This is the Forward’s coverage of Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox university in New York City.
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Sports 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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News YU’s historic winning streak broken in crushing defeat on home court
The jump shots that swished for two-and-a-half years were suddenly clanging off the rim. The passes, so reliably crisp, instead were sailing out-of-bounds. The star who could seemingly score at will was all bottled up. And so the 50-game winning streak of the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team – the second-longest in Division III history,…
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News Yeshiva University has the longest active win streak in college basketball. Will it end Thursday night?
Lurking behind Yeshiva University’s 50-game win streak is a detail its detractors love to cite: the Maccabees haven’t faced a single opponent in Division III’s Top 25 since the streak began. They finally will on Thursday night when No. 4-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University visits New York City for a showdown that will either fortify Yeshiva’s…
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Opinion YU’s institutional silence harms all students — and I know change is possible
In many ways, I was an outsider at my elite boarding school: I was a Democrat, I was Jewish, and the wealth and conservatism of my peers were unlike anything I’d previously experienced. Yet there was something else that separated me from my classmates, which I kept private: I was bisexual. Our student handbook specifically…
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Fast Forward Judge strikes a blow in LGBTQ discrimination case against Yeshiva University
Judge Lynn Kotler of the New York County Supreme Court denied a request last week for a preliminary injunction in a case brought forth by the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance, ruling out a quick decision meant to compel the university to recognize the unofficial LGBTQ club in time for the fall semester. The case will…
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News ‘Second class citizens’: LGBTQ students allege culture of alienation and fear at Yeshiva University
Molly Meisels, then a senior at Yeshiva University, was greeted in class last fall with an unusual message from a professor: “I don’t care if you’re a ‘he,’ a ‘she,’ or an ‘it.’” Meisels, 22, one of only a few openly LGBTQ undergraduates at the more than 2,000-strong university, recalled feeling taken aback but not…
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