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Remembering Ezra Schwartz, z”l

By Natasha Bassalian • Published: December 9, 2015 • Comment ()
Remembering Ezra Schwartz

Beneath the grey skies of Sharon, Massachusetts, hundreds of tearful mourners gathered at Temple Sinai of Sharon to commemorate the life of their dear friend Ezra Schwartz, who was eighteen years old when his life was brutally extinguished by a hateful terrorist attack in Israel. Ezra’s murder rocked the American community, igniting a pain that […]

Senator Lieberman Addresses Stern College

By Esti Hirt • Published: December 9, 2015 • Comment ()

On Wednesday evening, December 2nd, select students, faculty, and other guests braved the rainy weather and trickled in to Yagoda Commons on the Beren Campus to hear from former U.S. Senator and current Yeshiva professor, Joe Lieberman. The talk, focused on the status of the Middle East after the Iran nuclear deal, was part of […]

Buying into Sexual Assault

By Masha Shollar • Published: December 9, 2015 • Comment ()
Buying Into Sexual Assault

The holiday season is upon us, and while consumers may feel the pressure to find that perfect gift for everyone on their list, companies are facing a different sort of squeeze. In a market ever-increasing with options, how do they make sure customers will remain frequent? Thus the deluge of billboards, radio and TV ads, […]

Introducing the New Campus Couple

By Shira Krinsky • Published: December 9, 2015 • Comment ()
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As soon as it was announced at the beginning of last May that the Schwabs were going to be leaving their position as Campus Couple at the end of that semester, every Stern student wanted to know who would be taking their place this year. As the new semester began, a few Shabbatot came and […]

Drama Ensues: An Insight into the Upcoming Stern Musical

By Meira Nagel • Published: December 9, 2015 • Comment ()
Drama Insues

In case you haven’t yet seen one of the many emails sent out by various members of the Stern College Dramatics Society (SCDS), the fall musical is almost here. SCDS is going to be performing The Great All American Disaster Musical, a hilarious, fast-paced comedy, written by playwright Tim Kelly. Jordyn Kaufman, the director of […]

Hacks for the Stressed Stern Girl

By Meira Nagel • Published: November 16, 2015 • Comment ()
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As a senior this year, I feel as though it is my duty to pass on some words of advice for every student who feels as though they are floundering in the world that is Stern. I get it—I’ve been there. So much work, caf card running low, can’t get any studying done in the […]

YU Kumztiz Takes Over Times Square

By Ruthie Klein • Published: November 16, 2015 • Comment ()
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Bright lights, loud noise, many people—those are descriptions of Times Square on a typical night. But on Sunday night, November 1st, every single one of those things was intensified. The Sunday night kumztiz for Israel in Times Square was led by student Aryeh Tiefenbrunn and the Y-Studs. Jews and non-Jews from around the world danced, […]

The 2016 Presidential Race: Sparknotes Version

By Masha Shollar, Meira Nagel • Published: November 16, 2015 • Comment ()
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I’m sure this situation has happened to you: There’s a heated debate happening ‘round the Shabbos table about politics and the election campaign. A few names sound familiar, but you can’t help thinking, “How do all these people know all this random information? Don’t they have jobs? Do they ever sleep?” Keeping up to date […]

Jew in the City Comes to Beren Unite Shabbaton

By Masha Shollar • Published: November 16, 2015 • Comment ()
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Josephs laughs as she recalls the matzah pizza she and her sisters constructed during Pesach, made entirely from premium kosher ingredients, and topped with pepperoni. Once, while sliding her creation into the oven, her mother entered the kitchen. “Allison!” she cried out in horror, “put the tinfoil down!” Josephs says that while she was engendered […]

President Joel: “The Academic Squeezing is Done”

By Observer Staff • Published: October 23, 2015 • Comment ()

After the Town Hall meeting at Stern College this past Wednesday, it seems like things are looking up for Yeshiva University. In his opening remarks to the audience, President Richard Joel announced several new programs taking shape at YU within the next year. After a long period of construction and limited accessibility, renovations on the […]