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Members of the Yeshiva University Maccabees huddle during their Sweet 16 game against Emory University, March 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (Screenshot from MacsLive video on X)
March 14, 2026, 4:26 am
Yeshiva knocked out in Sweet 16, as Zevi Samet scores 43 in his last game with Maccabees
YU coach predicts future success for team despite graduation of several top players, including Samet, who says highlight of his time at school was the ‘awesome friendships’ he made
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Zevi Samet is a star of the Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team. (Kodiak Creative/Jimmy Naprstek)
March 13, 2026, 1:33 pm
Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
With YU’s men’s basketball team set to play in Division III March Madness regional semifinals for first time ever, fans flood to see them, challenging Emory’s home court advantage
By Joseph Strauss
British author and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of antisemitism in Europe, in Paris on June 3, 2024. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
January 29, 2026, 11:53 am
Conservative pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
The British pundit, who has a BA in English literature from Oxford and has become one of the most prominent non-Jewish Israel supporters since Oct. 7, will teach a course on poetry
By Grace Gilson
Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman died at age 90 in December 2025. (Yeshiva University via JTA)
January 1, 2026, 2:19 am
Julius Berman, Orthodox rabbi who led prominent Jewish institutions, dies at 90
Born in Lithuania in 1935, Berman served in leadership positions at the Orthodox Union, Yeshiva University, and over a dozen other Jewish communal organizations
By Grace Gilson
President Isaac Herzog speaks at Yeshiva University in New York on December 7, 2025 (Haim Zach / GPO)
December 8, 2025, 2:15 pm
Herzog, in NYC, calls Mamdani’s rhetoric about Israel ‘outrageous,’ ‘anti-American’
At Yeshiva University, president says socialist mayor-elect ‘makes no effort to conceal his contempt for the Jewish, democratic State of Israel,’ sounds alarm on rising antisemitism
By ToI Staff and Luke Tress
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September 8, 2025, 8:49 pm
Akiva headlines United Palace concert to open YU’s fall semester
Affiliated with Yeshiva University and its alumni network, the event features Idan Raichel and is one of the most exciting musical nights in recent memory for NY’s Jewish community.
Rabbi Yosef Blau, former spiritual adviser at Yeshiva University, addresses members of Smol Emuni, an organization of liberal observant Jews, in a video shown at their conference in March, 2025. (Courtesy Smol Muni via JTA)
August 29, 2025, 8:12 pm
Yosef Blau, author of Orthodox rabbis’ letter critiquing Israel, responds to critics
Last week, the former Yeshiva University rabbi penned what he sees as a contrarian but necessary missive decrying the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Reactions have been mixed
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Elise Stefanik speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 22, 2025, 3:04 pm
Yeshiva University faculty members sign letter decrying Elise Stefanik graduation honor
Nearly 50 signatories slam congresswoman’s record, including her support for claim that Trump won the 2020 election and endorsement of a conspiracy theory with antisemitic roots
By Grace Gilson
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
May 10, 2025, 10:37 am
Yeshiva University rescinds approval of LGBTQ+ student group
Orthodox university’s rabbis say ‘Hareni’ violated settlement agreement that allowed for its formation; students refuse to include ‘sexual morality’ disclaimer on club’s ads
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, December 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University student organizers)
March 27, 2025, 9:20 pm
After recognizing LGBTQ club, YU president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to school
Ari Berman denies university has reversed position; new campus group, ‘Hareni,’ says it demonstrates Jewish and LGBTQ identities can coexist in ‘a welcoming academic environment’
By Ben Sales
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
March 21, 2025, 7:38 pm
After years of litigation, Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club
‘Hareni’ will operate according to ‘approved guidelines’ of YU’s senior rabbis, statement says; recognition follows long legal struggle that included US Supreme Court hearing
By Ben Sales
Illustrative photo of young Jewish women engaged in discussion. (Jewish Life Photo Bank/Laura Ben David)
November 2, 2024, 8:42 pm
Israel or abortion rights: College-age US Orthodox women face tough call at ballot box
Torn between two candidates with diametrically opposed value systems – and sharing some of each – young female voters debate whether support for the Jewish state trumps all else
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Head coach Elliot Steinmetz talks to the Yeshiva University Maccabees in the locker room after they beat US Merchant Marine Academy, 75-57, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
July 11, 2024, 5:47 am
Mayim Bialik producing movie on Yeshiva U’s basketball win streak
New film will focus on US college team’s coach when it won 50 straight games from 2019 to 2021; screenwriter: Coach ‘shares my determination to prove Jews can be whatever we want’
By jacob gurvis
Ryan Turell, a 6-foot-7 guard who has entered the NBA draft, hopes to become the league’s first Orthodox player. (Joe Bednarsh and Adena Stevens/ via JTA)
July 4, 2024, 1:52 pm
American Orthodox basketball star to join Israeli team
Ryan Turell will play with Ironi Ness Ziona when the next season of Israeli Basketball Premier League begins in October
By jacob gurvis
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft walks the field during practice before an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, in Orchard Park, New York, January 8, 2023. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)
June 27, 2024, 6:26 am
Robert Kraft announces $1m donation to Yeshiva U after yanking funds from Columbia
Move by US philanthropist and New England Patriots owner comes as Modern Orthodox institution readies for influx of students who left secular universities amid anti-Israel protests
By jacob gurvis
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