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February 19, 1997 / 12 Adar I 5757 Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College Volume LXI No. 8 I
Repairs, Renovations Disrupt Classes in Furst Jlall Professors Forced to Cancel Lectures BY Yoss1 LEw1s cancel classes. "It really was impossible to properly concen Over the past few weeks, Ye trate on the lecture." shiva University's Facilities Marrin cited the height of the Management has_ been putting disturbance to be one instance the finishing touches on an up in which the workers were bang grade of the campus computer ing a sledgehammer into the and phone networks, a project first-floor ceiling right below his which according to Dean Nor desk chair. While Lee didn't \ manAdler, "willlead us into the mention such a disturbance, he educational technology of the did interrupt his class to inquire oe twenty-first century." whetherthe work could be done � However, to professors like at a different time. Dr. Albert Marrin, the construc "Teaching is something that � tion necessary to install the new should be done in a university telecommunications systems and it's not good that this noise has come at the expense of more prevents us from doing just traditional methods of learning that," declared Lee. "On the oc like the teacher lecturing and casion that there will be such students listening. Both History disturbances, the faculty should professor Dr. Marrin and En be informed ahead of time." glish professor Dr. William Lee "The purpose of a university YU Rabbi Speaks Out at have complained that the noise is to learn and it's difficult to creates an environment that is · learn in this setting," affirmed not conducive to academic en Marrin. "There must be a way to Con/ere nee on Feminism and richment. schedule the work so that the "Therewas drillingand ham worst noise doesn't i�pede in mering above and .below; it's the midst of classes." · impossible to conduct a class According to Assistant Direc Orthodoxy with that background ofnoise," tor of Facilities Management BY BENJAMIN BALINT sueofwomeninJudaism;a sold Judaism, climaxed this week said Marrin. "It's disturbing to Pedro Gonzalez, standard pro out 92nd Street Y panel discus with the InternationalConfer both the students and the pro cedure for coordinating con Itseemsthatanotherfronthas sion on Jewish feminism; a front ence on Feminism and Ortho fessoras it jars one's thoughts structionwith classes is to look opened on the conflictbetween page article in the Metro Section doxy, the firstof its type, held and forces one to raise one's at the course schedule and at traditional Judaism and the val of the New York Times last Sun February 16 and 17, at Manhat voice." tempt to schedule the work dur ues of modernity,onethatisonce day on the subject, echoing ma tan's Grand Hyatt Hotel. Itwas Indeed, the disturbance ing times when there are few more testing the boundariesand jor pieces in many Jewish news sponsored by AMIT, the Ortho proved to be so distracting that classes. However, Gonzalez allegiances of Orthodoxy. papers; all these indicate that dox women's association; The Dr. Marrin was forced to cancel pointed outthatbecauseofunion Last month's ruling of the something is afootin contempo Drisha Institute, a New York his classes on Friday, January regulations,constructionduring Queens Vaad Harabonim raryJudaism, somethingthathas institute for women's Torah 24, and attempted to relocate his the night is difficult to schedule, against women's prayer groups, managed to penetrate even the learning;EDAH, a modern Or classes for the following week. and therefore,on occasion,there and the intense response it sub insular walls of Yeshiva Uni thodox think-tank; and the Theattempted relocation result are resulting disturbances to sequently evoked; public com versity. Women's Tefillah Network. A ed in the cancellation of his two classes. ments made by various YU rab This trend of growing public bustling, overcapacity crowd of large survey classes on Monday, Gonzalez mentioned that he bis, Rabbi Twersky prominent awareness and debate of the is approximately 1,000 partici- January 27, as the registrar was did not knowthe particulars of among them, regarding the is- sues which concern women in continued on page 12 unable to locate an empty room the situation and referred such to accommodate classes of that questions to Director of Facili size. ties Management JeffreySocol. TwoSchools Nixed from "Tolli.Marrin'scredit, there Socol, for his part, refused to was nothing else to do," said provide any·details, declaring History major Joel Kruger in de that he doesn't give interviews fense of Marrin's decision to continued on page 12 Joint Israel Program --- Anti-YU Stance Deemed Unacceptable BY GIL BLOOM for students planing on matric pleting their studies. "That is ulating to the University. their prerogative, of course," In a bold show of force to Ye The JIP plays an important Kranzler said, "But then the stu shivot in Israel who continue to role in the yeshivas it accredits, dent and the parent, before they inculcate their students with namely YU oversees collection go [to yeshiva in Israel] should anti YU rhetoric, Yeshiva Uni of tutition for every yeshiva on be able to assume, at the least, versity's S. Daniel Abraham its list. Additionally, affiliation that they are not going some Joint Israel Program has severed with Yeshiva University has where that is anti-YU." ..., its relationship with both Yeshi increased enrollment in many While these Yeshivot do not [ vas Beis Yisroel and Yeshivas yeshivas on the JIP. flout YUpublicly, Kranzler has ;::, Toras Moshe. According to Directorof Un received numerous complaints � TheJointlsiaelProgramOIP), dergraduate Admissions Micha about the indoctrination that which allows students to attend el Kranzler, the yeshivot were occurs at the schools. "By being various yeshivot in Israel and nixed because they recommend on the Uoint Israel] Program, it is ; tor.-.- ·. U!JUirs ro,:., ar. er an . yon ate,:a mire art wor on receive credit for their learning that their students not continue communicating to the prospec- . . dis itt· at YC's 1rst annual Arts Festival. Sto on a e 5. hasfastbecomethepathofchoice at Yeshiva University upon com- continued on page 12 a..;;;._2e 7 P _g ______,tlf�e 11111 dr menbd11rl1------�F..;..be ..;.;..r..;.;..ua�r,.._y_19..;....,_19_9 What camefi �st, the facilities orilieeducabon? ��t C!Ie:tn:tntttfUfut 500mi.. West I 85th Street, New York, NY 10033, E-Mail: [email protected]. Telephone and Fax: (212)740-2155. Published bi-weeklyduringtheacademicyearby the Yeshiva Yeshiva University was not designed by the likes of Herod College Student Council. The views expressed in the signed columns are those of the or Frank Lloyd Wright. The buildings on the undergraduate writers alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Commentator, the student body, the faculty, or the Administration of Yeshiva University. We do not endorse any uptown main campus are old and are in need of constant of the products or services advertised in these pages. Copyright 1996, The Commentator. attention and repair. Facilities Management's mission is to One issue free, $1.00 for each additional issue. provide continual upkeep and perform the upgrades neces sary for the entire campus, but not at the expense of any JOSHUA M. FELDMAN ARNON STORFER individual student's education, let alone the education of a Editors-in-Chief classroom full of students. ARIGRUEN Over the past several weeks, Facilities Management has Executive Editor displayed a complete disregard and lack of concerntowards NOAH STREIT ARI KAHN the YU student's education. At any moment, a YC teacher's News Editor Features Editor voice is being drowned out by the banging of sledghammers and the screechings of dr!lls. Classes h,ave suffered because of JOSHUA FINE JEREMY IVES Copy Editor Business Manager the excessive noise pollution. The disturbances have become so overwhelming that one ASSOCIATEEDITORS professor, unable to teach over the ruckus, cancelled his class News Adam Moses outright. To avoid any further noise disturbance, he attempt Photography Etan Walls ed to relocate his next class. Unable to find a suitable alterna Art Ari Steiner tive room with the aide of the Office of the Registrar, the Business YosefLevine professor was forced to cancel his next dass too. STAFFCOLUMNISTS These activities can not continue.While any upkeep and Daniel Anziska upgrade is important, especially technological upgrades which Benjamin Balint will enhance the productivity YU, all maintenance and con J.J. Sussman struction should, under no circumstance, conflict with sched STAFFWRITERS SPORTSEDITORS uled classes. If, for some bizzare reason, there is no other Matityahu Balas, GaryStrong Ron Markovitz, Steve Zombek alternative, professors and students deserve the courtesy of being notified about the pending noise prior to repairs and be ADVER11SINGMANAGER DISTRIBUI'IONMANAGER relocated to quiet classrooms. Edon Hirt Mark Hecht EDITOREMERITUS NickMuzin Member: Associated \ AMERICAN • ., JEWISH • •collegiate ·(F-.}, PRESS ASSOCIA • Press l,�!1/.:J TION R '•noc.\•
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We are so used to YCSC meeting, your ideas and sug complete with a Friday afternoon trip off, and asked me why, of all the extra sitting in yeshiva hearingwhat the rebbe gestions were very much appreciat to the Museum of TV and Broadcast curricular activities available at Yeshi has to say, whether it is on gemara, ed. In the next few weeks, we will be ing and a Saturday night activity. va, I had chosen to affiliatemyself with hashkafa,or even a current event, and having another meeting, and I would Thank you to Daniel Berkowitz The Commentator. I was slightly taken not challenging it, that we seem to forget like to encourage all students to drop and Michael Sontag, the chairmen of aback by his question, and after answer that we are only hearing one point of in and give us their input. the Food Services Committee, who ing him with the words that he wanted view; that we are only seeing one pixel On February 3, YCSC greeted sev have been hard at work the past few to hear, I began to think about what it ofamuchlargerimage. Often,wewalk eral hundred students, who came to weeks addressing student com really is that lured me to this assign around mimicking what the rebbe had cheer for the Macs as they played plaints. Also, thanks to Michael Sus ment. to say, butnotmimickingtheprocessby NJIT, by handing out free gifts (porn sman and the Library Committee, I began mytenure with The Commen which the rebbe came to say it. pornsand foam #1 hands). Last Sun who after meeting last week will tator as the Associate Technical Editor, So, after thinking about it for some day, the Ski Club held a successful begin addressing student ideas. bringing the newspaper transferring the time,Ihaveananswerforthenextinter trip, sponsored by YCSC, and an Many more events and programs · printed page to the internetin the form viewer: other trip is on the way. are in the works for the remainder of of a list of articles. I became a member of Fortunately or unfortunately, de Last Thursday, the Freshman the semester, including plans for the Governing Board of the paper as the pending on your outlook, The Commen Class ran a successful ice skating YornHashoah and YornHa'atzmaut. Layout Editor, and after a short stint as tator, as oneofits previous Editor's once event at Rockefeller Center. Thanks Plus, after the success of the trip to Managing Editor, moved into the Co put it, "serves as a public voice to com to Josh Klein and Jason Yablon for see Star Wars, look for info this week Editor-in-Chief position. I always mend, condemn, or debate the current their efforts in planning the evening. on tickets to see Empire Strikes Back thought that the role of the Editor was pressing issues on campus and around In the works from the other class this weekend. just to work with the GoverningBoard the world." Overall, the paper repre councils are Shaloch Manot spon Lastly, in the coming weeks look inbringingthenewsofYeshiva Univer sents to its readership, sixteen pages of sored by the Sophomore Class and for YCSC on the Web! sitytotheundergraduatestudentbody. information, conversation, and of in two weeks the Senior and Junior I was wrong. course, controversy. Classes are sponsoring a Shabba ton Jason Buskin In my short time as Editor, my expe Through my involvement with The at Stern. Also, this Shabbat don't YCSC President '96 - '97 rienceshave beenmuch broader. lhave Commentator I have· learned how to learned that it is all about people; get work as a team player in any environ ting to know them, building relation ment. It has allowed me to truly experi ships with them, and whether it be to ence college; not in the specific knowl KOSHER-D clarify a point or challenge an opinion, edge that I have gained through classes, questioning the information that they but for the outlook and values that I are giving me. have, through constant questioning, The Torah tells us, "ki y'shakha bin beenabletoformulateformyselfandfor cha machar leimor ma zot," in reference the paper. The Commentator has actual to the Pesach haggada. Chazal teach us ly granted me the ability to think for thatthe freedomthat wediscussthrough myself, and to understand other peo the haggada on Pesach night, is the abil ple's perspectives, be they rabbeim, ity to constantly ask questions and get teachers, deans, or fellow students. GRANDMA'S answers; something that one cannot do In the past two weeks walking while in slavery. around our small campus from class to COOKIE The recent question posed to the Or class, I have heard many conversations thodox rabbinate regarding the halach about the recent uprise in Orthodox )1 JAR J ic and hashkaficrole of women in reli Jewish politics; the questioning of the rn �i gious Judaism is a perfect example of woman's role in Judaism in the 1990' s. e ore you eat. the more you just how important it is to constantly I'm not trying to usethis forum todebate question, take positions, and re-ques the issue. I am simply wondering tion. From the Torah, toChazal, to such whether some of the bochrim in our 2551 AMSTERDAM AVE. (BTWN 186-187 ST.) contemporary personalities like, the yeshiva have intellectually and logical NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10033 Rav, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein,and Rabbi ly thought out their arguments, be they Shlomo Zalman Aurbach,rabbinic per for or against, like our rabbeim have. sonalities have upheld the tradition of The same type of conversations could (212) 568-4855 asking questions and giving answers. be heard throughout our campus last Iti s this tremendous ability to question year with the news of a fraternitypene and thinkthat has turnedboth our insti trating the walls of our yeshiva. tution and our religion into greatness. I cannot conceive of what my college Throughout most of our academic educationwould havebeenlike,orwhat lives, we are taught not just what to type of person I would be, if I had not learn,but how to learn. Examssuch as picked up these analytical skills along the SAT's, GMAT's, and GRE's mea the way. I hope, and implore my col sure students' on not only on what they leagues to find an activity that will al know,buthowtheycometoknowit.We low them to do the same. We wa11tYOUR input! [email protected] OI< \I\..,,\11.-\1 \II \I: 500 West 185th Street, New York, New York, 10033 :...=P age 4 ______February 19, 1997 .:::..:._;._ , ijfJiet!r nmwuiatnrl YCSC Holds Semester's First Open Meeting BYJACKALMO ton D.C. Shabbaton that gained the wide spread support of the crowd present at With an itemized agenda, full board the meeting. The proposed trip to the support, and an authoritative tone, YCSC nation's capital is slated forsometime in president Jason Buskin commenced the March. Tentative plans call for students first Student Council general meeting of to meet with political leaders and to stay the new semester. A lively crowd of ap at a nearby campus sited uring the course proximately thirty students attended the of the Shabbaton. A trip to the United open meeting in the Morgenstern Hall States Holocaust Museum is likely to be basement on Tuesday, February 4th to scheduled as a Sunday event. show their support and voice their con The second half of the YCSC meeting cerns. was a time for students to voice their Buskin began by commending Senior concerns. Jeff Bander and Jason Yablon Class vice-president RockySchechter and reported the results of a survey of stu his supporting staff for organizing a suc dents living in Muss Hall, assessing their cessful book exchange. Albeit mitigating desire fora big-screen TV.Th e majority of the sales pull of the campus bookstore, the students would not approve the proposi bookexchange allowed foradvantageous tion to purchase a new TV for Muss Hall pricing forb oth buyers and sellers ofused due to "religious reasons." However, Yum Yum Shoppe books. Buskin asked that the records and studentslivinginMussdidrequestafood organizational procedures used for the service fortheir second-floor lounge. Bus compilation of the massive three hun kin informed theMuss spokesmen that if dred book data base be entered into the volunteers would be willing to organize Unexpectedly Closes. YCSC files for future reference. and operate the proposed Muss Mart, The Super Bowl extravaganza was then YCSC would support their efforts. BY NATE WIENER a ting with my landlord to lower the lease deemed to be a highly entertaining event. Other student concerns ranged from fee." Buskin informed students in attendance problems that exist in the Department of After seven years of operation, Yum that YCSC is currently negotiations with Food Services, such as the lack oflow-fat Yum Shoppe, the deli/groc ery on Am Students Left Short Changed? the Dean's office to cater a similar event items in the cafeteria and the need for sterdam Avenue between184thand 185th With the Yum Yum Shoppe stocking a forth e upcoming NCAA final four cham fresher and hotter meals, to the limited streets, unexpectedly closed its doors. wide variety of snack foods,and located pionship. Buskin also recognized the operational hours of the MSAC lounge Irwin Raskin, Yum Yum's proprietor, just across the street fromYU residence Star Trek Club, and Andy Weiss in partic located in Rubin Hall. The YCSC execu attributed the abrupt closure to lack of halls,manystudentsoptedtocreatepre ular, fororganizing a trip back in time to tive board will meet with th e YU Food funds forrenewal of his lease. paid "tabs" with the store. These stu view the original "Star Wars" movie. Over Services management this week to voice Yum Yum's opening in December of dents claim that they have not been con lOOpeopleattended the YCSC subsidized student opinions. 1990, came just one half year after imple tacted by Raskin since the closure. Yossi outing. Buskin called the Star Trek club The YCSC representatives concluded mentation of YU's mandatory meal plan Lewis, a YU student and his brother, an "themostactiveclubof thefirstsemester." the session, by reiterating that involve and succeeded the previous deli/gro MTA student, both had prepaid accounts Students Ari Bandier, Joseph Glass, ment from the student body is welcome cery, Habodega. Though both the YU at Yum Yum which they can no longer and Mark Posner proposed a Washing- and strongly encouraged. Food Service Department and Raskin access. "I entered the store a week before vigorously denied allegations, rumors it closed and commented on how empty surrounding the closure centered around it looked. The response given by the . ,• Academic Standards Committee::·., ', the effects of YU' s mandatory meal plan employees was not to worry. Then the and its own Caf Store on Yum Yum's next week the store closes and my brother Reviewing Hebrew Requfl"�m�nts business. Sources at the Caf claimed that and I are out about $85." 1 at one time they had even offered to place Several other students reported simi BY JOSH YtrrER (J$)maybet BYMosHE l After centuries of obscurity, the com mentary of Rabbenu Meyuchas ben Elijah on the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) is now accessibletothepublicduetotheeffortsof RIETS Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Michael Katz. Therecentlypublishedcommentaryrep resents six years of work for Rabbi Katz, who rescued themanuscriptof the ancient commentary thirtyyears ago from theHe- � brew and Samaritan sectionof the British �),., Museum,where ithadbeengatheringdust. 0 The manuscript he discovered was a 15th l century-handwritten copy of Rabbenu Meyuchas's work on the Torah (Pen tateuch). RIETS Rosh YeshivaRabbi Michael Katz The 700-year old commentary differs significantlyfrom other commentaries in spected commentary of Rabbi Meyuchas itstreatment of the Biblical text and the oral on the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) or Rabbinic tradition as one unit. Unlike which was published by Mossad Harav the commentators who preceded him, he Kook in 1968. Bornin Grodno, Poland and combineseachposuk(verse)withHalacha, the son of the renowned scholar Rabbi noting all the Halachot which pertain to Reuven Katz, who became Chief Rabbi of thethemeoftheposuk(verse). Peta ch Tikva in Israel, Rabbi Katzobtained Of special interest to scholars, Rabbi his S'rnicha from the Rabbis Avram Katz notes that RabbiMeyuchas sought to Yitzchak Kook andYitzchak lsaacHerzog, protect the OralLaw traditionfrom attacks then Chief Rabbisoflsrael; Rabbi Avigdor by the Karaites, a Jewish sect which cate Amiel, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv; and gorically rejected the Rabbinic tradition Rabbi Isser ZalmanMeltzer of Eitz Chaim sectofJudaism. TheJewishcommunityat Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He also earned a the time of Rabbi Meyuchas was deeply teacher's license in Tanakh (Bible) and divided by the conflict betweenthe adher Jewish philosophy at Hebrew University. entsof theRabb inic tradition and the Karait In 1940; then YU president Dr. Bernard es. Rabbi Katz suggests that theentirecom Revel recruited him to teach Talmud and mentary is possibly a refutation of the attend college here. After earninghis BA Karaite views, as its main approach is to from Yeshiva College in 1945hewasnamed demonstratethe derivationof Rabbinic law to the RIETSfaculty and three years later fromthe text of the Torah. Jewish religious became the first Rosh HaYeshiva to be life duringthe Byzantine period was also appointed to the Bible faculty at YC. In under ideological siege fromChr istian mis 1963, he received his doctorate from the sionaries and crusaders, who bitterly at YU's BernardRevel GraduateSchool,writ tacked the authority of the Rabbinic tradi ing his dissertation on the commentary of tion because it rejected the Christian view Rabbenu Meyuchas. thattheadventofthetheirsaviorhadbeen Rabbi Katz was awarded the Distin foretoldin the Bible. guished Rabbinic Alumnus Award in 1995 "Thesignificance of this achievement," forhisS0yearsofdevotiontoYUasaRIETS noted University President Dr. Norman Rosh Ha-Yeshiva. Now in his 51st year of 11 Lamm, lies not only in makin the chef teaching and one of the most highly be d'oeuvreof this thirteenthcenturygiantavail loved an4 respected Roshei Ha yeshiva of ab1etoscholarsofBibleand Talmud, but also RIETS, Rabbi Katz continues to give his in the goalof RabbeinMeyuchas in his anti dailyChulinshiurin theS'michaprogram. karriticpolemic, to demonstratethe funde Thecommentary has beenpublished by mental unity ofthe Bible and Talmud." Ktav Publishing House and is available at Rabbi Kat?.:earliereditedthede eplyre- the ongoingSOY SeforimSale. 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Kuty et' s Lovelinks (www.lovelink.co.il) reported to their respective services by According to the site, the Jewish Singles Shalev, a '94 graduate of YU and systems claimed that its page had been accessed their users, and both services believe that Connection is an attempt to connect Jew operator of Links Online, designed the 26,297 times, while Jewish Quality Sin there are other couples who are too busy ish Singles across the world in an effort questionnaire to reflect the concernsof gles (www.jqs.com) received 131,868hits with weddingpreparations to report their to recreate the connection between Jews today's observant Jewish singles. The in the monthofNovember alone. successes. Like it or not, Jewish online that once existed as a result of physical questionnaire is divided into several sec Links Online, can boast of only ap dating services have arrived and are tak boundaries that defined ethnic groups. tions including a physical appearance proximately one hundred members due ing the internetby storm. 77n'77T.77n'77T.'777.777'J'777.77n7.I Ye shiva College Student Council CALENDAR OF EVENTS YCSC Wo rking fo r Yo u! Feb 19 Physics Club presents Mar 8 Shabbaton at Stern: Columbia University professorto speak on volunteer work Sponsored by the Sophomore Class 10:30PM Star Trek Club Movie Night@Schottenstein3rd. floor Mar 17 7:00 PM Pre-Law Speaker: @ Rubin Shul Feb 20 7:30 PM Macs Volleyball vs. Mt. St. Vincent@MSAC Federal Judge Michael McKenzie 8:15 PM Torah U'madda Speech Topic: 'The Relationship between Media and Law' Feb 24 8:00 PM Dorm Talks Featuring Rabbi Lamm Reminder: The YC Peer Tutoring Program is fully operational for Spring 1997 8:00 PM Macs vs. Pratt Institute@MSAC Course Contacts: Chemistry Ofer Melamed 927-5287 Orgo Nadav Schwartz 927-7603 Computer Science Jack Cate 201-567-1561 Physics Ofer Melamed 927-5287 Feb 25 Torah U 'Madda Lecture Hebrew Ben Ahdut 927-5287 Poli Sci Shmuel Bodenheimer 740-250i Math Yoni Bak 781-4222 Russian Michael I Dr. Manny Sternlicht, chair of YU's psychology department will hand in his resignatioi;iat the semester's end. Stern licht, serving his thirty-first year as a full time professor, asserted that allegations premising his departure upon pressure from the administration are erroneous. "There was no pressure placed on me to leave," said Sternlicht. "The reason I've decided to move on is that I am unhappy with the current administration." Sternlicht's "unhappiness" stems from his claims that the Dean's Office manip ulated statistics from thestudentevalua- tions making him one of five professors � who were refused a pay raise this semes- : ter. According to Sternlicht, the profes- J The world vvonders. sorsare not privy to the actual evaluation The vvorld ..-.1dva nces. forms, but they may view the data. Upon his request, data for three of the four class Dr. Manny Srernlicht Tho vvorlcl plar-rs ro r 1997. es he taught were shown to him, but dota, ,.1, 1 ,.., , ,.,,• . • '·.• ,If,,. 111 I 1 • 1 H\, ·• • • . ,, '•·• \• • II j• ,, , "for one of my classes from the fall semes ter in which he was unable to complete , ,I ,,r,, , ,, 1,, .. ;1 I• •1 I',, .11 • •I • ' ,1 • ·�· < ,: ,. ' ter as well as for the last four or five years his paper on time as his wife fainted and .1 1,. l'!, •, t·,• · !,,,.,..,,_ tri l y••· r ,, ..,, ,,: .. · i,, "• ' ,, \ . l. <).£.kl'ft.:o••tl l\,-"l .,,·1 1,, M,t1'f•ti11•11'l�·r1t & miraculously vanished." was hospitalized the daybefore the paper 1', ' l ,, 1· ! . I r-,1 1r f,, 1 L., .,t., 8\rn.f ••IT1t'i. 0��1,t OA�_\ f(J:.,!(·1L t-1 ,. Based upon the data from the three was due. \",, , ' ,/ ,!, P. O. l.lox B04U. Uld�J- 1 U, H.(�on, 101 q. t.,.h,LHl1•\ph) ;.1, Ph 1 q 1 0 '\ classes from last semester Sternlicht be "He said 'a deadline is a deadline'," 1 "I 1y J >to • 1 •, I • t UM" 1 IJ()1.,I •lo 1 {, /il".I. ,. ,n.,11 lieves he was unfairly placed in the third recalledJesselson, a pre-med/ psycholo I I'I{ 11,.,,,,,,•y·,,vft, 11)rll">.v1 1111� •• 1 .-,_.,,, I , �- I ,. • ., 1 t-,1 :It,· 1 f' .• 1 , , ,. i • 1 ,,,,, . ,,.,, ,,, ., tier and therefore received no raise. "They gy major. "When I asked him if it would I ) . I' , , � . I, · < , • ,.,· ,, t, ,,, misused the statistics ... and placed me in be different if I were in the hospital, he Ro,ce>nt Gr"d" & Spr·ino '97 Gr;,d,, ... the third tier when I am in fact in the said maybe. I think that this is an incred V.; 1111 .\ l \,,, 'I< ' ,i r. 1 1·. ', r l ,!, "i'' second tier. This is ostensibly the reason ibly insensitive reaction." Ir\ c,:,rJl(>Utl(•f" ,!-'.:,. c,OflCP, Cn1"1'lt>Hl David Levy -G.I.A. Diamond Graduate Diamond Dealers Club member Major fine qiamond & jewelryma nufacturer ADASCO DESIGNS INC. Tel. 21 2-81 9-0288 E-mail - [email protected] Page 10 �:...:..:______, m�I!ffi'.lllltffll!Ufllfnrl February 19, 1997 ' . ' ' The S uftlmer Camp fo r ,1,, � ff�i ,£·4- AJ,f;,: , , . -•. _ · , . _ :· ,· ·· • ..,, . · .. :MO· . a.. ;. ·1. i . u . �7 2:..:..A.:.::d:..:;:a.:....;r /,:._, 5:;.;..7�5;__7 ______------P_ag..._e_ll --,j' No one will be allowed to enter the Seforim Sale within 30 minutes prior to closing time (except mornings) Limited Parking Available In Yeshiva University Lots. Absolutely NO Parking in Front of Building February 19, 1997 p_ag ;;;...._e_,2______m ,�e @nmmentaturl International Symposium Draws Beis Yisroel, Toras Moshe Women From Around The World Bounced. Fron1 Isr.ll�llrqgi:ant · continued from page one pants over two days included women subject of kol isl,a (woman's voice). Re from all over the world - Israel, Sydney, garding the rabbi's conclusion that the tivesruden�.: [attending �:�!.�t:t$c �1:�ffiti itl�i Johannesburg, London, and Amsterdam. prohibition of kol isha is limited to cir ayeshiva] thata ttiallyi.�.m:;.fjth�,�� Jt�tjiftfft H���t;;i'�c Blu Greenberg, chairwoman of the cumstances of reciting the she ma prayer, conference, deliberately soft-spoken, one YC student (the only one in atten opened theconfer ence by painting a ty dance at the conference)remarked that pological description of the Orthodox Kimelman demonstrated "selective quo feminist as a woman full of confidence ta ti onof unrepresentative sources, and that "halacha has the capacity to incor biased disregard for responsible halach porate women's needs," and one who, ic methodology, completely obscuring the since ''her life is defined by halacha," complexity of the issues at hand." performs "no antinomian acts." To an In perhaps the most substantive high enthusiastic ovation, she called for light of the conference, Rabbi A vi Weiss, halachic innovation, and declared that assistant professor of Judaic Studies at "where thereis a rabbinic will, there is a Stern College, delivered a forceful and c-vc1spe halachic way." Concluding with a long carefully constructed thirty-five minute speech, under the title of "Halachic Win %l� ::,;w:Nrf'�"i}hi;,•/M·�<-· litany of rhetorical questions,Ms. Green {ltf i/:-\S:\k� . : :;\th H berg, like the event itself, was ultimately dows of Opportunity." Clearly uncom i more successful in raisingsignificant and fortable with some of the conference's challenging questions than in suggest angry tone of rhetoric, Rabbi Weiss ing specific answers or concrete propos warned against directing unproductive als. The agenda did not seem to lend itself acrimony towards the rabbinate, and said to the free flow of clashing ideas, but that "denigrating k'vod ha'rabanut is un neither did the conference as a whole acceptable." He also sounded a caution Socol Eschews articulate or espouse a coherent position, ary note against those for whom gender only an amorphous consteJlation of sim is the cornerstone ofidentity: "One's re ilarly inclinedviews. lationship to God is at the core of one's In a session entitled "The Agunah: existence. Gender is a significant ele Responsibility Again J'Accuse," three activists who work on ment in defining who we are, but it is not behalf of the plight of agimot (women the foundation ofone' s being." continued from page one whose recalcitrant husbands refuse to He reproached the liberal "left" for grantthemaget, ordivorcedocument),in being "superficialand unbalanced," and and that he doesn't need to answer ques college has undertaken anything of this tag - team style, told story after story in the conservative "right" for "confusing tions. scale. Adlernoted, that there is generally which women were subject to get-related public policy with halacha." Invoking "I find it offensive that someone work a good relationshipbetween plant man extortions, and stridently cited "corrup authorities from Rabbi Joseph B. So ing at auniversity shows such disregard agement and thefaculty and thatalthough tion in the beit-din system," as only exac loveitchik (he waved around a photo for general student welfare," said one therearesomebumpsalongtheway, ulti- . erbating the problem. Itw as, in the words graph of the Rav giving the inaugural particular student activist who preferred mately thecollege willbe better forit. of one speaker, a list of "halachic believe Talmud class at Stern) and the Hafetz to remain anonymous. "We have enough "We've done more here in fivemonths it-or-nots," which, coupled with the dra Haim to Rabbi Nachmanof Bratslav and problems dealing with unavoidable than in two and a half years at myprevi matic and tragic personal testimonies of ShlomoCarlebach, Rabbi Weiss applaud noise. We don't needsomeone creating ous job," proclaimed Adler. "It's a shame twoagunot, provoked many heads in the ed participants in women's prayer more andshrugging it off." that there has to be inconvenience to the audience to shake in sympathetic disbe groups as "seeking to instill greater reli In contrastto Socol, Dean Adler shed students and the faculty but hopefully lief. gious meaning in their lives," and de some lighton the situationas he pointed we'll be finishedquickly and we'll have Over an elegant lunch, at the conclu clared that"maleandfemaleareofequal out that this is the first time that the a fantastic campus network" sion of which the men in the audience Godly potential; of equal spiritual striv were asked to leave in order to allow the ing." women to recite birkat ha' mazon (blessing Former religion correspondent for the after meals) with a zimun (quorum), Dr. New York Times and Yes hiva College Purim Contest: NoamZoharspokeof"Talmudicdisem alumnus Ari Goldman, told this reporter powerments and disenfranchisements" that "this conference is the result of YU' s of women, and proceeded to describe work," even if YU at present feels too The Commentator is accepting traditional halachic marriage as "a cere uncomfortabletoco-sponsoritorbeovert mony of obtaining control," and tzniut ly involved. Ininstitutingadvanced wom submissions fo r this year's Purim (modesty) as "restriction." en's Torah education decades ago in the Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, in one of an form of SternCollege forWomen, Gold array of workshops, delivered an enter man said, YU was "visionary," and "pi Issue. Articles should be taining and fast-paced lecture on t'1e oneering." humorous and ideally relevant to See what Columbia has to offer this year! Ye shiva University. Satirical Ads or cartoons are also acceptable. The best submissions will be awarded $50.00 Each. Please send your work to . sp,infllllunwla,edu [email protected]·u.edu or to �h�� Josh Feldman, Morg 203 or Allnnar_,CoklnlJia IArnon Storfer, 475 Wl86th St #SJ 12 Ada r /, 5 75 7 j "m4e CO:ommtnbttnr,------Pqge_____ 13 Yeshiva University •. lll1t,;,:lf 1i1,1111nof Students . , , _;.: · .. E?.ear'Stuc.ients, Ci>n.1 beh�lf of/tme Offit:'� ofthe r>eanofStudents, we would like to weko1ne our returning .stu��nts .(�r 1997sem ester. 'n<:t. 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Cheifetz !(Career Services) iBH· 42� FH 419 · (Dormltory·c()ncerns/ . i .- .. l. ,' ' ··.. : · ,P�rsoi,al_ GuidarJce)' ·•· '··· ·. . /RalJ,,.. --E,Ut'--Jm,,,entgsbera M.s.Adrienne Wollf 'M0 104 i(Gen�ral • Guidance) (Career Placement) BH 419 .·. ···.••t:d�b,i'Yalj�:'.··\•· htiFine· ' .. ..r=;�,_,,#i� �.�( . •>ticict�niiiJi� t.• ·r, 1 ..· : : :, pi,rsoQilt In the wake of the helicopter crash which took the lives of seventy-three Israeli soldiers, we offe r out condolences to all of the fa milies in mourning. What fo llows is a translation of a piece printed in Friday 's Ye diot Acharonot (and reprinted here with permission) written by Amram Mitzna, the mayor of Haifaand fo rmer OC Central Command. I fe el that it captures the pain and emptiness that we are all experiencing in light of thetr agedy: I th ought that my two hands had al- Israel, just as in mine, people sat and wait- Assaf Cheifetz; the Chief of Police and other fatherin this country during those ready encountered all possible pain and ed for that comforting sound of the tele- an old friend of mine, appeared on the tense moments-worried. I divorced with h e ocolyptic �;:;:r� :t;� �;�;;e� :��::� :�:� �;::::�;���;!t::: , ...... <§{I�}:rl l:tI:�;:[;';'.;;Jj[f'.:� :::�:;:;� �;:�: :;;;:::a�:i �� !�� u? have caressed orphans. Thesesame two they would hear the fateful . . 1]'$$�. basictrainingto ether. �a Thetelephonerang. "lt'sme," saidRaz . . . /\ � hands were now trembling. These two knock on the door from the . ,.,· ,,,<.>>'•. .> -+:,\ · ,;/ . choked up voice he m- in a trembling voice. "Look outfor your- hands that have pulled the trigger of a Katzin Ha' ir. /5 ;£( formed us that there were self," Itold him as I passedthe receiver on to C dL· li 'Af.:i,Jif· · tank's gw1 turret. These two hands that . Oureyesweregluedto the · · many fatalities. I was feel- hismother. Myhandswerestilltrembling. have evacuated the injured from gun-rid- television. Theimagesweredrearyindeed. ingdrynessinmythroat. Amiram Levine, In seventy-threeIsraeli homes, thetele dled battlefields. These same two hands Wewentovertotheradio. Withone ear, we OC oN rthernC ommand and also an old phone never rang. In seventy-three Israeli were now trembling. listened to the voice of newscaster Karinela friendo fmine, told usina broken voice that homes, the only sound that was heard was My hands were trembling as I waited Menashe, and with our other ear, we lis- therewereaboo.tseventydead. Mindbog- that of the fatefulknock o n the door. The anxiouslyforthephonecallfrommyyoung- tened forthe ring of the telephone. "When gling! knockthatonceheard, changedeverything. est son who is serving as an officer in the is he going to call already?!" The time I was reminded of an article lonceread The son, the father, the brother,will never Paratroopers Brigade. I wasn't the only passed and the waiting seemed to last entitled:"Parents-WaitinglnFear". How pass through that door again. "He was one. In thousands of homes all across longer than eternity. true today. I was scared. I was just as every taken in the helicopter tragedy." Biblical Prophecy and.Israeli Events BY RABBIY osEFBLAU cationthatweliveinanerawhereprophecies Arabsisa temporarybetrayalthatcannotlast. kollelim a spiritual refuge from a hostile arebeing fulfilled. Netanyahuwill be on moresu ccessfulthan world. Realitiesof lifeareto�avoidednot Afterthetragic helicopteraccidentwhere The Jewish people have been on an Rabin and Peres in delaying thecompleti on confronted.JntheSephardicJewishworldthe seventy-threeIsraeli so ldiersl osttheir lives, emotional rollercoaster since we became oftheemergingredemption kabbalistswhogiveoutI . . I, ""':; : �';-,-.- ,. . ' I Macs On Virge of Post Season Play continued from back page aboutthislossandmoveon." JoelJacobson December 14, 64-58. Poly,coming in with led the Macs with 10 points, while Alon 11 wins were looking for revenge, and and Neil had 9 apiece. jumped out to a 9-2 lead. The Macs then Justthreedayslater, the Macs took their came storming back to take a 15-12 lead. frustrations out on SUNYPurchase. The The Macs used a tight man-to-man defense ltt��,��·' teflllis>c& ��-h ,lot, his Macs came outto a 10-2 lead spurred on by to build a 28-20 lead at half-time. The team ,;e�)Jo�Baridlei-lC>O!Gfo�ardtd 8 points from Alon Zaibert including 2 extended the lead to 16 points, but were threys.When JoelJacobsonput back a Marc complacentandwereunabletobreakPoly's Nadritchmiss,theleadwasupto20points. press as the lead was cut to only 2 points But the tide turnedonce the Purchase Pan with2:42remainingin the game. Neil Bron thers started to run at every opportunity stein followed with a big lay-up at2:l4, and causing the Macs to foul unnecessarily the rest was a foul shooting contest in andputtheiropponentsontheline8times. which the Macs won. The finalscore was The half-time score was 37-29 after the YU-53 Poly-47, giving the Macs their 12th •··,:f!. x ,.. •.:.-; short20minutehalf.MarcNad.ritchplayed win.Neil Bronstein had the game of his the half of his short YU careerin thesecond career,with 16 points on 7 for 8 shooting half. He scored 13 points on 4 field goals and2for2fromthestripe.AlonZaiberthad and 5 free throws. He finished with 21 13, includingtwo treys. points, 8 rebounds,3 assists and 2 steals in TheMacshavethreemoregames,twoof 34rninutesof play, to lead the Macs toa59- whichare away. ThisWednesday, Febru 52 victory and the Macs' 11th win. Joel ary 19, they go to City College, who they Jacobson finished with 13 points, while beat67-53, Dec.2, 1996. The next day, they Zaibert and Bronstein both had 12. goto Brooklyntoplay St.Joseph's.Finally, Intheir third straight home game, the Pratt Institute at the MSAC in their final team tookon Polytechnic,who they beaton regular season game at 8 PM. Yeshiva Fencing Team Sharp As Ever continued from back page atPrinceton,andperforrnedremarkablywell. foranothershot. well, join the basketball team." (He later withexcellentperforrnances;andSabrefenc Az.ariandShindelhadacombined1�2record. . ThispastSunday,Feb.16,avery important apologizedfor his meanspiritedcornrnents.) ersAkiva Herzfeldand YekutielSandman StevensTech, whose fen cing squadhas meetwasheldatVassarCollege. For thefirst The fencing team now prepares for the lookpromising as well. had a long standing rivalrywith Yeshiva, tirneinalongwhile,thefencingsquaddefeat- games that it must win, with the most The fencing team is nearing the crucial I. hosted YeshivaandN}ITonTuesdayFebru ed Cornell. Yeshiva was ledby thesabre · importantpartoftheseason,theMACFA partofitsseason,butalready itis turningout ary12. Thefencing team inspiredbytheepee squad (Avraham "juggernaut" Goldberg, championshipsandNCAAcompetition, to be asuccessful year.After thegloriously squad-Shimon Oppenheirn,Hadar Weiss, Israelirnathernatidanl.eevNeumeir, Akiva yet to come. triwnphant 95-% season, this year's team EricSchubert,andJ.J.Lando-crushedNJIT. Herzfeld,andYe kutielSandman)whichwon This year a few individuals hope to be was left with only three returningstarters. The blowout, allowed coachesMessing 9 matchesand lostnone to the Cornell sabre selected to compete in the NCAA cham Nevertheless, the team fought hard in the and Rosasto givethe new fencers an oppor squad.The team alsoannihilated Laffayette pionships. Shimon Oppenheim,a senior beginningoftheyear,andtheplayersmeshed tunity.Alan Gross(l-0)thoroughly crushed College.However,thetearnlostaverydisap- with a 41-19 record, has used his long astheseasonprogressed.Nowthetearnfeels the opponent,winning by a scoreof 5-1; Ari pointingrnatchtoBard.AssistantCoachPete reach and lengthy extension to poke his confidentandinvincible.Withthemostmean Loren(�1) initiallylookedasifhewouldpull Rosaswas soupset that he shoutedmenac- way toward his goal; foil fencers Azari ingfulpart of theseason rapidly approach offa victory,butintheendhewaslefthoping inglyatthetearn,"Hyou'renotgoing tofence and Shindel havesuddenlycometothefore ing,Yeshiva fen cinglooks strong. iill'��l.li�l��---� -.wm,.-asm�:<-f'&K� lllllru',H��'=-l'iffi"llt--..im.,."il-W--�':;,.(J,:.. ·: . ·- r Delta Air Lines OpE-nsUp Th@ USA.To CoJ�E-gE- Stud��t 1I With A Y�ar s Wor:� I Of low farE-s I And UnJimitE-dfu n. You.deserve some .fun .... 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The SPORTS line up facing one another,gallantly salute frenzied schedule will continue through the opponent, and then don their masks pre March when the MACFA championships paringto fence. When the refereeasks if they areheld. are ready, the players respond, "Yes sir;" when the fencersfinish they shake each oth Fencing Recap ershand and complement one another on Yeshivawent to Bostonon February sec YU Basketball Intramural Update their fencingab ility.It is a gentle sport.It is a ond to sparwithsomeofthebestteamsinthe sport that Yeshivastudents excel at. nation,includingMIT,Boston Coll ege, Bran Armedwith ashardofmetalandprotected deis, and Brown. The meetwasheldat Bran BY COMMENTATOR SPORTS STAFF were led by the top rebounder in the by a mask, the YeshivaCollegestudenthacks, deis Universityand many members ofthe league ( and last year's technical foul lead bashes,and bloodiesthe opponent intosub team met old friends. However, theJewish Feeding off the excitement of the "bat er), Mendy Miller, who added 15 points mission;yetitisalldonegently, and with only atmosphereandkosherfooddidnothelpthe tle of the unbeatens" featuring Gross..; along with his tenacious defense. Judah the bestintentions.Thechivalrous qualitiesof tearnpulloffanyvictories.OnFeb.9, theteam man's Clippers and Markovitz's Knicks, Presslituptheskywith12pointson4for the Yeshiva Universitystudent have in the fenced Princetonan4 New Hampshireand last semester, and with additions to the 4 shooting from 3- point land. The Clip past helped make the fencing teama very losttwoagonizingdefeats.Yet, the foilsquad league from the second semester's sup:. pers offense (almost non-existent), was goodone.Forthepasttwoyeai'stheteamhas led by Shaun Azari, Stuart Shindel, and plemental draft, the league's weaker headed by Jonathan Sicklick's 17 points won the IAC and last year theteam finished Mordechai· Gluck outsmartedthe opponent teams have become stronger. The addi and Seth Grossman's 1 point effort. . in fourthplaceattheMid AtlanticConference continued on page 15 tion of such players as Chaim Zacklteim to the 76ers, and Ami Rosen to the Griz Raptors39 Cavs 40 zlies, will vastly improve the teams. The This game saw a defensivestruggl� all runner up Knicks might have found the the way down to the buzzer. The Raptoi's Basketball Macs Make missing piece to the puzzle with the ad had ball possession in the closing sec dition of power center Lenny Himmel onds, but were unable to capitalize. The farb. Cavs were led in scoring by David "Wild Thing" Wild. The Raptors were led by Run at Playoffs Game Summariesfrom firs t 3 weeksof the Dov "Spud" Robinson who scored 15 BY RoN MARKOVITZ the Macs dosed thefirsthalfwitha 9-2run Spring Semester: points. Yechiel Engel provided the half ANDSTEVENZoMBEK and trailed 27-24. time show with finger (not figure) ice Unfortunately, the Macs gotnocloser as Clippers 38 Knicks 62 skating, and repeatedly drawing the With a post-season bid on the line, the they came out flattoopen thesecond-half. The rematch of last semester's final same cartoon face. undermanned Yeshiv aMaccabeestook on The Crusaders went on a 7-0run, pushing was not as breathtaking this time around. the ever dangerous NJIT Crusaders Feb. 3 the lead back to 10 points. The Macs were Without the services of DarnelLowe, the Grizzlies 34 Lakers 61 attheMaxStemAthleticCenter. Tryingto held toonly6fieldgoalsenroutetoa73-49 Clippers played like their NBA counter- Thisgame was a blowout fromthe get- avengeanearlyseasonlossto theCrusad thrashing. After the game, the team piled part from Los Angeles. The Knicks were go. The Lakers' offense was led by Micha ers, the Macs knew that they faced a diffi into thelocker room and held their heads in led by Marc Goldberg's 16 points, and el "The Waiter" Resnick, who had a cult challenge. Early on, the game was a their hands, and not a word was uttered Jonathan Sicklick contributed 10 points · tripledouble, with 14points,l0 rebounds, see-saw battle, as the Macs' defensewas until Coach Halpert came in. He told the for the Clippers. Steve Zombek was a and 13 assists. Dovid Kompel also con suffocating.The lack of depthon theMacs team to put this behind them so they could notable absence. tributed to the scoring frenzy with 12 begantoshowaboutmidwaythroughthe get on with the last4gam:esandget4 wins. points. The Grizzlies were led by firsthalf,asNJITworedowntheMacswith When asked to assess the teams perfor Clippers 44 Cavs 56 Jonathan "Smoove" Lifschutz who their fast-breaks. Compounded by some mance,Nei1Bronsteinsaid,"lt's a40minute ·The Clippers were outscored, outre pitched in with 6 pointsand two early sloppy ball handling, the Macs went ice game. Youcan'tplaythewaywedidinthe bounded, and outwitted once again, this missed free throws, which proved cru cold as NJlTjumped outto a 10 point lead. second-half and beat a team as good as time it atthe hands of the Cavs. TheCavs cial later in the game. Led by Alon "Oak" Zaibert & Neil Bron NJIT." He added, "We just have to forget continued on page 15 stein, who hit a bigthreewith2secondsleft, it�e