Yeshiva University
Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, speaks during an event in August 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
March 27, 2025, 11:39 am
After announcing LGBTQ club, Yeshiva U president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to the school
In an email to students, Rabbi Ari Berman rejected the idea that Y.U. had reversed its prohibition on the club.
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, 2:33 pm
Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club, reversing a longtime ban
The announcement marks a significant shift for the Modern Orthodox flagship university in Manhattan.
By Ben Sales
Robert Kraft speaking at the United Hatzalah New York Gala, June 6, 2023. (Courtesy of Eli Weintraub)
June 26, 2024, 8:34 pm
After spurning Columbia, Robert Kraft gives $1M to Yeshiva U to support transfer students
YU has said it is expecting an influx of students who have left their secular universities amid the pro-Palestinian protests
By Jacob Gurvis
Sen. Jon Fetterman, center, with Yeshiva University leadership, ahead of the university's commencement ceremony in Queens, May 29, 2024. (Luke Tress)
May 29, 2024, 6:32 pm
John Fetterman disavows Harvard, his alma mater, while receiving award from Yeshiva University
"I have been profoundly disappointed,” he said, mentioning “Harvard’s inability to stand up for the Jewish community after Oct. 7.”
By Luke Tress
A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, Dec. 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Y.U. student organizers)
June 15, 2022, 1:15 pm
Judge orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBTQ organization
YU must provide “full equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges afforded to all other student groups at Yeshiva University."
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, on 34th and Lexington. The all-male campus counterpart is in Morningside Heights. (Julia Gergely)
March 29, 2022, 3:32 pm
Rape allegation at Yeshiva University stirs reforms — and skepticism
A student claimed she was raped by one of YU's basketball players, whom she didn’t name — and that she and her alleged rapist were asked by the school to sign nondisclosure agreements.
By Julia Gergely
Mikey Butler's graduation from Yeshiva University at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport with YU Chancellor Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm. Photo provided by Nina Butler.
January 20, 2022, 2:20 pm
Yeshiva University establishes scholarship in memory of Pittsburgh alum Mikey Butler
“‘I have cystic fibrosis; cystic fibrosis doesn’t have me,’ he said.
By David Rullo
Ryan Turell plays in a game for the Yeshiva University Maccabees. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University)
December 1, 2021, 9:19 am
Yeshiva U’s basketball team is now No. 1 in NCAA’s Division III
The team boasts the longest current win streak of any school in any division, which they extended on Sunday with a comeback win over Manhattanville College.
By Ben Sales
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
November 17, 2021, 2:07 pm
In every generation
Yeshiva University athletes place religious studies above athletic activities. In what may prove to be a Chanukah miracle, the University's men's basketball keeps winning.
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