Like any scandal involving Torah Judaisms fight against the neo-cons (those liberal orthodox Jews refusing to call themselves conservadox) I followed the Yeshiva University Semicha Scandal (or debacle) with a very open mind. I watched as the Modern Orthodox Gedolei…
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Why Yeshiva University is more dangerous than YCT and open orthodoxy
We can hem and haw all day about Open Orthodoxy and it’s threat to Judaism, but in reality, no truly frum person holds of YCT, Maharat, Avi Weiss, or any of the other shenanigans that cling to the open orthodoxy…
YU Beacon article encourages female masturbation
New York – According to the Yeshiva University Beacon, one of the only mitzvahs only commanded to men that many orthodox Jewish girls take upon themselves is the sin of masturbation. According to the latest sexually explicit article in the…
The YU Beacon sex scandal devar Torah
By Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz Most people had never heard of the YU Beacon until a week or two ago. I know I hadn’t. Now it seems that it has the Orthodox community abuzz and the YU community in a fierce…
YU Beacon whores itself out by writing another raunchy sex article
Now that the YU Beacon is free to do what they want, they’ve decided the only way to change the perception that almost everyone who didn’t go to YU has of YU is to write about sex. Like the Chassidic…
Premarital Sex Crisis: Why the YU Beacon article is such a big deal
I remember way back in the mid 90’s when the frum community started to awaken to the fact that high school aged kids were leaving the path in droves. At first everyone denied it was happening, but slowly parents admitted…
YU revises history, shmistory.
Nothing restores my faith in the fine institution known as Yeshiva University when they act more like a Yeshiva and less like a University. This past Rosh Hashanna I had the pleasure to read their latest YU To-Go. This publication shows me…
Guide to Modern Orthodox and YU Kiruv
Part 2 in the 3 part guest post series on the 3 major factions of Kiruv Part 2: Yeshiva University/Modern Orthodox Kiruv I just want to reiterate the purpose of these postings (click to see the one for yeshivish kiruv).…
Making fun of YU guys and Stern girls
Hat Tip to Tevy Town The first video is YU boys making fun of Stern Girls, and the second video is the girls’ response. I think the second video is better. My thoughts may be clouded by the simple fact…
YU sumposium: Being Yeshivish in the Modern Orthodox world
Transcribed by Eli D. Clark Rabbi Schwartz: Welcome everyone. Our topic tonight is “Being Gray in the Modern Orthodox World.” Each of our panelists will talk about how it feels to discover that you are really yeshivish after growing up…