Yeshiva University Faculty Members Sign Letter Decrying Elise Stefanik Graduation Honor - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Yeshiva University faculty members sign letter decrying Elise Stefanik graduation honor

Dozens of Yeshiva University faculty say they “deplore and oppose” the school’s decision to give its highest award to Rep. Elise Stefanik, saying the prize politicizes commencement ceremonies and rewards an extremist official.

Yeshiva University faculty members sign letter decrying Elise Stefanik graduation honor - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The letter suggests that it is inappropriate for Stefanik to share a stage with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the other honoree.

Yeshiva University faculty protest commencement honor for Republican star Elise Stefanik

A group of more than 50 faculty members at Yeshiva University have signed a public statement opposing the university’s decision to award Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, its highest honor, the Presidential Medallion, and to feature her as a speaker at Thursday’s commencement ceremony. The school’s president, Rabbi Ari Berman, delivered a benediction at President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January. The faculty members c…

Dozens of Yeshiva University faculty decry the school for honoring Elise Stefanik

Over 50 professors signed a petition calling the modern Orthodox university's decision 'morally indefensible,' citing the Republican congresswoman's history of boosting white nationalist conspiracy theories and election denialism