Douglas Murray Joins Yeshiva University as Inaugural President’s Professor

by | Jan 28, 2026 | News

British author and journalist Douglas Murray has joined New York’s Yeshiva University as its inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, the university announced.

Murray, a prominent pro-Israel commentator and bestselling author, is widely known for his writing on politics, culture, and Western values. His appointment marks a high-profile addition to Yeshiva University, a flagship institution in the American Orthodox Jewish community.

As part of his role, Murray will teach in an honors-level poetry course titled “The Values of Verse: Sacred and Secular Perspectives.” The university said the position is designed to bring influential public thinkers into academic life to enrich student discourse.

“Great poetry is not an ornament of civilization,” Murray said in a statement. “It is one of the ways civilizations think, remember, and endure.”

Murray, who is not Jewish, said he was honored to join a university where questions of culture, faith, and values are taken seriously and explored with intellectual rigor.

Yeshiva University has previously recognized prominent non-Jewish supporters of Israel, including US Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. Elise Stefanik.

The appointment reflects the university’s continued effort to engage global voices who have shaped public debate on morality, identity, and the future of democratic societies.

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