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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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Fast Forward Westboro Baptist Church Protests At Yeshiva University With ‘Jews Killed Jesus’ Signs
Half a dozen Westboro Baptist Church members protested outside Yeshiva University Monday, holding signs that proclaimed the Jews killed Jesus. The Westboro Baptist Church @WBCFliers visited Yeshiva University @YUNews this morning. pic.twitter.com/KfOC9AyO2h — Simone Somekh (@simonsays101) March 27, 2017 Westboro Baptist Church is based in Topeka, Kansas and is known for its virulent speech against…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Wins Credit Upgrade With New President
Yeshiva University received some positive financial news as the school prepares for new president Ari Berman to take the helm, with the Moody’s credit agency upgrading the institution’s financial outlook from “negative” to “stable.” The university will “execute its plans and reach financially sustainable operations,” wrote the company, according to a report in the Commentator,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Gay Westboro Baptist To Protest ‘Perverse’ Yeshiva University
After a demonstration at Shalhevet High School outside of Los Angeles this week, the infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church announced via Twitter that it will hold a protest at Yeshiva University at the end of March. The group says Y.U. “encapsulates the perverse state” of American Jewry. Shalhevet High School was a wonderful success —…
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Fast Forward YU Student Facebook Page Exposes Misogynist, Bigoted Comments At Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University men beware: What’s said on your campus might not stay there. Since November, a student at the university, one of Orthodoxy’s flagship institutions, has been using a Facebook page to document incidents of racism, misogyny and homophobia on the New York City campus. Or, as the page puts it: “real things said by…
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Fast Forward New YU Feminism Club’s First Billboard Torn Down After Just Hours
The newly formed Yeshiva University Feminism Club’s first bulletin board display was ripped down about an hour after it was put up. “It didn’t take very long. We’re disappointed, but unfortunately, not surprised,” the club wrote on Facebook on February 16. The display in consisted of quotes taken from the Facebook page “A YU Bochur…
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