The agreement with the YU Pride Alliance established a new club for LGBTQ+ called “Hareni” — a Hebrew word that roughly translates to “I hereby” — which will be eligible for school ...

At the crux of the legal dispute was whether Yeshiva is a “religious corporation” under New York law. The state’s appellate courts agreed with the judge that the university is not — and therefore ...

YU fought in court to avoid giving official recognition to the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ group. In 2022, the school announced its own group to support LGBTQ students, which Pride Alliance ...

Immediately after YU’s announcement, the Pride Alliance WhatsApp group changed its name to “Hareni,” according to the Commentator, the student newspaper. “It is with great pleasure and ...

For years, in keeping with Orthodoxy’s prohibition against homosexual relations, Y.U. fought in court to avoid giving official recognition to the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ group.

The club, formerly known as the YU Pride Alliance, and the university have been mired in a contentious legal fight ever since. In the meantime, the student group has operated unofficially, without ...

The Pride Alliance and its allies rejected that club ... right spaces that fit within the unique religious environment of YU, which is different than any other college campus.

The university has been mired in a legal battle with its LGBTQ+ student group, the YU Pride Alliance, since 2021, when the group sued for official university recognition. Yeshiva said it wasn’t ...