A new documentary shows what it looks like when Hasidic education fails
New documentary 'Unorthodox Education' explores what happens after children leave the yeshiva world
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Fast Forward NY state budget weakens yeshiva oversight in blow to secular education advocates
The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders, who oppose government intervention in yeshiva education
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Fast Forward 2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules
The Williamsburg yeshivas were penalized after ignoring requests from the state education department to enter a remediation process
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Yiddish World I was sure the sun revolved around the Earth. That’s what they taught us in yeshiva.
To get a secular education, my grandmother had to tutor me in basic English and math
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Letters The ADL did not go too far in its remarks on the NYT Hasidic yeshiva investigation
While we continue to find language in The Times' investigation problematic, we did not attempt to stop the story
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Opinion The ADL is wrong to attack the NYT’s brave investigative reporting on Hasidic yeshivas
Saying these articles contribute to antisemitism is the ultimate case of blaming the messenger
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Yiddish World Who translated The New York Times’ yeshiva report into Yiddish? It’s a closely guarded secret
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
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Opinion I understand why some Orthodox Jews hate The New York Times’ yeshiva report. But ignoring our failures doesn’t help Hasidic boys like mine
Virtually every Hasidic child is taught that outsiders and even non-Orthodox Jews are to be feared, writes one parent of ultra-Orthodox children.
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