Daily Briefing Sept 21: Yeshiva U v. YU Pride Alliance; update on Poland reparations
Luke Tress reports from NY on secular studies in Jewish day schools; Diaspora correspondent Judah Ari Gross with an unusual TV debate
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Diaspora correspondent Judah Ari Gross and New York correspondent Luke Tress join host Amanda Borschel-Dan in today’s episode.
We begin with the case of Yeshiva University versus the YU Pride Alliance, a campus club, that made it all the way to the Supreme Court — only to be slapped down. Tress explains more.
Gross follows up on last week’s report in which the Polish government is asking Germany for reparations for Polish lives lost during the Nazi-led Holocaust — including for Jews killed by Poles. We learn what kind of justifications are being offered.
To end with, we learn about a highly unusual debate that took place on television Saturday night between the head of the Haredi United Torah Judaism party, Moshe Gafni, and an unlikely opponent.
Discussed articles include:
Yeshiva University suspends all student clubs as it seeks to block LGBTQ group
New York yeshiva asks transgender teacher to leave amid uproar over her identity
Haredi MK finds himself debating Maimonides in TV interview
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