Volume 66, Issue 9

Student Services Expels Ten Students By Yehoshua Levine and Zack Streit On Thursday March 7th, ten students were expelled from Yeshiva University for their alleged involvement in a police-investigated incident occurring in an off-campus apartment one week earlier. While investigation into the nature of the incident and degree of involvement by the individual students remains inconclusive, a growing institutional firestorm has arisen over perceived violations of student rights and reluctance to establish a formal disciplinary protocol.... Zakheim Withdraws Presidential Candidacy By Shmuli Singer and Steven I. Weiss Commentator sources confirmed on Tuesday that Undersecretary of Defense Dr. Dov Zakheim withdrew his name from consideration as the successor to Yeshiva President Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, after a week of heated debate in the Yeshiva community surrounding his candidacy. No official reason for his withdrawal had been cited at press time, though a source on Yeshiva’s Board of Trustees revealed that Zakheim could attribute his decision to his lack of stature as a Jewish scholar.... Students take over Amsterdam Ave. during the chagiga Purim Chagiga Takes to the Streets By Jamie S. Hirsch Undergraduates and alumni joined together in celebration on Monday, February 25th, at the annual Student Organization of Yeshiva Purim Chagiga.... According to SOY President Ilan Rosenrauch, this year featured "the best Chagiga ever...." YESHIVA HOLDS QUADRENNIAL CHAG HASEMIKHA Lamm Galvanizes Crowd, Urges Unity By Dovid Rosen In an address widely viewed as an emphatic statement of opposition to the ascension of Dov Zakheim to the presidency of Yeshiva, which would have effectively split the roles of President of the University and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, President and Rosh HaYeshiva Dr. Noman Lamm spoke powerfully for maintaining a united university at the quadrennial Chag HaSemikha in Lamport Auditorium on Sunday, March 10th.... RIETS Celebrates 147 Ordinations, Katsav Receives Honorary Doctorate By Shlomo Greenwald Throngs of friends, family members, and observers crowded Lamport Auditorium on Sunday, March 10th, to witness the quadrennial Chag HaSemikha, which conferred rabbinical ordination on 147 people, ranging in age from 24-50, who hailed from thirteen states and five countries. This year’s Chag, which featured the first-ever simulcast of the event to Yeshiva’s Gruss Center in Jerusalem –where ten of the musmakhim viewed the gala – also conferred an honorary doctorate upon Israel’s President Moshe Katsav.... What do you think? Click here to send a letter to the editors. All content is copyright © Yeshiva University Commentator.