Ideas I have been fighting for ultra-Orthodox students for nearly a decade. New York’s new regulations are vital for them. Even some non-Hasidic yeshivas are starting to cut corners on secular education. That’s why the state must intervene, writes an advocate to improve Hasidic education.
Ideas Why are elite Jewish day schools standing in the way of a better education for yeshiva kids? Recent efforts by New York City’s Jewish day schools may allow yeshivas to deprive their students of secular studies, an attorney writes.
NY State Supreme Court judge strikes down regulations ordering more secular studies in yeshivas The decision was a response to several lawsuits brought by Jewish, Catholic and independent organizations.