Ada Perlman
Staff Reporter
ada.perlman@yale.edu
Ada Perlman is the Investigations Editor at the News. She previously covered religious life at Yale and in New Haven. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she is a junior in Pierson College studying Political Science and History.
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ADA PERLMAN
Mental health resources expand after student group lawsuit

In the last four years, Yale’s mental health policies and resources have expanded to include increased flexibility for academic accommodations and increased mental health support for students.

May 17, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Yale community shocked, excited by first American pope’s election

Community members reflected on hearing about the Conclave’s choice of Pope Leo XIV.

May 15, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Judge sides with Trump in lawsuit challenging recall of place of worship protection

The future of the lawsuit, which includes the parent denominations of three local houses of worship, remains to be seen.

April 24, 2025

ADA PERLMAN & BAALA SHAKYA
“A lonely prophet in a violent world”: Yale community reflects on Pope’s death

Yale community members reflected on the Pope’s legacy, noting his advocacy against injustices, attempts to reform the Church and controversial theology.

April 22, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
“You are welcome here”: New Haven’s sanctuary church movement protects immigrants targeted by ICE

Led by Yale Divinity School graduates, the movement draws on faith to “welcome the stranger” in contrast to Christian nationalist rhetoric often used to tout immigration crackdown.

April 16, 2025

ADA PERLMAN, JOSIE REICH & NORA MOSES
Yale adds contested antisemitism definition to discrimination policy

Yale’s policies on discrimination and harassment were updated to say that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism would be “considered among other resources.”

April 8, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & ADA PERLMAN
Student Exhibition at Yale Divinity School highlights spiritual connections to land

A multi-sensory exhibition features site-specific natural materials from the Divinity School’s property, prompting viewers to embrace the nature around them.

March 31, 2025

MAIA NEHME & ADA PERLMAN
Three local faith groups join lawsuit against Trump’s recall of place of worship protection in immigration crackdown

If successful, the lawsuit would establish legal protections for houses of worship from interference by federal immigration authorities.

March 31, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Allan Bloom Forum hosts former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

Breyer visited Yale to speak about the current state of the Constitution and the importance of listening to those who one may disagree with.

March 31, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Slifka Center hires Emmanuel Cantor ’18 as new assistant rabbi

Rabbi Emmanuel Cantor will begin his new role in mid-July.

March 26, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
“More than just another translation”: professor’s new translation of Quranic verses combines the literary and the divine

Students praised professor Shawkat Toorawa’s unique new translation of Quranic verses in his book “The Devotional Quran.”

March 6, 2025