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New Touro business school taps a founding dean

Touro University President Dr. Alan Kadish announced on Monday the launch of a new integrated School of Business, bridging the university’s undergraduate and graduate business programming. Dr. … more

8/13/26

Touro University commencement at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on May 31.

Joy at Lincoln Center as Touro graduates 500

More than 500 graduates received degrees during Touro University’s 52nd annual commencement ceremony on May 31 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The ceremony honored graduates of the … more

6/24/26

Touro University's four Valedictorians. From Left to Right: Moshe Ostreicher: Touro Lander College, Men. Valedictorian Nini Schulman: Touro Lander College, Women. Valedictorian Batya Zitron: Touro Arts & Sciences Women. Valedictorian: Joseph Levy: Touro Arts & Sciences Men

Cedarhurst pre-med a Touro valedictorian

Moshe Ostreicher, of Cedarhurst, has been named the 2026 valedictorian of Touro University’s Lander College for Men. An honors biology major, he plans to apply to medical school in the … more

5/20/26

Rawan Osman addresses a meeting of the Global Women’s Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War, at the Knesset on May 20, 2024.

How Hezbollah ally learned to love Jewish state

Rawan Osman says she grew up believing Jews were the enemy. Born in Damascus to a Syrian father and Lebanese mother and raised in Lebanon, Osman described an upbringing shaped by what she called … more

For The Jewish Star | 4/22/26

Responsa of the Rivash, the Spanish rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (1326-1408). Soncino, 1546-47, which was part of a Sotheby 2019 sale.

‘Every community has its unsung heroes. For the Jewish community, that person is Mark Goldfeder.’

Ten minutes into a conversation with JNS, Mark Goldfeder, director of the nonprofit National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), offered a tip on how to title this article. … more

By Menachem Wecker, JNS | 2/11/26

From left: Dr. Marian Stoltz Loike, Dean of Touro’s Lander College for Women; Rabbi Moshe Krupka, Touro Executive VP; at podium, Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish; Dr. Stanley Boylan, VP for Undergraduate Education; Rep. Ritchie Torres; and Dr. Robert Goldschmidt, Dean of Touro’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences.

Be grateful, Torres tells 600 Touro University grads

Touro University graduated nearly 600 students last Sunday at the 51st Annual Commencement Exercises, held at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat who is a … more

5/28/25

Rachel Hanan, valedictorian, Touro’s Lander College for Women.

Touro University salutes its 4 valedictorians

Four stellar students were selected as valedictorians and will be the student speakers at the 51st annual commencement of Touro University’s Lander Colleges on May 25 at Lincoln Center. They … more

5/14/25

Alan Kadish, president of Touro University.

Growing Touro puts first US podiatry school behind its shield vs. academic antisemitism

Touro University has officially absorbed the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, the first college of podiatry in the United States. … more

2/20/25

Pre-dental student Adam Commer, who transferred from Rutgers University, in the lab at Touro University’s Flatbush campus.

Touro enrollment surges as pandemic of campus antisemitism spreads

As pro-Hamas protests and anti-Jewish offenses continue to erupt on American campuses, Touro University is welcoming a record high number of students for the fall 2024 semester. Touro’s … more

9/18/24

Creating identity crises amid reality of fluidity

Let’s revisit identity politics again, shall we? America’s melting pot long ago stopped simmering. The menu of what constitutes Americana now features a dizzying array … more

By Thane Rosenbaum | 8/7/24