Volume 67, Issue 2

LATE BREAKING NEWS!

       Commentator sources revealed that on Tuesday, September 24, Dr. David Shatz officially removed his name from consideration as the next President of Yeshiva University. Shatz reportedly informed the Executive Council of the Board of Trustees, as well as incumbent Yeshiva President Dr. Norman Lamm, that he would be unable to fulfill the extensive duties expected of the new President and was unwilling to jump into the public eye to such an extent. He also noted that as President, he would not have been able to devote time towards his scholarship, something that is "not worth" giving up.
       It remains to be seen whether the Executive Council, chaired by Ronald Stanton, will select Dr. David Schnall out of default or whether the Search Committee will be once again called in to find more candidates.

Presidential Search Down to Two Candidates 
by Yehoshua Levine
 

Commentator sources confirmed late last week that the search for the next Yeshiva President is now down to two candidates: Drs. David Schnall and David Shatz. This revelation follows the resignation of long-time Presidential candidate Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, who "finally acknowledged," according to a top Yeshiva administrator, that it would be impossible to lead the university from 6000 miles away in Efrat, Israel.

Yeshiva Postpones Classes to Commemorate 9/11
Rabbi Lamm Conspicuously Absent from Ceremony
by Kevin Cyrulnik

Deviating from the majority of universities countrywide, Yeshiva postponed morning classes for a memorial service commemorating September 11th.   The ceremony included prayer, Tehillim, speakers, and a moment of silence, which concluded with a blast of the Shofar.  Notably absent from the Wilf Campus, however, was Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, who spoke on the Midtown Campus instead. Students throughout the campus were perplexed as to the whereabouts of the Yeshiva President.   “Rabbi Lamm delivered a tremendous, invigorating speech last year on September 11th, and [the students] naturally assumed that he would be there for us this year again,” said Sy Syms junior Jonah Sobin.  Apparently, Yeshiva Student Union (YSU) President Shai Barnea had made a similar assumption.  Because the YSU did not reserve Rabbi Lamm as the key speaker on the Wilf Campus, it was decided that he would not assume his usual role of addressing the men but would instead speak at Stern.

Bomb Scare at Zysman Hall Forces Campus Evacuation
by Avi Robinson

 An unidentified green suitcase left outside Zysman Hall early Friday morning, August 30th, set off a bomb scare that displaced hundreds of students while the NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) and SWAT team ascertained the bag’s contents.  Immediately after the bag was deemed safe, Richard Sieger, a beggar who has frequented the Wilf Campus over the years, claimed the suitcase, which he had forgotten upon leaving campus earlier that night. The episode, the most expansive evacuation at Yeshiva in recent history, provided students and the Office of Safety and Security with their first experience of safety protocol during a real emergency.

What do you think? Click here to send a letter to the editors.
All content is copyright © Yeshiva University Commentator.