Jew of Am Yisrael | Semikha Student, @YUNews | Director of Operations, @18_Forty | Cont. Columnist, @JDForward | Former Editor in Chief, @yu_commentator
Jun 15, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
YU and the LGBTQ Case Thread:
Yesterday, the court made the landmark decision that @YUNews is not a religious corporation and thereby legally required to allow an LGBTQ club to form on campus.
This case did not begin yesterday. Here is what you need to know: 1/n
In 2019, it was revealed by @yu_commentator that student leaders worked behind the scenes to form a Gay-Straight Alliance Club at YU. The administration pushed back — the students were unsuccessful. 2/n yucommentator.org/2019/11/former…
Apr 28, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I don’t remember the first time I heard the word “Holocaust.” As the grandson of two survivors, I suppose I must have been considerably young.
But I remember the first time I entered a German death camp. March 2019 with my father and @YeshivatOrayta. 1/6 blogs.timesofisrael.com/reflections-fr…
There’s something about seeing a location where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered that is inconceivable. What can I possible understand about 900,000 Jewish souls stolen in Treblinka? I don’t even know what that means. I can never know what that means. 2/6
