Irwin Kula
By Irwin Kula
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News Memo to Yeshiva U.: No Statute of Limitations on God’s Judgment
On January 30, a federal court judge threw out the $680 million lawsuit brought against Yeshiva University by 34 former students of its high school for boys who claimed they were sexually abused in the 1970s and ’80s. The suit also pinpointed Y.U. officials, trustees, board members and faculty as responsible for a “massive cover-up”…
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Opinion Y.U. Report’s Three Paragraphs Fails To Do Justice to Abuse — or Jewish Ethics
On August 26, the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, hired by Yeshiva University to look into allegations of past abuse at the university’s High School for Boys, finally concluded its eight-month investigation and released a report detailing its findings. As one of the high school students abused in the early 1970s and as one…
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Opinion Enough Tridentine Mass Hysteria
In this day and age, Jews should not be overreacting to Pope Benedict XVI’s revision of the Good Friday prayer calling for our people “to acknowledge Jesus Christ the Savior of all men.” A very small minority of Catholics saying these words in 2008 is very different in its threat to Jews than every Catholic…
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Opinion King’s Spiritual Activism
There appear to be two kinds of faith these days in America. The first, fundamentalism, promotes coerciveness and exclusivity, encouraging polarization, impenetrable boundaries and a deep suspicion of the other. The second, a type of New Age spirituality, is largely self-concerned, mainly focusing on the individual and his or her feelings and well-being. Dr. Martin…
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