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Samuel G Freedman reports on lawsuit filed by four Orthodox Jewish students at Yale University who accuse university of religious discrimination for requiring all freshman and sophomores to live on campus; to these Orthodox students, Yale's residential dormitories represent immorality itself, arena of co-ed bathrooms, safe-sex manuals and free condoms; line divides Jew from Jew, and separates two irreconcilable worldviews: should the sacred accommodate the secular or the other way around; plaintiffs argue that, in terms of protecting constitutional rights, Yale should be considered a public institution and therefore subject to Federal antidiscrimination laws; photos of Rachel Wohlgelernter, Elisha Hack and Batsheva Greer (L)

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by four Orthodox Jewish students regarding Yale University's housing policies. The students, Elisha Hack, Jeremy Hershman, Lisa Friedman, and Batsheva Greer, claimed the school illegally discriminated against them by requiring them to live in co-ed dormitories, which goes against a tenet of their religion.

A group of Jewish Orthodox students has filed a lawsuit charging Yale University with religious discrimination for requiring all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. The line divides Jew from Jew, and separates two irreconcilable worldviews: should the sacred accomodate the secular or the other way around?

\"People realize this issue isn't really a Jewish one or a Yale one,\" he explained. \"It's really about how to be religious in the modern world.\" If Hillel isn't issuing any supporting or opposing statements, it seems that nearly everyone else has an opinion one way or the other. Several Orthodox Jewish students have been quoted in the campus and local papers emphasizing that Orthodox Jews have had positive experiences living on the Yale campus. Those students pointed out that Yale has implemented several policies to accommodate observant Jews, allowing students to purchase kosher meals on the Yale meal plan and issuing manual keys for students who wish to avoid using the standard electronic keycards on Shabbat. \"They should be able to live off campus without paying a fine,\" [Sheila Sullivan] said. \"However, if Yale is not going to change its policy, the students shouldn't sue. The students knew the policy before they came.\"

The \"Yale 4\" had another day in court Monday, when they asked an appeals court in New York City to overturn on religious grounds the school's policy that requires students at Yale University to live in co-ed dormitories. \"We were very pleased that so many people turned out,\" said Dov Greer, [Batsheva Greer]'s brother. \"We're proud that much of the Jewish population of Connecticut supports us.\" \"They love Yale, and they love going there,\" Dov Greer said. \"All they're asking for is that Yale respect their Orthodox Judaism.\"