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An advocate for secular education among Haredi Jews discovers journalism
By Yonat Shimron — August 14, 2023
(RNS) — Naftuli Moster became convinced there needs to be an independent news outlet that holds Haredi leaders and institutions — and especially the rabbinic establishments — accountable.
Armed man who tried to enter a Jewish school in Tennessee fired at a contractor, police say
By Adrian Sainz — August 7, 2023
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In an affidavit, police said Bowman — who had attended the school — walked around its exterior and fired two shots at the contractor, who was not hit.
Haredi Jewish organization lashes back at New York Times over reporting on schools
By Yonat Shimron — January 4, 2023
(RNS) — Agudath Israel accuses the newspaper’s investigation of yeshiva schools with threatening Haredi Jews’ safety and way of life at a time when antisemitism is rising.
Ruling requires Yeshiva University to recognize LGBTQ club
By Kathryn Post — December 16, 2022
(RNS) — The school "will continue on appeal to defend against the claim that we are not a religious institution," said a spokesperson.
New Jersey town fights anti-Semitic image to become model for neighbors
By Jonathan Harounoff — September 13, 2019
LAKEWOOD, N.J. (RNS) — A center for Jewish learning for 75 years, the rapidly expanding suburb deployed professional mediators and civic pride to heal a community divide.
Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
By Karen Matthews — July 22, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Complaints that some schools run by the city's strictly observant Hasidic Jews barely teach English, math, science or social studies have fueled a movement to demand stricter oversight by state and local educational authorities.
How did a male-only yeshiva get $10.6 million in public funds?
By Jarrett Renshaw — May 6, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) A top New Jersey Democrat says she is concerned about $10.6 million in public funds being awarded to an Orthodox yeshiva with admission standards that she says resemble a "religious test."
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