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Yeshiva U. basketball team forfeits crucial game, citing inadequate warmup time after Shabbat

The stakes of the game were high: The winner would get the top ranking in the Skyline Conference and would get to play all of the postseason games.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
20/02/2023

Yeshiva U to receive $1.5 million to fund auditorium renovations

Yeshiva University's Main Hall is set to see renovations that will include restorations of its stained glass windows and artistic architecture.

15/02/2023

19-year-old American seminary student killed in Jerusalem car accident

The driver seriously injured while a passenger was also killed. * The US seminary student was Adira Koffsky of New York, studying at Midreshet Amudim.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
02/02/2023

YU fans prepare to welcome back Ryan Turell for his first G League game in NY - right after Shabbat

The former YU basketball star is returning to New York for the first time this season as his Motor City Cruise takes on the Long Island Nets.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
28/01/2023
A view of Yeshiva University

State lawmakers challenge Yeshiva University’s claims to public funds

YU has been insisting that it has a distinct religious character and is not bound by state civil rights laws that prevent discrimination against members of the LGBT community.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
12/01/2023

Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue

The Shenk Shul is housed at Yeshiva University, the Modern Orthodox flagship in New York City that was locked in battle with students over whether they could form an LBGTQ club.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
11/01/2023
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