An inside source has leaked the following breaking story. There is a secret "Clubbing" club in YU. The club [which takes a lot of "pride" in what they do] goes to clubs in midtown Manhattan both during the week and on weekends [including Shabbos]. They meet and socialize with the people in these clubs [also known as bars] and often, if "lucky", spend the rest of the night getting to "know" their new friends in a very intimate way. The members of the club explain that they promote multi-culturalism b/c instead of being limited to the sectarian, tribal Jewish population they instead interact with members of many different races and ethnicities.
One student who would identify himself only as "Josh" explained that meeting black women has GREATLY broadened his horizons and actually intends to marry one. He finds them more spiritual and less materialistic than the girls he went to high school with. Josh marshaled a Biblical proof: "I mean, didn't Moshe Rabbeinu marry a black woman??? Didn't the Torah tell us this fact in order to encourage us to do the same??!".
A girl who identified herself as "Shira" explained that she likes Oriental men but in the end she might marry a Jew so that her parents don't immediately die of a heart attack. Shira is a sensitive and caring soul. [This writer tried to make a shidduch between Josh and Shira but sadly neither were interested].
The club has sued YU who due to their narrow parochial viewpoints REFUSE to fund this club. The suit is going to court. If YU loses the suit they risk forfeiting all government funding.
"Clubbing" has presented a petition of over 2,000 past and present students and staff members supporting their efforts and decrying YU's close mindedness. [Sadly, none of the Roshei Yeshiva signed. But one teacher of Modern Hebrew Literature did].
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, YU's President, released a statement saying that while YU loves and respects the needs of all of its student body, it cannot support the activities of a group whose values clash so sharply not only with the "Five Torot" but with the entire thrust of Jewish life.
