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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

Dr. Norman Bloom.

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


Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue

The Shenk Shul is housed at Yeshiva University, the Modern Orthodox flagship in New York City that was locked in battle with students over whether they could form an LBGTQ club.

Yeshiva University's Schottenstein Center, located at 560 West 185th Street. Inside the building is the Florence and Sol Shenk Synagogue and the Schottenstein Theatre.

Susan Weissman: An 18-year doctorate under Dr. Soloveitchik

It all started when Weissman was an undergraduate student at Stern College and walked into Soloveitchik’s class titled “The History of Halacha.”

 Dr. Susan Weissman

Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club - New York appeals court

The ruling by the Appellate Division in Manhattan marked the latest setback for the university in its fight to avoid recognizing YU Pride Alliance.

A view of Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University will establish a club for LGBTQ students 'within the framework of Halacha'

The New York County Supreme Court ruled that New York’s Yeshiva University is required to grant recognition to its LGBTQ club in June.

THE YESHIVA University High School for Boys in New York

Orthodox basketball star Ryan Turell selected in NBA minor league draft

Turell was drafted 27th overall by the Motor City Cruise in the G League, the NBA’s minor league organization.

Former Yeshiva University star Ryan Turell was drafted into the NBA G League Oct. 22, 2022.

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 WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE by Susan Q Yin.

LGBT group puts demands on hold after Yeshiva University suspends student clubs

YU is attempting to hold all of its students hostage, The YU Pride Alliance said in a statement.

A view of Yeshiva University

Jewish gay group funds YU clubs after Yeshiva shuts them down

YU student clubs will be able to apply for up to $500 in funding per event from JQY.

 LGBTQ flag hanging in the front windows of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Letters to the Editor September 19, 2022: ‘Next year in the UAE’

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Yeshiva University halts student clubs in dispute over LGBT group

Yeshiva University cannot bar an LGBT student club after the US Supreme Court refused to block a judge's ruling ordering the school to officially recognize the group.

Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University