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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Yeshiva University

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 Aug. 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
Democratic Senator Jon Fetterman of Pennsylvania, center, with Yeshiva University leadership, ahead of the university's commencement ceremony in Queens, May 29, 2024. (Luke Tress via JTA)
May 30, 2024, 6:46 am
At Yeshiva University commencement, John Fetterman disavows his alma mater Harvard
US senator, who has been one of the most vocal pro-Israel Democrats since October 7, takes off red stole to protest Harvard’s ‘inability to stand up for the Jewish community’
By Luke Tress
Yeshiva University head Rabbi Ari Berman (Yeshiva University)
April 26, 2024, 1:40 pm
Daily Briefing Apr 26: Day 203 – Yeshiva U head on anti-Israel campus protests in US
YU Pres. Rabbi Ari Berman visits ToI in Jerusalem to discuss a broad coalition of 100 university heads he forged after the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas, and the others who didn’t join
By ToI Staff
Dr. Ruth Gottesman speaks at a Albert Einstein College of Medicine event at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan, May 17, 2016. (Brent N. Clarke/Getty Images via JTA)
February 27, 2024, 2:57 am
Jewish philanthropist gives $1 billion to Bronx med school, waiving all future tuition
Dr. Ruth Gottesman says she hopes donation will help Albert Einstein College of Medicine students ‘find new ways to prevent diseases and provide the finest health care’
By Luke Tress
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images, via JTA)
February 21, 2024, 4:01 am
Professor who quit MIT over its antisemitism response takes job at Yeshiva University
School calls itself a ‘safe haven’ in announcement on hiring of Mauricio Karchmer, weeks after he left MIT due to its handling of Jew hatred on campus after October 7
By Luke Tress
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images, via JTA)
October 21, 2023, 9:45 pm
Yeshiva U students launch ‘Day of Loving-Kindness’ to counter Hamas days of ‘rage’
As Jewish communities worldwide feel anxious over anti-Israel rallies, students work to inspire people to carry out acts of kindness to spread Jewish idea of ‘chesed’
By Luke Tress
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of Shemot, or Exodus, while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Courtesy Yeshiva University via JTA)
August 17, 2023, 3:35 am
Yeshiva University launches master’s program for Christian students
The 2-year track at the Modern Orthodox flagship is being called an ‘experiment,’ but what’s certain is that it reflects a growing Evangelical interest in Jewish practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ryan Turell playing for the Motor City Cruise. (Courtesy Motor City Cruise via JTA)
August 14, 2023, 5:09 am
Former YU phenom Ryan Turell features in new Amazon documentary on the G League
Segments of ‘Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey’ focus on the Jewish identity of the Orthodox player who was the top scorer in college ball before joining the minors last year
By Stephen Silver
Clockwise from left: Arthur Szyk, Maimonides, New Canaan,1950, Watercolor and gouache on paper. (Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, gift of Louis Werner); Moses Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah, Egypt, after 1168. (The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford); Guide of the Perplexed, Barcelona, 1347 or 1348, by Moses Maimonides. (The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen/ all images from the Yeshiva University Museum exhibition 'The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries')
May 23, 2023, 4:00 am
Legacy of 12th-century rabbi, doctor and thinker Moses Maimonides on display in NY
‘The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries,’ a Yeshiva University exhibit, shows the far-reaching impact of one of the Middle Age’s most prolific Torah scholars
By Cathryn J. Prince
Herschel Siegel, who was a beloved member of the Jewish community at Yeshiva University and Atlanta, died by suicide last Friday. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 6, 2023, 4:47 pm
Yeshiva University left mourning after beloved gay alumnus dies by suicide
Hershel Siegel had openly expressed his struggles with reconciling as both LGBTQ and Orthodox, with friends saying his death should be a wakeup call for school
By Jacob Henry
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