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…
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. Related Articles Being LGBTQ+ in an Orthodox World: A Panel of Four Yeshiva University Undergrad Students and AlumniLGBTQ Panel | December 21,…
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 Related Articles Wurzweiler Event on Gender Issues Disappears From the InternetSarah Casteele | November 29, 2019YU Observer Rescheduled, Yet Obscured: Wurzweiler Transgender Event…
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. Related Articles Everyone Belongs in YeshivaPhillip Nagler | September 19, 2019YU Observer Related Links…
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”…
Ben Shapiro Speech
Event Footage and Related Articles Faculty Responses Student and Other Responses Ben Shapiro Live at Yeshiva UniversityYoung America’s Foundation | December 5, 2016Youtube Ben Shapiro Bashes the Left, Ignites Political Conversation on CampusNathan Feifel | December 7, 2016YU Commentator Ben Shapiro Brings Heated Dialogue to YUYardena Katz | DateYU Observer Letter to the EditorUndersigned Faculty…
Yeshiva University Pride Alliance 