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==Campuses== The university's main campus, Wilf Campus, is located in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] neighborhood of upper Manhattan. Yeshiva University's main office is located within the Wilf Campus, at 500 185th St.<ref name=campusmap>{{cite web |url=http://www.yu.edu/images/campusmap.pdf |title=Yeshiva University Campus Map |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205143121/http://www.yu.edu/images/campusmap.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A 1928 plan to build a spacious [[Moorish Revival]] campus around several gardens and courtyards was canceled by the [[Great Depression]] of 1929 after only one building had been erected. Building continued after the Depression in modern style and by the acquisition of existing neighborhood buildings.<ref name=Appelbaum>{{Cite journal |title=Building Bust β The Unbuilt Synagogues of the Great Depression |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/13951/building-bust |journal=Tablet Magazine |date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> Since it was founded in 1886, Yeshiva University has expanded to comprise some twenty colleges, schools, affiliates, centers, and institutions, with several affiliated hospitals and healthcare institutions. It has campuses and facilities in [[Manhattan]] ([[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]], [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], [[Greenwich Village]]), [[the Bronx]], [[Queens]], and Israel. The [[Yeshiva University Museum]] is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Founded in 1973, Yeshiva University Museum is AAMG accredited and aims to provide a window into Jewish culture around the world and throughout history through multi-disciplinary exhibitions and publications. The university's building in [[Jerusalem]], in the [[Bayit VeGan]] neighborhood, contains a branch of the rabbinical seminary and an office coordinating the [[S. Daniel Abraham]] Israel Program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yu.edu/jip/index.aspx |title=S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program Home Page |access-date=September 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531063922/http://www.yu.edu/jip/index.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Under the latter, first year students studying in selected Israeli Yeshivot are considered YU undergraduates. <gallery mode=packed heights=90> File:Zysman yeshiva college.jpg|David H. Zysman Hall, on Yeshiva's Wilf Campus, is home to the former main [[beit midrash]] ([[Torah study]] hall) File:Stern College for Women - Yeshiva University (51878226726).jpg|245 Lexington Avenue is the campus hub for the Stern College for Women File:Zysman Hall jeh.jpg|David H. Zysman Hall, on the Wilf Campus File:Yeshiva University Gottesman Library.jpg|Gottesman Library File:Yeshiva University Belter Hall.jpg|Belter Hall File:Yeshiva University Schottenstein Center.jpg|Schottenstein Center </gallery>
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