YU is More Than a Pathways Program

By: Elza Koslowe | Editorials September 24, 2026

Write Your Story

By: Daniel Kohn | Newsletter Editorials | Editorials September 15, 2026

In Retrospect: On Gratitude and Spinning Wheels

By: Hadassah Reich | Newsletter Editorials | Editorials May 13, 2026

Three Years and Six Lessons Later

By: Rikki Zagelbaum | Editorials April 29, 2026

Why Study Days Matter

By: Daniel Kohn | Editorials March 31, 2026

A Response to the War in Iran: Let Us Not Be Silent

By: The Commentator Editorial Board | Editorials March 18, 2026

A Changing Calendar and a Changing Culture

By: Hadassah Reich | Editorials February 20, 2026

If Journalism Matters, So Should Journalism Students

By: Rikki Zagelbaum and Kayla Kramer | Editorials January 30, 2026

You Don’t Need Another Study Tip, You Need a Walk

By: Rikki Zagelbaum | Editorials December 31, 2025

The Time Slots Holding Stern Back

By: Hadassah Reich | Editorials December 9, 2025

The Jewish Response to Mamdani Can’t Be Fear

By: Rikki Zagelbaum | Editorials November 6, 2025

Two Years Later: How Do We Heal?

By: Hadassah Reich | Editorials October 28, 2025

New Semester, Same Silence

By: Rikki Zagelbaum | Editorials September 15, 2025

Our Time on the Hill

By: Hadassah Reich | Editorials August 26, 2025

Have I Played My Part Well?

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials May 14, 2025

I’m Glad I Listened: Reflections on Three Years at The Commentator

By: Hannah Mamet | Editorials May 14, 2025

It Was Never a Question for Us

By: Hannah Mamet and Emily Goldberg | Editorials April 29, 2025

The Buck Stops … Where?

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials April 1, 2025

From the Editor’s Desk: In Conversation with Playwright David Mamet

By: Hannah Mamet | Arts & Culture | Editorials February 25, 2025

Necessary to the Security of a Free State

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials February 12, 2025

Antisemitism and Academia: Professor Ruth Wisse Speaks with The Commentator 

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials | Features January 29, 2025

Don’t Give Up on Torah Umadda

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials December 18, 2024

What Happened To Our Beren Campus?

By: Hannah Mamet | Editorials November 26, 2024

Democracy 2024: Everyone Needs to Chill

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials November 4, 2024

One Year After Oct. 7: We’re Not Going Back

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials September 30, 2024

Take Your Time

By: Hannah Mamet | Editorials September 13, 2024

Why The Commentator?

By: Sruli Friedman | Editorials August 26, 2024

In Retrospect: A Tumultuous Year and a Farewell

By: Rivka Bennun | Editorials May 15, 2024

The Beginning, Not the End: Reflections of a Student

By: Jonathan Levin | Editorials May 15, 2024

YU Must Stop Thinking Like an In-Towner

By: Jonathan Levin | Editorials April 17, 2024

Entering the Silver Age of Jewish Life in America

By: Jonathan Levin | Editorials April 4, 2024

A University with No Languages Lacks a Soul

By: Jonathan Levin | Editorials March 6, 2024

AI Must Be Taught, Not Banned

By: Elishama Marmon | Editorials February 12, 2024

Where Do We Go From Here?

By: Rivka Bennun | Editorials January 31, 2024

Operation Torah Shield Taught Me That Small Acts of Kindness Go a Long Way

By: Rivka Bennun | Editorials December 27, 2023

From One Journalist to Others: Check Your Bias on Israel

By: Jonathan Levin | Editorials November 30, 2023

Israel at War: What We Have Done and What We Can Do

By: Elishama Marmon | Editorials November 1, 2023

Over These We Weep

By: The Commentator Editorial Board | Editorials October 9, 2023

There’s More to YU Than the Papers

By: Dov Pfeiffer | Editorials September 13, 2023

Apathy, the Five Torot and Student Involvement on Campus: YU is Ours for the Taking 

By: Rivka Bennun and Jonathan Levin | Editorials August 29, 2023

In Retrospect: Part II

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials | Opinions May 7, 2023

In Retrospect: Part I

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials April 21, 2023

Night Seder Or Yom Ha’atzmaut Program? Making Decisions Based on Values Rather Than the Herd

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials March 27, 2023

Practical Workplace Halacha For YC

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials February 10, 2023

Moshe Emet Ve’Torato Emet: Reflections on the Loss of my Rebbe, Rav Moshe Kahn zt”l

By: Rivka Bennun | Editorials January 24, 2023

Defeat Evil

By: Seffi Jonas | Editorials December 28, 2022

It Is Our Time To Act On Behalf Of Adults With Special Needs

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials December 5, 2022

We Need Achdus, Not Lawsuits

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials September 24, 2022

Come and Experience a Golden Age

By: Ariel Kahan | Editorials August 25, 2022

In Retrospect

By: Sruli Fruchter | Editorials May 9, 2022

A Reflection: What YU Has To Offer

By: Daniel Melool | Editorials May 9, 2022

It’s Time for YU To Make Aliyah

By: Sruli Fruchter | Editorials April 11, 2022

Can You Hear the Ukrainian Cries?

By: Sruli Fruchter | Editorials March 27, 2022

Before We Judge YU, We Need The Facts

By: Shlomit Ebbin | Editorials February 27, 2022

We Say We Love LGBTQ Jews. Do We Really Mean It?

By: Sruli Fruchter | Editorials February 27, 2022

YU’s Langfan Oratory Competition Blurs the Line Between Law and Politics — That’s Dangerous

By: Daniel Melool | Editorials February 13, 2022

Love or Be Loved? The Dilemma of Jewish Journalism

By: Sruli Fruchter | Editorials January 30, 2022

We Cannot Address Sexual Assault On Campus Without Accountability

By: The Commentator Editorial Board | Editorials December 26, 2021

The Legacy Is On The Line

By: Daniel Melool | Editorials December 5, 2021

Are YU’s Five Torot Just a Gimmick? They Don’t Need To Be.

By: The Commentator Editorial Board | Editorials November 22, 2021