Ada Perlman
Staff Reporter
ada.perlman@yale.edu
Ada Perlman covers religious life at Yale. She is a sophomore in Pierson College.
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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

ADA PERLMAN
Divinity School Dean slams Trump’s USAID cuts

In a recent opinion piece for MSNBC, YDS Dean Gregory Sterling criticized President Trump’s cuts to USAID, calling them “anti-Christian at the core.”

March 4, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
“As long as people unite, there is hope”: Yale community marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion

The Ukraine House at Yale organized a vigil to commemorate the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion and encourage others to support the Ukrainian cause.

February 24, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
“When I came to you as a stranger did you welcome me?”: STM hosts panel on Catholic perspectives on immigration

St. Thomas More Center hosted a panel focusing on how faith informs perspectives on recent immigration policy.

February 18, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Two community organizations awarded Unsung Heroes prize

Amistad Catholic Worker and Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen were awarded $4,000 each from the Wessel Fund.

February 13, 2025