We're with you--Virginia Tech

To Students, Faculty, and Staff,
Our thoughts go out to the Virginia Tech University community at this terrible time of mourning. I thought I would share with you a condolence letter sent to Dr. Charles Steger, President of Virginia Tech, on behalf of Yeshiva University.

Dear President Steger,

I am overwhelmed with sorrow and shock at the unfathomable tragedy that occurred on your campus. As former President and International Director of Hillel: The Foundation of Jewish Campus Life, I visited hundreds of campuses around the country and can only imagine the shattering impact this act of carnage is having on the idyllic and harmonious campus of Virginia Tech.

I admire your courage and forthrightness in coping with this horrific loss as you strive to comfort students, faculty, and most of all, the parents whose children have been torn from them in the prime of their lives. Our prayers are with you and it is my hope that you will find the strength and fortitude to heal the wounds of your community as you mourn this terrible, terrible tragedy.

Richard M. Joel

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