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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


US Supreme Court requires Yeshiva University to allow LGBT student club

The justices, in a 5-4 decision, declined to put on hold a state court ruling that required NYC to recognize YU Pride Alliance as a student club

Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University

Who are the Samaritans? Washington exhibit to showcase the biblical people

The groundbreaking exhibition The Samaritans: A Biblical People will open on September 16.

Members of the Samaritan sect take part in a traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim

US Supreme Court's Sotomayor lets Yeshiva University prohibit LGBT club

YU determined that granting an LGBTQ student group official status would be "inconsistent with the school's Torah values."

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YU asks Supreme Court for stay on order to recognize LGBTQ+ student club

YU warned that recognizing an LGBTQ+ student club would cause "irreparable harm" to the Yeshiva, its students and its community.

Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University student sues school for allegedly covering up her rape

The student also alleged that the university has created and fostered a “rape cover-up culture.”

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What’s next for undrafted Yeshiva University basketball star Ryan Turell?

Turell is considering a move to Israel or the NBA’s minor league organization, according to ESPN.

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

Jewish Queer Youth praises YU pride ruling as 'victory for human dignity'

“The ruling is a victory for human dignity, mental health and safety on campus,” said Rachael Fried, executive director of JQY and a YU alum.

 Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, on 34th and Lexington. The all-male campus counterpart is in Morningside Heights.

Yeshiva University now obligated to host LGBTQ+ club on campus

YU, as a non-religious organization, is subject to the New York City Human Rights Law. As such it must immediately grant plaintiff YU Pride Alliance the full equal accommodations," the ruling reads.

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'We must abhor antisemitism irrespective of where it comes from' - Lipstadt

More than 1,700 YU students from undergraduate and graduate programs were awarded degrees during commencement season.

  Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University.

Providing English mental healthcare at the Jerusalem Mental Health expo

A clearer picture of the range of mental health services available in Israel to the English-speaking community.

 Jerusalem Mental Health Expo (logo).