Yeshivas

Yeshivas

Incompetent teachers and confused students at Hasidic yeshivas, new DOE documents show

Newly released documents from the NYC education department show troubling patterns at Hasidic yeshivas, including possibly fraudulent classes staged for DOE officials

Yeshivas

‘Where’s our presence in the streets?’ Mayor Adams tells yeshiva leaders to get outraged

“You’re making a big mistake,” the mayor told an audience at Agudah’s annual “Yeshiva Summit,” adding, “I am not going to be a silent friend”

Yeshivas

State finds another 12 Hasidic schools offer inadequate secular education

The state told the schools to submit timelines within 60 days on how they intend to make progress on reaching substantial equivalency

Yeshivas

Agudath Israel holds annual ‘Yeshiva Summit’ in Staten Island

Subtantial equivalency requirements and “litigation update” figure prominently on the day’s agenda

Haredi Life

Year end reflections on Shtetl’s first ten months of reporting: the top issues of 2023

With the intimate familiarity of insiders but free from the usual top-down oversight of Haredi media, we reported on everything from the Satmar rebbe's bragging about deceiving legislators to Agudah's efforts to keep the Times from winning a Pulitzer

Antisemitism

In new campaign, Agudah links NY Times yeshiva coverage with rising antisemitism and pro-Palestine protests

The initiative, “KnowUs Take 2,” links a broad range of different themes: news coverage of yeshivas, criticism of Israel, violent assaults on Haredim, and pro-Palestine demonstrations

Yeshivas

Critics allege ‘double-standard’ in state education laws requiring English-language instruction at yeshivas

State education official acknowledged a discrepancy between public and private school requirements, but experts noted that critics seek to “obfuscate” the real issue

Satmar

Satmar community touts 24,000 students in flagship school systems, highlighting rapid growth and its broader impact

Figures align with broader estimates of Haredi growth rates, which have resulted in a global population of 2.1 million, approximately one-third of which live in the NYC metro region

Yeshivas

Citing past wins, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum once again urges defiance of the state on education demands

Recalling past battles over ‘metzitza be’peh’ and Covid-19 lockdowns, Teitelbaum urged Haredi yeshiva leaders to once again stand up to government authorities

Roundups

Roundup: Skverer rebbe to visit Poland, Shmira expands, and other Haredi news

The most notable Haredi news from the last two weeks

Yeshivas

‘We will not respond’: Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum urges Haredi schools to ignore the state education department

In instructions to all schools affiliated with the Aaronite Satmar faction, Teitelbaum ordered officials to defy education department demands by simply ignoring them