I was sure the sun revolved around the Earth. That’s what they taught us in yeshiva.
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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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Forverts in English 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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Culture I was a secular English teacher in an Orthodox school
Teaching Arthur Miller and Sherman Alexie to a group of yeshiva bokherim made for more than a few challenges
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Forverts in English Why The New York Times translated its Hasidic yeshiva investigation into Yiddish
The Gray Lady has likely never published an entire story in the language
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Fast Forward New York Hasidic community denounces upcoming New York Times report on yeshivas
Ahead of Regents vote on state oversight of private schools, summary of report sparks ire in Orthodox circles
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