Ywn Rabbi of Young Israel of New Rochelle Has Coronavirus; Also Teaches At Y.U.

who also teaches at Yeshiva University, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced overnight. Rabbi Reuven Fink is among 17 patients connected to a 50-year-old lawyer from New Rochelle and 22 statewide. YWN has confirmed that he is home and resting, and gave a Daf Yomi Shiur from his home over video hookup to dozens of people from the Shul who are quarantined. The rabbi oversees Young Israel of New Rochelle, where the man Davens. “Rabbi Reuven Fink, the Rabbi of the Young Israel of New Rochelle, who has been in self-quarantine for being in contact with his congregant who has tested positive has announced to his congregation that he also tested positive with the coronavirus,” the school posted overnight. “Rabbi Fink teaches two undergraduate classes at our Washington Heights campus. We have reached out to his students and recommended as a precautionary measure to self-quarantine until further notice.”