New York Times publishes Hasidic school investigation in Yiddish, too
Likely the 1st time newspaper has published in Yiddish; article addresses major deficiencies in Hasidic education system that leave students unprepared for life in the US
In what is likely a first, The New York on Sunday published its investigation into the Hasidic school system in Yiddish as well as English.
The article, which features a probe into education standards within New York’s Hasidic Jewish community, was published in both Yiddish and English, most likely to allow the targeted community to access the findings of the investigation.
The population of Hasidim in New York is about 200,000, representing 10% of the state’s total Jewish population, the New York Times said.
Much of the community operates in Yiddish, the dominant language among pre-Holocaust European Jewry.
The newspaper has published stories in the past in languages other than English, but Sunday’s story appeared to be the first time it has published in Yiddish.
The investigation found that in a state-level test of math and reading within a Satmar Hasidic school, 100% of students failed the tests.
The newspaper’s investigation found that “generations of children have been systematically denied a basic education, trapping many of them in a cycle of joblessness and dependency” in the Hasidic communities.
“The schools turn out thousands of students each year who are unprepared to navigate the outside world, helping to push poverty rates in Hasidic neighborhoods to some of the highest in New York,” the report said.
Despite failing to live up to New York state education standards, The New York Times found that Hasidic schools in the city have received more than $1 billion in state funding over the past four years.
Hasidic community leaders say that their community receives far less public funding for education than their state school counterparts.
The article is available online without a paywall. However, many in Hasidic communities do not have any access to the internet or secular content.
8 comments:
2 wrongs don't make a right, but look at how much money is being squandered on the millions of illegal aliens busting across the southern border. The NY Times hypocrites won't mention a word about that.
The tens of millions they got for computers for their kids, what did they do with the money? We are not Mexicans, we are accountable for every dollar received. Putting money aside, what right do the guys at the top get to decide who gets a leg up on life and who are doomed to the struggles of poverty?
https://nj1015.com/no-justice-how-a-rabbi-and-a-plea-deal-kept-child-molesting-nj-grandfather-out-of-prison/
SY rabbi covering up for child molester Hal Sitt of the famous Sitt family
No math in NY Satmar yeshivos is a power grab by Aron & Zalmi to trap the flock away from ever leaving & a potch in punim to the old ways of Satmar. R' Yoelish himself knew all advanced math because you can't learn Shas without it.
In a rare moment of sanity, the Agudah Fressers believe it or not told Satmar this past year that if they continue the abolishment of all math studies, they will no longer go to bat for Satmar with the NY State Education Dept.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-jewish-school-bondi-found-to-breach-practice/032b2f0f-7740-496d-b8e0-15d4e8edc088
A Jewish school in Sydney's east broke basic child protection rules, used an unaccredited teacher and was headed by a man now deemed unfit to run a school, a tribunal has ruled.
Yeshiva College Bondi's registration appears set to be formally cancelled in the next four weeks, forcing about 56 students from kindergarten to year nine to consider schooling elsewhere, after a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision this week.
The tribunal noted the school's practices improved in late 2021 but not to the required standards.
It accepted Rabbi Slavin was not a fit and proper person to be a responsible person for the school
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/european-jewish-body-denies-threat-to-expel-board-of-deputies-over-sex-abuse-row/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-precedent-rabbis-send-woman-to-jail-for-refusing-divorce-from-her-husband/
Paul: this has zero to do with the NYT story but I want to bring this to your attention. If only the same zeal was shown for jailing a male get refuser!
They also published an op-ed in Russian on the front page to highlight the atrocities of the war and if I remember correctly they did it during the holocaust in German
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