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1 month ago | 
yuobserver.org | Emily Goldberg |Racheli Jian |Gabriella Gomperts |Hadar Katsman
By Emily Goldberg, Editor-in-ChiefAfter four years at Yeshiva University, Rabbi Avrumi and Rebbetzin Michal Schonbrun will be leaving the Beren campus to serve as rosh beit midrash and rosh midrasha at Kohelet Yeshiva High School in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. During their first year as faculty at YU, the Schonbruns served as the Rabbininc Intern Couple on the Beren campus and the past three years, as Scholars in Residence.
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1 month ago | 
yuobserver.org | Racheli Jian |Emily Goldberg |Gabriella Gomperts |Hadar Katsman
By Racheli Jian, Senior Arts and Culture Editor and Layout EditorCreated in the fall 2022 semester, the Music Club is the “new kid on the block,” when it comes to clubs at Yeshiva University. Now, most people who were first time on campus (FTOC) students when the club started are current seniors or graduates.In April, a wide range of students took advantage of the unique chance to perform in one of the Music Club’s biggest events of the year: Battle of the Bands.
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1 month ago | 
yuobserver.org | Gabriella Gomperts |Emily Goldberg |Racheli Jian |Hadar Katsman
By Gabriella Gomperts, Features EditorEating disorders and body image issues are a community wide problem in the Jewish community. On April 7, the National Eating Disorders Association Club (NEDAC) hosted a discussion panel in the Sky Cafe on the Wilf campus to openly talk about these issues, yet noted that the best way to start addressing them is with our individual rhetoric, when talking about our own bodies and eating habits.
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1 month ago | 
yuobserver.org | Hadar Katsman |Emily Goldberg |Racheli Jian |Gabriella Gomperts
By Hadar Katsman, Features Editor On March 31, after a long day of classes came to an end, the lights dimmed in Koch Auditorium on the Beren campus and an audience sat silently in anticipation as a fairy godmother and her fairy godmother in training skipped up to the stage to introduce what they said would be an ‘enchanting evening.’And what an enchanting evening it was.
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1 month ago | 
yuobserver.org | Emily Goldberg |Racheli Jian |Gabriella Gomperts |Hadar Katsman
By Emily Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief“There is no one right way to make aliyah.” When speaking with the YU Observer, Chevy Charlap (SCW ‘23), a Yeshiva University alumna who moved to Israel almost two years ago, emphasized this sentiment. She was not the only one. The YU Observer interviewed four YU alumni who made aliyah to get their insight on the challenges and meaningful parts of the process.
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2 months ago | 
yuobserver.org | Shira Kramer |Emily Goldberg |Gabriella Gomperts
‘By Shira Kramer, Managing EditorOn Monday, March 24, Yeshiva University’s biggest event of the year took place on the Wilf campus: Stomp Out the Stigma (SOTS). Students and alumni packed Lamport Auditorium to listen to their peers discuss their own mental health struggles, a topic not often spoken about but extremely important to raise awareness of.
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2 months ago | 
yuobserver.org | Emily Goldberg |Gabriella Gomperts
By Emily Goldberg, Editor-in-ChiefBoom! April 15, 2013. I remember it like it was yesterday. I could be sitting in that car right now. I was 10 years old, and my father had just picked me up from school. It was a sunny spring afternoon, and we were on the main highway driving home when his phone started ringing. His colleague from the hospital that he works at was on the other line. My stomach dropped when I heard what she told him.
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2 months ago | 
yuobserver.org | Shira Kramer |Emily Goldberg |Gabriella Gomperts
By Shira Kramer, Managing EditorThe day I turned 15 and 9 months old, I made my mom drive me to everyone’s favorite place:the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). I was so excited to take my permit test and begin driving lessons. After passing the test (Baruch Hashem for that), the woman at the counter asked me to answer a series of questions on a PIN pad. One of the questions that I knew was coming was which political party I wanted to register with.
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2 months 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).
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2 months 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.
