One of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of our work at YU Global has been the scope of our impact, both within YU and in the broader community. We’ve partnered with Cardozo School of Law, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Sy Syms School of Business, and Bernard Revel School for Judaic Studies to successfully launch new master’s degrees whose innovative, asynch online format significantly expands the national and global reach of YU’s graduate schools. We’re collaborating with Undergraduate Studies to create high-quality online summer school courses, as well as a new Bachelors of Business Administration degree for YU students in Israel. YU Global is working closely with RIETS to update and modernize several courses in Practical Rabbinic Training, and with YUConnects to expand the reach and effectiveness of their matchmaker training program. And we’re very excited to be partnering with Rabbi Ari Rockoff and Dr. Shaina Trapedo to implement their amazing vision for bringing the unique Torah of YU to top students in yeshiva day schools across the country through the Gruen Fellowship Program.

In addition to our growing number of internal collaborations, YU Global is proud to be promoting the five core values of Yeshiva University across the Jewish community and beyond. We’ve joined forces with the Chief Rabbi of the UK to develop the Shalem Fellowship, an innovative Torah study program for university students in London (and now expanding to Leeds) to learn from some of YU’s top scholars and Torah teachers. We’ve developed onboarding programs for NCSY/JSU to expand their outreach work and training programs for Matan to support their work promoting inclusion of people with disabilities in Jewish organizations and communal institutions. We’re creating certificate courses in Communication Skills and AI Essentials for the University of Haifa’s International School. And this Fall we’ll be developing training programs for Jewish Family Services’ Project SARAH (Stop Abuse Relationships At Home) that will help make our community safer. Moving beyond our Jewish community, YU Global is proud to have collaborated with Hidden Light Institute on Civics250, a nationwide online civics initiative inspired by the legacy of the late Senator Joseph Lieberman, of blessed memory. And we’re thrilled to have received a grant from the federal government to develop an ‘AI Integration’ professional training program at a local high school, and a collaborative internship program with the Washington Heights Chamber of Commerce to empower graduates of that program to bring the transformative power of AI integration to local businesses.

It continues to be extremely gratifying for our team to see the many ways YU Global can expand the impact of both our Yeshiva and our University. Every course we build, every training program we design, every asynchronous module we launch carries the reach of Yeshiva University far beyond our physical campuses into libraries in London, classrooms in yeshiva day schools, small businesses in Washington Heights, and communities across the Jewish world. This is the quiet power of what we do at YU Global: we take the wisdom, scholarship, and values that have always defined Yeshiva University, and transform them into a digital format that can travel anywhere. We're not simply expanding our footprint; we're empowering learners and organizations across the world to draw on YU's knowledge and share in its mission. And we’ve only just started tapping the vast potential of YU's global reach.