In 2002, he began working at New York University's Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life,[5] a Hillel affiliate.

In 2017, Rabbi Sarna learned of a small, under the radar Jewish community that met for services every week in people's homes in Dubai, a short drive from Abu Dhabi.

In 2016, Rabbi Sarna was appointed to the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, a project of the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America, which successfully lobbied for tougher legislation to address the underreporting of hate crimes.

29, 2014 Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, “Open Hillel: Right Spirit, Wrong Partners”, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Dec. 24, 2013.

Mike Wagenheim, "Rooting out abuse is a rapidly growing Orthodox communal concern, survey finds", Jewish News Syndicate, Mar.

Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation, "First-in-a-Generation Study Shows Positive Influence of Rabbis on Young American Jews", San Diego Jewish World, Mar.

Adam Pourahmadi, "Abu Dhabi's stunning new multi-faith complex is a mosque, synagogue and church", CNN, Mar.

Zvika Klein, "Interfaith center, including synagogue, to open in Abu Dhabi on Thursday", Jerusalem Post, Feb 16.

Lazar Berman, "UAE interfaith compound featuring new synagogue set to open Thursday", Times of Israel, Feb. 16, 2023.

Dan Lavie, "A year on, Abraham Accords depict new chapter in region's history", Israel Hayom, Oct. 4, 2021.

Binsal Abdulkader, "'Muslim woman who stood guard Jewish prayer at AUH airport embodies UAE's tolerance:' Chief Rabbi", Emirates News Agency, Sept. 16, 2021.

Sam Zieve Cohen, "UAE chief rabbi: 10,000 Jews could soon live in gulf nation", Jewish Insider, Sept. 30, 2020.

Aviva Engel, "UAE's Chief Rabbi Yehuda Sarna: The pride of Montreal's Jewish Community", The Suburban, Sept.17, 2020.

[11] In 2012, Rabbi Sarna received an award from Temple of Understanding with NYU's Imam Khalid Latif and Chelsea Clinton for their work in, "advancing a new model of integrating interfaith and cross cultural education into campus life."