Westboro Baptist Church Protest and Counter-Protest

Posted on January 11, 2023 by yupridealliance

In 2017, the Westboro Baptist Church announced their intent to, and later held a protest against YU on March 27th. Part of the announced reason for the protest was, they claimed, Judaism’s role in promoting acceptance of Homosexuality. A counter-protest centered on defending YU’s queer students was organized by Asher Lovy, who described the purpose as being “to make sure that the LGBTQ students of Yeshiva University wouldn’t walk out and see a message of hate that wasn’t countered by a message of love”

News Articles

Westboro Baptist Church Countered with Protest and Fundraiser, “Happy to See” Pushback
Yardena Katz | March 30, 2017
YU Observer

Group of LGBTQ Allies Responds to Westboro Protest with Counter-Protest
Yitzchak Fried | March 28, 2017
YU Observer

Westboro Baptist Church Protests Near YU, Community Responds with Counter-Protest and Charity Campaign,
Doron Levine | Date
YU Commentator

Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Yeshiva University
Judah Stiefel | Date
YU Commentator

Opinions Articles about the protest and counter protest

Why We Must Protest The Westboro Baptist Church
Doniel Weinreich | March 24, 2017
YU Commentator

The Sad State of LGBTQ Inclusion at YU Needs to Change
Masha Shollar | March 9, 2017
YU Observer

Don’t Protest the Westboro Baptist Church
Doron Levine | Date
YU Commentator

Counseling Center

Posted on January 8, 2023 by yupridealliance

The counseling center, and broader LGBTQ sensitivity issues, had been a center of critique for a while, with students encouraging the administration to allow more clear support for queer students to be expressed. In the aftermath of the Fostering an Inclusive Community letter, YU started a counseling center support group, but this group alone is insufficient, and more is to be done.

Westboro Baptist Church Protests Near YU, Community Responds with Counter-Potest and Charity Campaign
Doron Levine | March 27, 2017
YU Commentator

LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Petition Challenges YU’s Comfort Zone
Channa Buxbaum | February 20, 2020
YU Observer

No LGBTQ+ Representatives at First RA LGBTQ+ Sensitivity Training
Mollie Meisels | August 7, 2019
YU Observer

YU Counseling Center Launches Continuation of Support Groups for the LGBTQ+ Community and Functional Psychology for Living Well
Sammy Intrator | October 25, 2021
YU Observer

YU Counseling Center Announces Three New Student Support Groups
Mili Chizhik | February 16, 2021
YU Observer

New Strides Promised By The YU Administration For The Inclusion Of LGBTQ+ Students In The YU Community+
Rachel Jacobi | September 4, 2020
YU Observer

YU Announces New LGBTQ Inclusivity Policies, Denies LGBTQ Club Formation
Sruli Fruchter | September 3, 2020
YU Commentator

2020 Panel

Posted on January 8, 2023 by yupridealliance

In 2020, Yeshiva University held a panel speaking with past and present queer students over zoom, moderated by Dr. Jenny Issacs, about being queer in the orthodox world, which brought over 600 attendees.

Being LGBTQ+ in an Orthodox World: A Panel of Four Yeshiva University Undergrad Students and Alumni
LGBTQ Panel | December 21, 2020
Youtube

LGBTQ Student and Alumni Reflect on Experiences in the Orthodox World at YU-Sponsored Panel
Sruli Fruchter | December 21, 2020
YU Commentator

Yeshiva University students face uphill battle on campus in planned LGBTQ event
Hannah Dreyfus| December 19, 2020
Times of Israel

Panel “Being LGBTQ+ in an Orthodox World” Sponsored by Yeshiva University
Adina Bruce | December 15, 2020
YU Observer

Hannah Fons Event

Posted on January 8, 2023 by yupridealliance

A scheduled Wurzweiller School of Social Work Care Cafe event featuring Hannah Fons was postponed repeatedly, disappearing from YU’s event website without explanation, before finally taking place (I think) June 14th, 2019

Wurzweiler Event on Gender Issues Disappears From the Internet
Sarah Casteele | November 29, 2019
YU Observer

Rescheduled, Yet Obscured: Wurzweiler Transgender Event Postponed For Summer
Shayna Herszage | March 31, 2019
YU Observer

Wurzweiler Postpones Event With Transgender Activist Hannah Fons
Benjamin Koslowe | December 1, 2018
YU Commentator

When Common Decency isn’t so common
Mollie Meisels | September 20, 2018
YU Observer

Deborah Glick Event

Posted on January 8, 2023 by yupridealliance

On May 2nd, 2019, Deborah Glick, the first openly gay state legislator in New York State spoke at an event sponsored by the YU Dems called “Overcoming Adversity: Minority Representation in NY Politics,” after and despite intervention attempts by YU administration.

Everyone Belongs in Yeshiva
Phillip Nagler | September 19, 2019
YU Observer

Ben Katz Event

Posted on January 8, 2023 by yupridealliance

On November 13th, 2018, Ben Katz, a gay YU alumnus living in Israel, spoke to students on the Beren campus about the existence of LGBTQ Jews, and the resulting importance of ensuring that they have narratives they can tell in the first explicitly LGBTQ themed event after the 2009 “Being Gay in the Orthodox World” panel.