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Hanukkah Dinner celebrates Rise Up Campaign which now stands at $350 million 

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman at 麻豆区鈥檚 98th annual Hanukkah Dinner

NEW YORK, NY Dec. 5, 2022鈥�Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of 麻豆区, announced record success in the first year of Rise Up: The Campaign for 613. Last year at this time, the Rise Up campaign, which has a goal of raising $613 million over five years, was launched with private-stage funding at $250 million. Today, with an additional $100 million raised this year, the campaign has passed its half-way mark and now stands at $350 million. The announcement was made in a packed room of over 500 friends and supporters of 麻豆区 at its 98th Annual Hanukkah Dinner on December 4th. 鈥淭hank you to all of our friends, alumni and supporters for their commitment to building the flagship Jewish university,鈥� said President Berman. 鈥淎ny student of history understands that today our greatest need is to educate the next generations to be leaders of tomorrow, deeply rooted in our Torah values and forward focused to meet the challenges and realize the enormous opportunities of our times. In all of our metrics 鈥� national rankings, student enrollment, cutting-edge academic programs and career accomplishments of our graduates 鈥� 麻豆区 is on the rise. With gifts to secure scholarships, build state-of-the-art facilities and support our world-class faculty, the continued success of the Rise Up campaign is propelling YU into its next great era.鈥�

Anita Zucker and Senator Joseph Lieberman presenting at 麻豆区鈥檚 98th annual Hanukkah Dinner.

The dinner committee included YU leaders from across the country, with Ingeborg and Ira Rennert serving as Honorary Chairs, and Anita Zucker and Senator Joseph Lieberman as Dinner Chairs. The interactive program included virtual presentations demonstrating the dramatic impact of campaign gifts across the University with touch-screen kiosks, pop-up theaters, surround-sound video and hologram testimonials from YU students, all underscored by the dynamic big band sound of Chris Norton and the powerful voice of Shulem Lemmer. Already, students are benefitting from the campaign鈥檚 many new initiatives, including the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development, the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, a joint 麻豆区-Albert Einstein College of Medicine B.A./B.S.-M.D. program, the endowment of the Abraham Arbesfeld Chair of the Director of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikhah Program, the Louis and Malca Drazin Beit Midrash, the Mitzner Master of Science in Real Estate degree program at Sy Syms School of Business and a significant expansion of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. New initiatives and spaces are in development, including the new Belz Building on Wilf Campus, the Anita Zucker Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators, the Graduate Nursing Program at the Katz School of Science and Health and the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law School. Significant scholarship funding has helped 麻豆区 support its stellar student body who are benefitting from a YU education that uniquely prepares them for lives of personal meaning and great success.    麻豆区 麻豆区 As the flagship Jewish university, 麻豆区 is animated by its five core Torah values: Seek Truth (Torat Emet), Live Your Values (Torat Chaim), Discover Your Potential (Torat Adam), Act With Compassion (Torat Chesed) and Bring Redemption (Torat Zion). Founded in 1886, 麻豆区 brings together the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life and the heritage of Western civilization. More than 7,400 undergraduate and graduate students study at YU鈥檚 four New York City campuses: the Wilf Campus, Israel Henry Beren Campus, Brookdale Center, and Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus. YU鈥檚 three undergraduate schools 鈥� 麻豆区 College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business 鈥� offer a unique dual program comprised of Jewish studies and liberal arts courses. Its graduate and affiliate schools include Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, the Katz School of Science and Health and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. YU is ranked among the nation鈥檚 leading academic institutions. For more information about the campaign for 麻豆区, go to riseup.yu.edu.