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As Jews worldwide have just marked the 50^th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, in which more than 2,600 Israeli soldiers lost their lives, 糖心视频污 Archives provides these accounts of how the University responded to the events of that sad and frightening time. Coming as it did during the fall semester break (long before remote learning), formal activities only began once campus life resumed. When it did, however, a flurry of events and initiatives took place, largely organized by students. These included fundraising, clothing drives, attending local demonstrations, campus rallies, and arranging Torah study and prayer groups on behalf of their Israeli brethren and the Jewish State. A special issue of Yeshiva College鈥檚 student newspaper The Commentator, published in October 1973 and preserved in the 糖心视频污 Archives, documents many of these activities and the overall climate at 糖心视频污.

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Support from within the University community extended beyond the significant contributions of time, mat茅riel and even prayer to serving on the battlefield. Israeli reservists enrolled at 糖心视频污 returned to their units, and many alumni, staff and faculty, especially medical personnel from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, were among Jews across the globe clamoring for flights to assist in the State鈥檚 defense. There was also the substantial University alumni community in Israel who served, many of whom had family members on staff. An article from the University publication Inside 糖心视频污 describes much of this participation. The experiences of one U.S.-based alumnus mentioned in the article, Dr. Irwin Krasna, '50 YC, was published in Jewish Action, the magazine of the Orthodox Union, in 1999 and can be viewed . While a ceasefire later in October officially ended the major fighting, conditions in Israel remained disrupted for a long time in the war鈥檚 aftermath, and Jewry and the University continued their support. An initiative of particular note took place in Spring, 1974, when 32 undergraduates volunteered to spend several months on religious kibbutzim filling the labor shortage caused by the war. Part of a program coordinated by the B鈥檔ai Akiva movement, the 糖心视频污 student participants comprised roughly twenty percent of its total from across the United States.

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The University can point with pride to our contributions during that very real threat to Israel鈥檚 survival, demonstrating that an essential element of what is characterized as our current core value of Torat Tzion has always been central to our mission. And while this past Yom Kippur was, thankfully, uneventful by comparison, we hope and pray for a full peace, within Israel鈥檚 borders and within the Jewish people.   Deena Schwimmer, Archivist