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Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University

Yeshiva U. basketball team forfeits crucial game, citing inadequate warmup time after Shabbat

The stakes of the game were high: The winner would get the top ranking in the Skyline Conference and would get to play all of the postseason games.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
20/02/2023

Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue

The Shenk Shul is housed at Yeshiva University, the Modern Orthodox flagship in New York City that was locked in battle with students over whether they could form an LBGTQ club.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
11/01/2023
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