area, while many pursue their careers internationally and can be found across the country.
U.S. News ranked Cardozo 52nd out of 196 law schools in the country in 2022 (5th of 15 law schools in New York State). Cardozo's LL.M./Master of Laws program was ranked tenth by American Universities Admission Program in 2012. Cardozo ranked high in US News law specialties in Dispute Resolution (4th) and Intellectual Property Law (8th) as of the 2023 rankings.
It has also been ranked in the top ten for its Music Law program. Cardozo got A-grades in several areas according to National Jurist's preLaw Magazine in 2018, including Tax Law, International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution,and Business Law.[26] PreLaw Magazine also ranked Cardozo highly in Government and Public Defender/Prosecutor specializations (11th).
Bar examination passage rates graduates who took the New York bar exam for the first time in 2022, 84.7% passed (as compared to the state pass rate of 82.7%).
In 2022, 83.5% of the law school's first-time test takers passed the bar exam.Among the 349 who graduated in 2020, 95.6% of those who sat for the bar (336) passed within two years. Of the 261 graduates who took the New York bar courses offered to J.D. students. The LL.M. program may be entered in the Spring Term or in the Fall Term.
While most Cardozo students begin their legal studies in August, some students begin in May.May-entry students take their first-year courses over three semesters - summer, fall, and spring, and then attend their fall and spring first-year classes with fall-entry students.
For those who already have a law degree, Cardozo offers LL.M. degrees in General Studies, Comparative Legal Thought, Dispute Resolution and Advocacy, and Intellectual Property.LL.M. students can take almost any of the
According to Cardozo's ABA-required disclosures, 81% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment within ten months of graduating.Of the Class of 2018, 87% obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment within ten months. The law school ranks 25th in the United States for 
Gold Standard jobs (full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage that are not funded by the school). It is 37th in the percentage of graduates hired by the 100 largest firms.
The cost of tuition and fees at Cardozo for the 2021 “22 academic year was $68,462.
The Law School Transparency estimated non-discounted, debt-financed cost of attendance (including living expenses) for three years is $323,858.
Located on lower Fifth Avenue at the corner of 12th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, Cardozo's urban campus is in a 19-story building, known as the Brookdale Center. A multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan took place in 2006. 
The addition of more space at the Brookdale Center also allowed for a larger and significantly enhanced library, new offices and clinic spaces, as well as a new and larger lobby, moot court room, and ground-floor seminar room.
In addition, older classrooms were renovated. In fall 2006, the Greenberg Center for Student Life, given in honor of former Dean David Rudenstine, opened. This addition to Cardozo included a new student lounge and a caf© on the third floor. 
Also completed were several new seminar rooms, internal stairways between floors, and added windows.
The Innocence Project moved from the 11th floor of Brookdale Center to a new office space. The move allowed the Innocence Project to hire more staff and significantly increase the number of cases it takes.
Both the Fogelman Library and the Cooper Union library serve as Cardozo's secondary libraries when the main library is closed on the Sabbath or on holidays.
Students in the JD program publish several law journals: Cardozo Law Review; Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal; Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review; Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution; and Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice.
Cardozo Law Review was established in 1979, the first year of the School of Law's existence. The journal was cited 75 times in court cases in 2017 “21, making it fourth most-cited among American law journals (after Harvard Law Review, California Law Review and Yale Law Review).
By journal citations, it ranks 29th, according to Washington & Lee Law School's database. Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal was ranked first in journal cites in the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law category in 2006 (second in Scholarly Impact and third in Cites by Courts).
Ari Berman President of Yeshiva University has announced the launch of Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University an ambitious comprehensive campaign that will fund scholarships facilities and faculty programs to position the University for continued success.The campaign launched on December plans to raise million over the next five years to ensure student success in a changing world
This will come through investments in YU four areas of strategic focus values and leadership science and tech entrepreneurship and innovation and great jobs and impactful careers.
Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University has already raised more than million since its quiet phase began in fiscal year
Under Berman helm fundraising for the University has significantly increased from about million annually in to million in The Torah teaches ways to honor God show respect for others and build an ethical flourishing society
Raising million for scholarships faculty and facilities reflects our core Torah values and meets our needs for the future.Committed to academic excellence and geared to empower our students to be the leaders of tomorrow the flagship Jewish university is on the rise Berman said Now is the time to rise up and become a partner in the future.The commitments already made during the campaign quiet phase demonstrate tremendous confidence in Yeshiva University future and have made an impact through a number of new initiatives
These include Values and Leadership Scholarships for the next generation of Jewish educators at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
The establishment and development of the Emil A and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies which trains both school and university educators in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and offers graduate programs in the discipline
The launch of the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Center for Values and Leadership founded by Terri and Andrew Herenstein dedicated to the dissemination of core Torah values and the education of tomorrow leaders through Rabbi Sacks teachings and life lessons
Establishment of new undergraduate scholarships including the President Leadership Scholars which will educate the Jewish communal leaders of the future
Great Jobs and Impactful Careers.The establishment of the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development that is based on best practices in the field of student success
Expanded undergraduate career preparation experiences including undergraduate student trips to Israel and internships at some of Israel most dynamic companies
The launch of the Mitzner Master of Science in Real Estate degree program at Sy Syms School of Business where students master essential concepts in the real estate industry and access YU extensive alumni network of real estate professionals
Much of the success of the quiet phase has been due to the leadership of the Campaign Planning Committee co chaired by Sen Joseph Lieberman and Anita Zucker
The Campaign Cabinet includes Elliot Gibber Billy Greenblatt Andrew Herenstein Lance Hirt Ira Mitzner Ann Pava and Mark Wilf
We are thrilled by our donors support during the quiet phase of this campaign and expect the public phase will produce similarly inspiring results said Anita Zucker
We are eager to see what possible when we come together in support of the next generation of leaders
In recent years we have seen more than ever the need for leaders with a broad based education and a foundation of solid values said Sen Lieberman
Yeshiva University provides a unique education that does just that.This campaign will improve our capacity to fulfill that special mission and broaden our reach as well
Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University is being launched during a time of great achievement.The University rose places from to over two years in the U News World Report rankings and was ranked in the report best value category
Over the past four years YU has launched more than new programs including an associate degree in liberal arts bachelor programs in business analytics finance marketing and strategy and entrepreneurship and master degrees in Holocaust studies cybersecurity and physician assistant studies
Over that same period the University grew graduate school net tuition by more than