Yeshiva University is a Jewish, private, non-profit research university located in New York, New York. It is one of the top 100 institutions for higher learning in the United States. The school offers a dual curriculum that stresses both secular learning and religious learning inspired by the Modern-Centrist-Orthodox Jewish viewpoint. Dr. Bernard Revel established Yeshiva University in 1928. Today, it is known as the most important college in the U.S. for training secular and religious Jewish leaders. It sits on 300 acres of land, and its motto is תורה ומדע or “Torah and secular knowledge.” Yeshiva University has four campuses in New York City, as well as affiliated campuses in Los Angeles and Jerusalem, Israel. The student body is mostly Jewish. Notable alumni include author Chaim Potok, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rabbi Baruch Simon, American lawyer Barbara Olson, American-Israeli mathematician Hillel Furstenberg and professor Ari L. Goldman. Its colors are blue, black and gray, its mascot is the Maccabee and its sports affiliation is NCAA Division III -- Skyline Conference. Men’s sports offered by Yeshiva University include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis, and women’s basketball, cross country, fencing, soccer, softball and tennis.
The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. More from Wikipedia...
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