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Why Do Gay Students Leave To YU Anyway?
By Anonymous, YU Pride Alliance Writing Committee
There is a pervasive assumption amongst my fellow Modern Orthodox Jews that YU as an institution is incompatible with an LGBTQ identity, an assumption only heightened by the school’s ongoing response to the Pride Alliance club on campus. As a gay student who chose to come to YU, I have often been asked with varying levels of incredulity why I chose to enroll at Yeshiva University at all. This assumption is so pervasive that even when meeting fellow gay YU students, often one of the first questions we ask each other is “so why did you come to YU?” For a long time, I found it hard to answer this question; I never saw any reason not to go to YU. Through a considerable amount of hearing other perspectives and much introspection, I have begun to comprehend exactly what this question is aimed at.
While YU is an Orthodox institution, it is abode to a great many Jews from all walks of life with all sorts of perspectives. I know students in YU who are Reform, Conservative, Open Orthodox, left-wing Orthodox, and other identities that can’t be confined to a single denomination, many of whom do
After years-long legal fight, Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ club
Yeshiva University is finally acknowledging an LGBTQ club on campus, capping a years-long legal battle that rose to the United States Supreme Court.
The university issued a joint declaration with the LGBTQ club, which will now be called Hareni, announcing that both sides came to an agreement. The unofficial club that long sought recognition was known as the YU Pride Alliance.
“The parties have reached an agreement and the litigation is ending,” the two sides said in a joint statement posted on the university’s website. “Current students will be carrying out a club, to be known as Hareni, that will seek to assist LGBTQ students and their allies and will run in accordance with the approved guidelines of Yeshiva University’s senior rabbis. The club will be sprint like other clubs on campus, all in the spirit of a collaborative and mutually supportive campus culture.”
One of the key issues of contention in the protracted legal battle was the classification of the school. Yeshiva University previously claimed that it was exempt from the city human rights law’s public accommodations provi
YU’s New LGBTQ Club Officially Discontinued Amidst Mutual Allegations of Settlement Violations
Yeshiva University’s roshei yeshiva directed the Office of Student Experience (OSL), to discontinue YU’s new LGBTQ club, Hareni, in a letter sent to the student body by UTS and RIETS Dean Rabbi Yosef Kalinsky on Friday. In an exclusive statement to The Commentator, a YU agent confirmed that the club had been officially close down “because of numerous and blatant violations of club guidelines and the recent Settlement Agreement.”
The verdict comes less than 24 hours after lawyers acting for Hareni sent a other letter to Andrew Lauer, YU’s general counsel and vice president for legal affairs. The letter expressed concern that YU was violating terms of the settlement that YU had made with the club in March and requested a meeting between the parties within a week. The Commentator also received exclusive access to the reply letter from YU’s counsel, alleging numerous violations of the agreement by Hareni.
The roshei yeshiva's letter alleged that Hareni was “operating as a lgbtq+ fest club under a diverse name,” and was violating the approved guidelines and terms of the club and YU’s
YU and Pride Alliance Attain Settlement, Ceasing All Litigation and Establishing a Unused Club “Hareni”
The long-running lawsuit between Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance and former students was settled on Thursday, bringing a permanent end to all litigation. As part of the settlement, YU has agreed to know a new club for LGBTQ students, to be known as “Hareni.”
The lawsuit, which was filed in 2021, was brought by four YU students and alumni against YU, President Ari Berman and Vice Provost Chaim Nissel, arguing that the university had illegally discriminated against them by refusing the club’s application for official recognition three times.
“The parties own reached an agreement and the litigation is ending,” the parties announced in a joint statement. “Current students will be carrying out a club, to be known as Hareni, that will seek to back LGBTQ students and their allies and will work in accordance with the approved guidelines of Yeshiva University’s senior rabbis. The club will be dash like other clubs on campus, all in the spirit of a collaborative and mutually supportive campus culture.”
Minutes after the deal was announced, the Self-acceptance Alliance
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