Atidaynu Students Celebrate Mother’s Day Through Fragrance, Creativity, and Heartfelt Appreciation

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Some gifts are bought. Some are wrapped. Some are placed in a bag with tissue paper and a ribbon.

At the time of Matan Torah on Shavuos, klal Yisrael stood together at Har Sinai “k’ish echad b’leiv echad” – like one person with one heart. Before giving the Torah, Hashem brought the entire nation into perfect unity, teaching us that the Torah is only given when every Jew is present, every voice matters, and every individual has a unique place within klal Yisrael.

On May 3, 2026, Yeshiva University hosted Antisemitism in the United States Today: Current Social Science Research, a landmark, allday conference that brought together some of the nation’s most influential scholars to confront contemporary antisemitism through a social science lens. Cosponsored by YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, the conference set a new standard in the effort to tackle antisemitism, directly addressing urgent challenges such as online bigotry and bias on college campuses.