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U.S.-Based Jewish Organizations Mobilize American Voters In Israel

Jewish organizations in the U.S. are mobilizing American citizens in Israel to participate in the upcoming election through absentee voting, emphasizing de...

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People who live longest prioritise happiness and one other key trait, says doctor

A positive attitude and high emotional awareness appear to be the two personality traits shared by centenarians (people at or near the age of 100), according to Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, authors of "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life."

Daily Mirror

Vienna’s Jewish Community Takes In Hundreds Of Ukraine Refugees

Already home to a substantial number of Russian-speaking Jews before the invasion of Ukraine, the longstanding community.

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NY Officials: Yeshiva Must Account For Public Funds Amid Legal Row Over LGBTQ Group

Three state senators sent a letter to the president of Yeshiva U suggesting that the administration misrepresented the institution

Zenger

Religious freedom and LGBTQ rights are clashing in schools and on campuses – and courts are deciding

Disputes over religious freedom and LGBTQ rights in the United States have led to some of the most high-profile judicial controversies – and 2022 is no exception. For example, the Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 5, 2022, about whether a designer can refuse to create wedding websites for same-sex…

The Conversation

Yeshiva University Loses On The Shadow Docket, Wins On The Penumbra Docket

SCOTUS nudges the lower courts and parties into compliance.

Reason

LGBT student club agrees to delay forcing Yeshiva University to recognize it

An LGBT student group has agreed to hold off on forcing Yeshiva University to formally recognize it while the Jewish school in New York City appeals a judge's order requiring it to do so - an action the institution said would violate its religious values.

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Robin Abcarian: Yeshiva University says it loves its LGBTQ students. They just can't have their own club

Yeshiva University in New York is famous for many things — its stature as the world's "premier Jewish institution for higher education," as the university puts it, its excellent academic rankings and its men's basketball team, which ended a 50-game winning streak last year.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Yeshiva University should let an LGBT club form on campus

Yeshiva University is an Orthodox Jewish institution of higher education in New York — a city with a human rights law intended to ensure that in all but truly private settings, people are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin and sexual orientation.

Tribune News Service

Yeshiva University suspends activities after SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ club

"We are confident that YU students will see through this shameful tactic," an attorney for the LGBTQ group said.

Axios

Yeshiva University cancels all clubs after it was ordered to allow an LGBTQ group

The Supreme Court said Yeshiva University would have to go back to New York state courts in its legal battle with the YU Pride Alliance, an LGBTQ student group asking to be officially recognized.

WEKU

Yeshiva University cancels all student clubs after Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ group

The Supreme Court said Yeshiva University would have to go back to New York state courts in its legal battle with the YU Pride Alliance, an LGBTQ student group asking to be officially recognized.

WEKU

Yeshiva University halts clubs amid High Court LGBTQ ruling

Yeshiva University has abruptly suspended student club activity in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week that ordered the school to recognize for now an LGBTQ student group

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court rules Yeshiva University must recognize student LGBTQ group for now

The opinion left in place a New York state court ruling requiring the university to recognize the YU Pride Alliance while it continues to argue its case.

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Supreme Court refuses for now to shield Yeshiva University in battle with LGBTQ club

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court refuses for now to shield Yeshiva University in battle with LGBTQ club

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote said Wednesday that it will not shield Yeshiva University from a state court order that requires it to recognize an LGBTQ student group on campus.

Reason

S. Ct. (5-4) Won't Temporarily Stop N.Y. Ruling that Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva U. Recognize "LGBTQ Student Group"

From Yeshiva Univ. v. YU Pride Alliance, decided today by the Supreme Court: Applicants Yeshiva University and its president seek emergency relief from a non-final order of the New York trial court requiring the University to treat an LGBTQ student group similarly to other student groups in its student club…

AFP

US Supreme Court does about-face in religion case

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court did an about-face Wednesday on a ruling in which it had granted temporary permission for an Orthodox Jewish university in New York to deny official recognition to an LGBTQ student group.

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Supreme Court says Yeshiva University may exclude — for now — LGBTQ student group

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday issued an order by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that allows Yeshiva University in New York to refuse to recognize an LGBTQ club for students.

The Independent UK

High court blocks recognition of LGBTQ campus at Yeshiva U

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club

The Independent UK

The worst colleges for LGBTQ+ students revealed in new ranking

The list of colleges with policies targeting LGBTQ+ students is increasing

Reason

Amicus Filings On The Shadow Docket

Repeat litigants file amicus briefs on short fuses all the time.

Reason

Brickbat: Religious Rites

Yeshiva University, in New York City, has its roots in a school teaching Jewish immigrants and their children Hebrew, the Talmud and some secular subjects. Today, it still requires male students to study the Talmud daily and mandates that every door on campus have a mezuzah. It also encourages all…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ryan Turell: ‘Being the first Orthodox Jewish to play in the NBA would be a dream come true’

It's not very often that a draft prospect has the chance to be a pioneer in the NBA. After averaging 27.1 points per game in NCAA III with Yeshiva University, Ryan Turell could become one by becoming the first Orthodox Jewish player to make the ...

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