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Fast Forward Yeshiva University closes campus, citing student infected with COVID-19
The United States’ biggest Jewish educational institution, Yeshiva University, closed its main campus on Wednesday, citing confirmation that a student has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the highly contagious coronavirus. The school expects that it will reopen on Thursday, according to an email alert. The student is the son of a man…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University reports student is son of man infected with coronavirus
A Yeshiva University student is the son of a man infected with coronavirus, the school reported Tuesday afternoon. The student, who has not been on campus since February 27, is in self-quarantine and is showing symptoms, which are being monitored. The student is the son of a Westchester man who was hospitalized in “serious condition”…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U men’s basketball team wins conference championship, qualifies for NCAA Tournament
(JTA) — Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team won the Skyline Conference championship game on Sunday to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament for the second time in three seasons. The top-seeded Maccabees defeated third-seeded Purchase College, State University of New York, 86-74, at home in the title game to run its…
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Fast Forward Accused Yeshiva University Arsonist May Be Famous Nuclear Physicist’s Grandson
A man accused of lighting fires in a Yeshiva University dormitory while students were asleep may be the grandson of Edward Teller, the famous nuclear physicist who played a central role in inventing the hydrogen bomb. Peter Weyand was arrested over the weekend after he was allegedly caught on camera using matches from a Hanukkah…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U Student Councils Reinstate Democratic Club That Sponsored LGBTQ March
The student councils for the undergraduate colleges at Yeshiva University announced on Thursday the reinstatement of the school’s Democratic club, after disciplining the group earlier this week after the College Democrats sponsored a march in support of LGBTQ students. The march was not officially sanctioned by the school’s administration, and this week the student councils…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U Student Councils Penalize Democrat Club For Sponsoring LGBT March
The student councils of Yeshiva University declined to renew its recognition of the school’s Democratic club after it organized a march in support of LGBTQ students, the YU Commentator reported. The denial of the Democratic club comes amid a year of escalating unease for LGBTQ individuals in the YU community. Last week, more than 100…
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Fast Forward Pics Of Thousands Of Yeshiva U Students Appear On White Nationalist Website
(JTA) — The photos of thousands of students and faculty of Yeshiva University appear on a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website. The photos were posted on the Vanguard News Network Forum, in a thread that mocked Jews’ for their appearance. The thread first appeared on June 3rd, 2018, and on June 27th, 2018, the first Yeshiva…
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Fast Forward 38 Former Yeshiva University Students File Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
A major suit has been filed against Yeshiva University by 38 men alleging that they suffered sexual abuse at the hands of school teachers and officials, which was subsequently covered up by the school’s administration. The suit, filed Thursday in a Manhattan civil court, resurrects a previous civil case against Yeshiva University, brought by many…
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