Yeshiva Administrators Silence Student Publications
By Commentator Staff
According to senior security officials at Stern College for Women, Jeffery Socol, Director of Facilities Management, instructed his staff to remove copies of The Commentator and The Observer from distribution centers located throughout the Midtown Campus. The removal of the papers coincides with Stern College's Open House for potential admissions candidates.Click for full story

Syms Dean, Nierenberg Announces Retirement
By Jason Cyrulnik
Dean of Yeshiva's Sy Syms School of Business, Dr. Harold Nierenberg, last week announced his retirement, effective this coming August. Citing the verse from Ecclesiastes, Nierenberg explained that "for everything there is a time," and the soon-to-be seventy-five-year-old Dean feels the time has come to end an eight-year tenure at Yeshiva University.Click for full story

Netanyahu Delivers Series of Lectures to Yeshiva Undergraduates
By Pinchas Shapiro
On November 17th, Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a capacity crowd in Yeshiva's Lamport Auditorium. The evening lecture served as the centerpiece in a series of appearances made by the former prime minister over a five week span. Netanyahu delivered the lecture Wednesday evening after spending the afternoon with honors students from Stern College for Women. Click for full story

New Ownership for Grandma's Cookie Jar
by Matt Krieger
Grandma's Cookie Jar, a symbol of the Yeshiva University campus, has been acquired by new owners. Brothers Daniel and Steven Brody, originally from Miami, bought the venerable institution approximately a month ago. The new owners are both Yeshiva graduates, Steven having matriculated in 1987 and Daniel in 1995. The brothers recognized the growth potential of the Washington Heights bakery, and soon thereafter became first time players in the food industry game. Before purchasing Grandma's, the Brody's worked in the shop for a few weeks, learning the ancient recipes and vowing "not to change one thing in the mouth-watering cookies and muffins." Click for full story

Hebrew Exemption Exams Terminated
by Bryan Kinzbrunner
The Jewish Studies Faculty has decided to stop administering the Hebrew and Jewish History exemption tests to students of Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business. Their decision will take affect after the Spring Semester of 1999-2000. In a corollary decision, the faculty ruled that the Yerushalmi, a Hebrew exam offered by the World Zionist Organization, may not be taken after a student's sophomore year. Previously, early admissions freshmen could postpone taking their exams until they were Juniors, after they returned from their year in Israel. Click for full story

Barak Declines Invitation to Hanukkah Dinner, Pataki to Keynote Fundraising Event
by Commentator Staff
Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak has chosen to decline an invitation to receive an honorary degree and present the keynote address at the reception following the Yeshiva University Seventy-Fifth Annual Hanukkah Convocation in mid-December.Click for full story