After announcing LGBTQ club, Yeshiva U president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to the school
Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, speaks during an event in August 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
By Ben Sales
March 27, 2025
(JTA) — Days...
Netanyahu’s government is about to pass a key piece of its resurrected judicial overhaul
People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
By Ben Sales
March 26, 2025
(JTA) — With war raging in...
Simcha Felder beats Heshy Tischler in lopsided NY City Council election
Newly elected New York City Councilman Simcha Felder. (Screenshot)
By Ben Sales
March 26, 2025
(JTA) — State Sen. Simcha Felder handily won the election to fill...
Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules
Columbia’s gates were closed to ID holders the week of University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony in Congress. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
By Ben Sales
March 25, 2025
(JTA) —...
In New York City, 2 former allies divided by Trumpian style are vying to represent their Orthodox neighborhood
State Sen. Simcha Felder, left, and Heshy Tischler, center, pictured in 2020 cutting chains of playground gates.
By Ben Sales
March 25, 2025
(JTA) — In June...