Ashley Hefner

2 weeks ago | yuobserver.org | Gabriella Gomperts |Emily Goldberg |Ashley Hefner

By Gabriella Gomperts, Features EditorSome women at Stern, although not obligated to daven three times a day, find comfort from davening, especially with a minyan. A subset of them have been making special efforts to daven with a minyan during the week, even when it’s inconvenient and difficult. For many, davening with a minyan significantly impacts the quality of their tefillah (prayer).

2 weeks ago | yuobserver.org | Emily Goldberg |Gabriella Gomperts |Ashley Hefner

By Emily Goldberg, Editor-in-ChiefThe mesorah (tradition) of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik surrounds the students of Yeshiva University. Not only were many of our rebbeim once students of the Rav, but professors on both the Wilf and Beren campuses have had the privilege of learning directly from his talmidim (students), and by teaching us, they continue to pass on his Torah outlook to generations of YU students.

2 weeks ago | yuobserver.org | Ashley Hefner |Gabriella Gomperts |Emily Goldberg

By Ashley Hefner, Photographer and Staff Writer120 students attended the Yeshiva University Political Action Club’s (YUPAC) annual lobbying trip to DC on Wednesday, March 26. Students went to the nation’s capital to meet with almost 40 political offices and hear from members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.