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Sports Yeshiva’s Ryan Turell weighing ‘options’ after injury dims draft hopes
His father said he is weighing offers from Israeli professional teams and the G League, the NBA’s developmental league
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Fast Forward Judge: Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club
The ruling requires the university to give the YU Pride Alliance 'all the privileges afforded to all other student groups'
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News ‘Make a difference’: Lipstadt decries racism, antisemitism at YU commencement
“Too many people who fight antisemitism do so with a patch on their eye,” Lipstadt told the crowd. “They see antisemitism very clearly but only see it coming from one direction, the political direction which they oppose.”
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Sports ‘March Madness for Jews’: Why the Sarachek tournament is such a big Orthodox deal
For all the ways the sport unifies the Orthodox world, there is nothing like basketball to draw out its differences.
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News The greatest show in Division III? It’s a student-run sports broadcast
After a whirlwind season that could be described as the greatest in school history, this Yeshiva University team will soon bid farewell to its do-it-all leader, a savant who took the program to new heights. But this upstart bunch of bochurs doesn’t wear jerseys — unless you count their custom white polos — and its…
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News YU’s Turell dishes on Macs career, Sarachek, and preparing for the NBA draft
'It feels like just yesterday when I was playing in the tournament myself'
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Fast Forward Yeshiva’s Ryan Turell declares for the draft, could become first Sabbath-observant Jew in the NBA
After a season leading the nation in scoring and his Yeshiva University team into the record books, Ryan Turell declared for the NBA Draft Tuesday, formalizing his intent to become the first Orthodox Jewish player in the history of the league and one of the few Division III stars to make the leap. Turell, a…
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News Yeshiva basketball eliminated from NCAA tourney after thrilling comeback falls short
Down two points and with 15 seconds left, the Maccabees had the ball in the hands of its best player, the nation’s leading scorer, who had led a furious comeback in the game’s last two minutes. With hundreds of Yeshiva University faithful in attendance and thousands more watching on a livestream, Ryan Turell dribbled upcourt,…
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