‘Regret,’ ‘deep’ apology from Yeshiva president, senior rabbi after LGBT club declares victory “My position, then as now, emphatically rejects the ideology, lifestyle and behaviors which the LGBTQ term represents,” wrote one of the university’s most senior rabbis. Emily Goldberg March 28, 2025
Mixed reactions as Yeshiva settles five-year case, recognizes LGBT club “I am grateful as we move ahead together in the spirit of a unified campus culture,” Sara Asher, dean of students at Yeshiva University, told JNS. Emily Goldberg March 24, 2025
‘Beyond the pale’: Anti-Israel ‘vigil’ held in NYC for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah “It has never been more important to condemn this moral depravity, demand accountability and implement President Trump’s America First peace through strength agenda,” Rep. Elise Stefanik told JNS. Emily Goldberg Feb. 23, 2025
Hostage agreement a necessary ‘deal with the devil,’ cousin of Israeli hostage says “But it’s a deal that should have been done a long time ago,” Jason Greenberg told JNS. Emily Goldberg Jan. 17, 2025
MirYam event centers on those who ‘lived, breathed, sacrificed’ in Israel’s war to protect its borders Anti-Israel terror “needs to be understood by the people who fought against it, who grew up as part of it, who have sacrificed in the face of it,” Benjamin Anthony, who leads the MirYam Institute, told JNS. Emily Goldberg Dec. 12, 2024
‘Disgrace’ artists didn’t respond to Oct. 7 as they did to Sept. 11, musician John Ondrasik says The songwriter, who goes by Five for Fighting, isn’t Jewish, but he created the song “OK” in solidarity with Israel. Emily Goldberg Nov. 18, 2024
Several dozen Yeshiva students throw midterm caution to the wind, attend pro-Israel rally in DC “It’s so important to show the Israeli people and the world at large that Israel has a strong supportive base,” a Yeshiva University senior told JNS. Emily Goldberg Nov. 12, 2024
‘We mourn through learning Torah’: Boston Jews unite in study to remember Oct. 7 victims Bonnie Pomper, whose nephew Hersh Goldberg-Polin was executed by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, told JNS that studying the Mishnah made her appreciate “mundane” prayers she has said by “rote.” Emily Goldberg Oct. 7, 2024
