1,400-plus signatories urged Stern College to offer Gemara lessons even with low enrollment, suggested endowed position to honor late rabbi who taught core Jewish text for decades

After dissenting conservative justices tell school it can continue appeals against its Pride club and will 'likley win,' YU president says 'we will follow their instructions'

Jewish Queer Youth provides a space for students at educational institutions often wary of sanctioning official Pride Clubs due to the biblical prohibition against homosexuality

Organizers say upcoming panel has received positive reactions from students but a muted and even negative reaction by faculty, with a volunteer reporting rabbis ripped down flyers

Subset represents rare group in American Judaism that doesn't overwhelmingly vote for either party; residency in swing states could give it outsized influence come November

YU president for nearly 30 years, prolific author, and pulpit rabbi strived to find a centrist position for Modern Orthodoxy between the secular and religious worlds

Progressive rabbi says he will ordain Daniel Atwood, previously rejected by New York yeshiva, saying he can aid LGBTQ Orthodox community