Volume 67, Issue 4

Stanton Identifies Dr. Baruch Brody as Serious Presidential Candidate
Reorganizes Search Process to Expedite Decision
by Yehoshua Levine and Zack Streit

Chairman of the Yeshiva University Board of Trustees Ronald P. Stanton has confirmed that Dr. Baruch A. Brody of Houston, Texas is being strongly considered to succeed Dr. Norman Lamm as Yeshiva President. Dr. Brody, who is Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, has already met with various Trustees and will, within the next few weeks, meet with administrators and students as well. According to Yeshiva insiders, in fact, although Azrieli Dean Dr. David Schnall is still under consideration, Dr. Brody is the clear favorite for the position.

Yeshiva’s Recent Middle States Accreditation Praises, but Exposes Heavy Criticism
by Kevin Cyrulnik

The renowned Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, whose commissions evaluate universities and schools nationwide every ten years, recently issued a comprehensive report declaring Yeshiva a “special and abundantly rich nature[d] University.”  After observing Yeshiva’s students, faculty, and staff for a 3-day period, the team ultimately praised the University and its ideals.  Underlying the acclaim, however, they criticized the administration for its “penurious approach to the funding of the University’s undergraduate programs,” attributing virtually all culpability to Yeshiva’s Vice President for Business Affairs.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg To Receive Honorary Degree At 78th Annual Hanukkah Dinner
Four Communal Leaders Among the Honorees
by Jeremy Mazurek 

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been invited to deliver the keynote address at the Seventy-Eighth Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on December 8th.  The Mayor, Betty Feinberg, Charles Kushner, Barry A. Shenkman, and Elliot K. Wolk are also slated to receive honorary doctoral degrees, and Ronald P. Stanton will be officially installed as Chairman of Yeshiva's Board of Trustees.

A New Hope for Agunot
by Eli Feldblum

Several months ago, a number of Jewish college students attended a rally.  They protested vigilantly, brandished critically worded posters, recited Psalms and echoed endless chants.  Unlike many previous rallies, which often feature pro-Israel demonstrations in front of a public square or embassy, the building assailed this time was not the United Nations, the Palestinian or French embassy, or an anti-Semitic/Israel/Zionist college campus.  It was an innocent company that happened to employ Ira Goodman.*

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