Certificate program trains educators on how to have difficult conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; under new owner, the initiative is meant to expand

The donation comes as YU sees donors, students and faculty turn to the school post-Oct. 7

'What [Thomas] Jefferson said is that a democracy is dependent on informed citizenry. And if we have an uninformed citizenry, democracy isn't going to work that well,' the investor said in a July 4 interview with 'Bloomberg'

Donation, which will allow group to work in new areas and hold more events, comes amid both a surge in interest and pushback