Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club, reversing a longtime ban

(JTA) — Yeshiva University has approved a new club for LGBTQ students, reversing a policy that it has spent years defending in court.

The school’s announcement on Thursday marks a significant shift for the Modern Orthodox flagship in Manhattan. For years, and particularly during a stretch of fall 2022, the school fought to avoid recognizing the Pride Alliance, a support group for LGBTQ students that launched unofficially in 2009 but had not received formal recognition as a student club.

The dispute revolved around Orthodoxy’s prohibition against homosexual relations. Y.U. seeks to embody the i...