Yeshiva University vowed to continue fighting in litigation over who should have the power to determine which campus groups it recognizes after the Supreme Court on Sept. 14 unexpectedly lifted a 5-day-old order that allowed it to refuse to accept an LGBT group based on the school’s religious beliefs.
Founded in 1897, the Orthodox Jewish university in New York City describes itself in court documents as “the world’s premier Torah-based institution of higher education.”
The word “yeshiva” itself refers to a traditional Jewish religious school.
Recognizing the LGBT student organization would violate its religious teachings, the school argues.
In June, Judge Lynn Kotler of the 1st Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court, a Democrat, had ruled the university wasn’t a bona fide religious corporation because its “organizing documents” do not “expressly indicate that Yeshiva has a religious purpose.”…