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Opinion Meet the Female Coach of Y.U. Men’s Volleyball Team
Jacqui Dauphinais / JTA (JTA) — Having been a standout player in high school and college, and an assistant coach, new Yeshiva University men’s volleyball coach Jacqui Dauphinais has plenty of knowledge about the sport. And in her one season as an assistant for the Maccabees, she showed she wasn’t afraid to speak up. The real…
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News Yeshiva University Victims Appeal Over Heads of Appeals Court Panel
A group of former students who say they were sexually abused at Yeshiva University High School for Boys have asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a smaller judicial panel’s ruling that upheld the dismissal of their lawsuit. The students’ attorney, Kevin Mulhearn, submitted a petition September 8 calling for an en banc, or…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Students Lose Appeal in $680 Million Abuse Case
Thirty-four former students have lost their appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss their $680 million lawsuit against Yeshiva University. A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled today that the students waited decades too long to file claims that they were abused during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s at a Y.U.-run boys high school. Under…
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News Judges Slam Yeshiva University in $680 Million Abuse Case
Imagine you are in a car accident. It’s the other guy’s fault, and you know your insurance company will sue his. But should you then and there investigate the car manufacturer for deliberately ignoring a mechanical fault, even if you have no reason to know that’s true? That’s essentially the question United States Circuit Judge…
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The Schmooze Buzzfeed, Torah-Style
Have you ever scrolled through Buzzfeed thinking, ‘If only this could be a little more Jewish?” Someone in the wide netherworld of the Internet has heard your prayers and answered them. The result is BuzzTorah, a spoof of the news site that launched a thousand listicles created by Yeshiva University students. The website self-describes as…
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Fast Forward Y.U. Will Ordain Rabbinical Student Who Held Partnership Minyan Service
The rabbinical school of Yeshiva University, previously said to be withholding ordination from a student who held a partnership minyan in his home, now says it will grant the student ordination. “An agreement has been reached and the student will be receiving Semikha,” Y.U. spiritual leader Rabbi Yosef Blau told the Forward in an email,…
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News How Y.U. Won $680M Abuse Case on Same Issue Another School Lost
In a decision likely to affect the access child sex abuse victims in New York will have to civil remedies years after their alleged abuse, a federal appeals court will examine dueling decisions by judges in two recent high-profile child sex abuse lawsuits. Lawyer Kevin Mulhearn represented plaintiffs in both cases, which were filed long…
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News Y.U. Abuse Victims Cite ‘Catch-22’ in Appeal of Dismissal of $680M Suit
A federal judge created a “Catch-22” for victims of sexual abuse at Yeshiva University’s high school by refusing to consider the impact of the school’s alleged cover-up, former students charged in an appeal of the dismissal of a $680 million lawsuit. Kevin Mulhearn, a lawyer for 34 men who say they were abused at Yeshiva…
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