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Researcher Michoel Rotenfeld revived a forgotten manuscript of a lost world

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I received a phone call from Patricia Salkin, provost of Touro University. As she spoke about Touro’s plans, I thought to myself that Touro must be operated by a bunch of crazy people in New York. I mean, did these academics, living in their ivory towers in New York, really think […]

Corporate CEO, Philanthropist, Torah Scholar and Touro Chairman Serves as Keynote Speaker at Commencement for Touro Universitys Lander Colleges

Corporate CEO, Philanthropist, Torah Scholar and Touro Chairman to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Commencement for Touro Universitys Lander Colleges

On Sunday evening December 4, Touro University celebrated two great historic milestones: its 50th anniversary and its ascension to complete university status as mandated by the New York State Board of Regents.

(Courtesy of Touro University) A few hundred people, online and in person, visited Touro’s Lander College for Women in Manhattan in November for a two-day Touro University conference, “Jewish Leadership in the Past Millennium.” Almost two dozen scholars and thought leaders presented over the course of the two days, exploring dimensions and examples of rabbinic, intellectual, cultural, communal, educational, political and social leadership within Judaism over the last 1,000 years. “This e...

(Courtesy of Touro University) Teaneck resident Dr.

NYS Board of Regents grants new status

The milestone of full university status in New York comes as Touro celebrates 50th anniversary. (Courtesy of Touro University) Touro College in New York State has been granted university status by the New York State Board of Regents, Dr.

The milestone of full university status in New York comes as Touro celebrates its 50th anniversary.