Yeshiva University Lgbtq. (august 31, 2022 / jns) the question of whether america’s oldest jewish university must recognize an lgbtq club is now heading to the supreme court. Yeshiva university students discuss the importance of an lgbtq club on campus.
Story at a glance yeshiva university on monday filed an emergency request with the supreme court to block a court order requiring it to recognize the yu pride alliance, an lgbtq+ student group. Yeshiva university filed an emergency request with the u.s. Yeshiva university’s ongoing legal effort to avoid recognizing an undergraduate club has highlighted a longstanding dissonance between the university and many of its graduate programs on lgbtq.
YU Rejects Official Recognition of LGBTQ+ Campus Group; Says New Policies Will Make Students
In a shot heard round the jewish communal world, yeshiva university has asked the supreme court to intervene in its litigation against the yu pride alliance, an lgbtq student organization. Yeshiva university is a private orthodox jewish research university with four campuses in new york city. In 2009, students gathered together to create a tolerance club, the purpose of which was to promote the diversity of people within the yeshiva university. Kotler’s june 24 injunction that requires yu to formally recognize yu pride alliance “immediately” to comply with new york city’s human rights law.
