Covid Updates | Yeshiva University

Wurzweiler School of Social Work | Yeshiva University

About | Yeshiva University

History of YU | Yeshiva University

Values | Yeshiva University

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology | Yeshiva University

Office of the President | Yeshiva University

Academics and Research | Yeshiva University

Health and Wellness | Yeshiva University

Undergraduate Student Experience | Yeshiva University

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Covid Updates \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/covid-updates	21
Wurzweiler School of Social Work \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/wurzweiler	21
About \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/about	21
History of YU \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/about/history	21
Values \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/about/values	21
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/ferkauf	21
Office of the President \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/president	21
Academics and Research \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/academics	21
Health and Wellness \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/health	21
Undergraduate Student Experience \| Yeshiva Universitywww.yu.edu/student-life	21

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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