Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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DEDICATION J HE dream is resolved into action . . . The long years of planning materialize . . . and Yeshiva University is finally born . . . The product of the work, the foresight, and the cooperation of the celebrants above who are principally responsible for the realization of this pipe dream of American Jewry ... for the transferrance of the ideal of a Yeshiva University from the realm of idea to the blueprint of existence . . . Another bastion has been added to the citadel of American Jewry . . . 2

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MA SMI D NANT FROM DISASTER THERE BRAND WW GLIMMER OF OUR ANCIENT LIGHT 114 A WORLD OF RUINS hsiriid, Of. M Biaitk i SS YESHIVA UNIVERSITY JUNE, 1946

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' sIJURS is a century of great events, of mighty political upheavals, of catastrophic global wars. Revolutions, which formerly took many dec- ades to crystallize, now rise, flourish, and perish within a few years. Our age has witnessed the zenith of scientific progress — and the nadir of human misery. We, the Jewish people, have been the greatest sufferers, but our faith is grounded in a hope that is deeper and more lasting than all suffering. Our burden of misfortune has spurred us to vigorous action, and in the physical sphere at least, we have partly countered the terrible consequences of Nazism by rebuilding Eretz Yisroel. Our eyes have seen momentous changes not only in the realm of politics, but also quite as significant revolutions in the scientific and intel- lectual worlds. Every way of life that hopes to remain essentially pure and unweakened in the presence of such imposing forces must forge its weapons to attack the intellectual problems of our age. Yeshiva Univer- sity is our answer to the spiritual challenge of this generation. A new mantle of glory has fallen upon the Yeshiva. Mighty indeed are the tasks which face Yeshiva University, but they are being met with courage and vision. Already a graduate school for studies in Jewish philos- ophy, history, and sociology is being formed. There is envisioned the in- clusion of a medical school and a law school in our University. Truly a glorious future lies ahead. To you, Yeshiva University, the champion of the sacred and the eternal in a clanging world of brutal bigotry and spurious ideals, we ded- icate this Masmid.