US EditionYeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
Yeshiva University, ranked 22-8, faces second-ranked Emory with strong fan support including local Jewish hospitality and observance of Shabbat at the March Madness Sweet Sixteen.
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Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team is set to play in the Sweet Sixteen round of March Madness on Friday, for the first time in the program’s history. If that sentence sounds familiar, that’s because the YU Maccabees have qualified for the Division III tournament’s Sweet Sixteen once before, in 2020. But that tournament was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and they never got a chance to play the game. “It’s always like, ‘What could…
Yeshiva University Maccabees face Emory Eagles in NCAA D3 Sweet 16
Yeshiva University men’s basketball celebrates a recent win. Photo courtesy of YU. The modern Orthodox Jewish community is descending on Atlanta for a very Jewish basketball game on Friday, March 13, as the No. 12 seed Yeshiva University Maccabees face the No. 1 seed Emory University Eagles in the Sweet Sixteen round of the men’s NCAA D3 basketball tournament. After Yeshiva’s 92-69 win over University of Maine-Farmington on March 7 and 71-69 ov…
Credit for the main image: Yeshiva University Yeshiva University will face Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in the round of 16 of the Division 3 college tournament tomorrow (Friday, 1:00 PM US time and 8:00 PM Israeli time). Standing on the sidelines is the esteemed coach Elliot Steinmetz, wearing a kippah. Just before, Steinmetz conducted a special interview with "Sports Rabbi" Josh Helikman, in which he talked about everything: ambition…
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