Yeshiva University is an Orthodox Jewish private research university with four campuses in New York City. The university has approximately 6,400 undergraduate students and 3,500 graduate students — not all of whom are Jewish. Recently, Yeshiva put out a policy statement that accepted LGBTQ students but stopped short of recognizing an LGBTQ student organization at the university.
Quote: ” ‘We are the bearers of a 3000 year old Torah tradition,’ YU President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman said in the email. ‘Our LGBTQ+ students are our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, family and friends. At the heart of our Jewish values is love — love for God and love for each of His children.’ The email then explained that, while the Torah is ‘accepting each individual with love and affirming its timeless prescriptions,’ there won’t be permission given to the requested LGBTQ club because such a club ‘under the auspices of YU will cloud [the Torah’s] nuanced message.’ ”
— article by David Israel on JewishPress.com
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