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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Professor Denounced For Criticizing Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
A professor at Yeshiva University is being denounced for signing a statement criticizing President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Jess Olson was one of more than 170 Jewish Studies professors across the country who signed a petition earlier this month expressing dismay at Trump’s move. The petition states that the announcement that…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Students To Be Fined $150 For Skipping Prayers
(JTA) — Male students who violate the rules of a coed shabbaton at Yeshiva University will now be fined $150. The Office of Student Life at the flagship institution of Modern Orthodoxy instituted the fine for violations of the rules that the male students sign in an agreement before the start of the shabbaton, a…
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Life Yeshiva University Democrats Find Their Voice — On Conservative Campus
Until Donald Trump’s election one year ago, less than eight students at Yeshiva University would attend the events organized by the school’s Democrats club. Little did they know that just a couple of months after November 8, the club would grow significantly, reaching its peak of 50 active members this year. Matthew Haller, 20, and…
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Fast Forward Founding Rabbi Retires From Yeshiva That Trains Female Religious Judges
A prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi is retiring from the Israeli religious school network he founded that broke new ground in the religious education of Jewish women. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin is stepping down as chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone network, which he founded when he moved to Israel in 1983. Riskin, 77, will be replaced…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University To Provide Free Tampons And Pads To Students
Over 85% of women have started their period unexpectedly while in public without any feminine hygiene products on hand — and thanks to recent student activism, students at Yeshiva University will no longer have to worry about dealing with such a dilemma on campus. YU student Yardena Katz wrote in February for the campus newspaper…
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News Why Would An Anti-Gay Church Picket Yeshiva University?
Why did protestors from Westboro Baptist Church choose to target Yeshiva University for a placard-waving protest? Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, put it simply: “That’s where the Jews are.” It was an ironic moment. The church earned notoriety as a hate group because it usually targets gays and lesbians, not Jews,…
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Community WATCH: In An Unexpected Twist, Westboro Baptist Church Spurs Fundraiser For Jewish Queer Youth
A 38-minute visit of five members of the Westboro Baptist Church three blocks south of Yeshiva University stimulated a discussion on LGBTQ issues within the school’s community, resulting in hundreds of dollars being donated to an organization for Jewish queer youth at risk. The hate group, which targets Jews and LGBTQ people altogether, announced in…
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Fast Forward WATCH: To Tune of Hava Nagila, Westboro Baptist Church Says Jews Must Repent For Killing Jesus
The five women from the Westboro Baptist Church who protested outside of Yeshiva University on Monday, March 27 did not hold any signs related to gays being “doomed,” as they have done in previous demonstrations. Instead, all of their signs attacked the Jews, claiming they had “killed Jesus.” The Church members also sang, “wrath will…
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