The Board of Directors reached out to confirm that the gala will be catered as kosher in accordance with our traditions. This outcome affirms our commitment to the values of this institution. I am grateful to the seven hundred twenty six people who joined this effort to protect our collective …
June 14, 2017
Final supporters
Petition to The Board of Directors of the 92nd Street Y to change planned Non-Kosher Gala on May 15th and make it kosher
We, the undersigned members of the 92nd St Y and concerned Jews, some of us who keep kosher regularly and some of us who do not, protest the fact that for the first time in its 120 year history, the 92nd Street Y Gala (May 15th) is planned to be non-kosher/treif. This is a fundamental deviation from tradition, or more accurately, a public desecration of G-d’s name i.e. a “Chilul Hashem.” This is also a very symbolic departure from the inclusiveness that the 92nd Street Y offers all its members in every area. It also behooves a cultural/educational institution like the 92nd St Y to assume that a Jewish person who comes to such an event is fully okay and even inspired to keep kosher albeit for only a few hours and this is something that the Y should encourage and not discourage.
We demand that The Board of Directors reverse and rectify this situation so that this year’s May 15th gala will be 100% Glatt kosher as always. Such a large, public, fundamental issue cannot be ignored. No Excuse will do.
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Reached 500 supporters
May 14, 2017
May 12, 2017
The momentum surrounding this petition confirms how deeply the community values our shared traditions. It is clear that the Board of Directors must recognize the significance of this departure from the history of the institution.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2017
May 3, 2017
The momentum behind this initiative continues to grow as we approach our first major milestone of one hundred signatories. Please send the link to your contacts to ensure the Board of Directors receives a clear message regarding our community standards.
357 Comments
The 92nd street y is for all Jews and therefore should be inclusive of all Jews and serve Kosher food so everyone may take part equally and on level ground. It is an organization that is at the threshold of American Jewery and should not forget its roots!
Considering it goes against grant regulations, and would certainly make the event unavailable to observant attendees, goes against tradition and a host of other reasons, it's just bad policy and not best practices to have an un-kasher event. Please don't. Keep the gala kasher!
I am very disturbed and find it personally offensive that you plan to serve non-kosher meals at your gala, especially since some attendees will not be aware of the change and will therefore violate their personal convictions and practices.
As a teen volunteer at the Y in the 90's, I (and other kosher keeping individuals) were generously accommodated by our supervisor making the gala event kosher. I hope the Y will continue to be accommodating to kosher-keepers at its Dinner.
Providing kosher food excludes no one. Not providing kosher food excludes not only the Orthodox but many Conservative Jews and others who are supportive of inclusion. Any decision to lower kosher standards is an affront to the body of Jewry.
What part of YMHA do you not understand?
what is the purpose of calling yourselves Jewish when there is nothing Jewish about you?
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The Board of Directors reached out to confirm that the gala will be catered as kosher in accordance with our traditions. This outcome affirms our commitment to the values of this institution. I am grateful to the seven hundred twenty six people who joined this effort to protect our collective …
June 14, 2017
Final supporters
Petition to The Board of Directors of the 92nd Street Y to change planned Non-Kosher Gala on May 15th and make it kosher
We, the undersigned members of the 92nd St Y and concerned Jews, some of us who keep kosher regularly and some of us who do not, protest the fact that for the first time in its 120 year history, the 92nd Street Y Gala (May 15th) is planned to be non-kosher/treif. This is a fundamental deviation from tradition, or more accurately, a public desecration of G-d’s name i.e. a “Chilul Hashem.” This is also a very symbolic departure from the inclusiveness that the 92nd Street Y offers all its members in every area. It also behooves a cultural/educational institution like the 92nd St Y to assume that a Jewish person who comes to such an event is fully okay and even inspired to keep kosher albeit for only a few hours and this is something that the Y should encourage and not discourage.
We demand that The Board of Directors reverse and rectify this situation so that this year’s May 15th gala will be 100% Glatt kosher as always. Such a large, public, fundamental issue cannot be ignored. No Excuse will do.
To learn more please visit,
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 14, 2017
May 12, 2017
The momentum surrounding this petition confirms how deeply the community values our shared traditions. It is clear that the Board of Directors must recognize the significance of this departure from the history of the institution.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2017
May 3, 2017
The momentum behind this initiative continues to grow as we approach our first major milestone of one hundred signatories. Please send the link to your contacts to ensure the Board of Directors receives a clear message regarding our community standards.
357 Comments
Why break the cycle of a tradition who works? Would your mother or grandmother have eaten there? Ask yourself if you father or grandfather would have attended? Try to keep this event kosher out of respect for your own ancestors! Thank you for your consideration.
The 92nd street y is for all Jews and therefore should be inclusive of all Jews and serve Kosher food so everyone may take part equally and on level ground. It is an organization that is at the threshold of American Jewery and should not forget its roots!
Considering it goes against grant regulations, and would certainly make the event unavailable to observant attendees, goes against tradition and a host of other reasons, it's just bad policy and not best practices to have an un-kasher event. Please don't. Keep the gala kasher!
I am very disturbed and find it personally offensive that you plan to serve non-kosher meals at your gala, especially since some attendees will not be aware of the change and will therefore violate their personal convictions and practices.
As a teen volunteer at the Y in the 90's, I (and other kosher keeping individuals) were generously accommodated by our supervisor making the gala event kosher. I hope the Y will continue to be accommodating to kosher-keepers at its Dinner.
Providing kosher food excludes no one. Not providing kosher food excludes not only the Orthodox but many Conservative Jews and others who are supportive of inclusion. Any decision to lower kosher standards is an affront to the body of Jewry.
What part of YMHA do you not understand?
what is the purpose of calling yourselves Jewish when there is nothing Jewish about you?
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Why break the cycle of a tradition who works? Would your mother or grandmother have eaten there? Ask yourself if you father or grandfather would have attended? Try to keep this event kosher out of respect for your own ancestors! Thank you for your consideration.