Counseling Center

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.

2020 Panel

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.

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Hannah Fons Event

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

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Deborah Glick Event

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.

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Enough is Enough: Yeshiva University Students Protest LGBTQ Discrimination
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Ben Katz Event

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.

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Ben Shapiro Speech

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Faculty Responses

Student and Other Responses

Ben Shapiro Live at Yeshiva University
Young America’s Foundation | December 5, 2016
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Ben Shapiro Bashes the Left, Ignites Political Conversation on Campus
Nathan Feifel | December 7, 2016
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Ben Shapiro Brings Heated Dialogue to YU
Yardena Katz | Date
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Letter to the Editor
Undersigned Faculty | December 12, 2016
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Letter to the Editor
Shalom Carmy | Date
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Letter to the Editor
Richard Joel | Date
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The Paradox of Ben Shapiro
Samuel Gelman | December 18, 2016
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Say What You Wanna Say
Elijah Diamond | Date
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What is a Mental Illness?
Benjamin Koslowe | Date
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Why I left YU, and Why I’m Writing About It Now
Joshua Trannen | Date
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