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Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."

BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.
Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman dies at 90.

Orthodox rabbi Julius Berman, who influenced secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90

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From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

President Isaac Herzog hosts the President's Decoration Award Ceremony at the president house in Jerusalem. October 22, 2025.

President Herzog to visit New York on Sunday


Yeshiva University students to again hold an LGBTQ event on campus

That sponsor, psychology professor Jenny Isaacs, said the process to gain the university’s approval had been “arduous.”

One student told JTA that he witnessed Yeshiva University rabbis tearing down posters advertising an LGBTQ event on campus.

Amid COVID-19, Yeshiva U., Eleos partner to combat mental health crisis

“We are training 21st century clinicians to provide excellent care and support in any setting, whether in face-to-face therapy sessions or through teletherapy.”

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Yeshiva University rejects LGBTQ club, will support students in other ways

LGBTQ issues present a dilemma for the Modern Orthodox world, which is defined by its strict adherence to traditional Jewish law as well as embrace of the secular world.

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Rabbi Norman Lamm, longtime head of Yeshiva University, dies at 92

The noted Modern Orthodox rabbi, author and communal leader had just lost his wife to COVID-19 a month earlier.

Rabbi Norman Lamm

Mindy Lamm, wife of Yeshiva U president emeritus Rabbi Dr Lamm, dies

"In memory of our dear Aunt Mindy Lamm, who held aloft the entire world until she was felled by this murderous affliction," her niece wrote in a Facebook post.

Rabbi Norman Lamm

More firsts for Yeshiva U men’s basketball as they pick up awards

Two players have been named All-American, including one on the first team, and a coach has been chosen as national Coach of the Year.

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YU men’s basketball team made history — until coronavirus ended the season

'There was no sting of defeat, there was no glory of victory, it was just kind of this, like, blank screen, and an emptiness — wondering what could have been.'

Yeshiva University Maccabees in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball tournament

YU, NCSY embrace virtual programming amid coronavirus outbreak

After becoming the first university in the US to have a student test positive for the novel coronavirus, YU recently finished its first week of fully online studies.

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Yeshiva University men’s basketball team continues record-breaking season

The Maccabees notched a 102-83 victory on Saturday night over Penn State Harrisburg for their 29th straight win.

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Yeshiva U. students complain over college refusal to approve LGBTQ group

The YU Alliance, a student-run organization that does not receive funding from the student councils, currently holds LGBTQ-related events off-campus.

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