In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/11/2022 - 4:52pm |

NEW: An NYT investigation has found that scores of Hasidic Jewish schools in New York are purposely denying some 50,000 students a basic secular education – and have received $1 billion in taxpayer dollars over the last 4 years. w/ @brianmrosenthal https://t.co/mjODtkjiMr
— Eliza Shapiro (@elizashapiro) September 11, 2022

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html

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This front-paged reporting is causing a big ruckus among certain types of activists against 'anti-semitism.' Anyone who believes in separation of church and state (perhaps more accurately in this instance, separation of church and political machines) knows that's bullshit. I will therefore not honor such tripe by posting it.

Instead:

The New York Times exposé of Hasidic schools is out, and it’s more devastating than probably most of us even imagined. Every sentence is an indictment.

This graph alone is utterly shocking. The failure rates of 50,000 students… it’s child abuse.https://t.co/uY8oj62kNf pic.twitter.com/pPsjf0YXt8
— Elad Nehorai (@EladNehorai) September 11, 2022

I had long conversations with the reporter from the NYTimes doing the investigation of the New York Hasidic yeshivas

I know there will be a lot of misinformation from those defending the system. I thought I’d share one of the emails I sent to the reporter describing…

1/2 pic.twitter.com/iumGE1J3bO
— Sam Katz (@2Bistheanswer) September 11, 2022

2/2

… the world of Hasidic yeshivas and what I witnessed there.

(Please forgive my spelling and grammar errors) pic.twitter.com/a37pXrLPrN
— Sam Katz (@2Bistheanswer) September 11, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/11/2022 - 5:01pm

Apropos of today’s big NYT investigation into how Haredi schools have spent a billion dollars in public money failing to provide basic education, reupping this @nmoster op-ed in @JewishCurrents on the complicity of NY progressive politicians https://t.co/4gjwhRTIkr
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) September 11, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/11/2022 - 5:31pm

.@NYCMayor’s administration is refusing to release findings on the quality of non-religious education at 26 Hasidic Jewish schools in Brooklyn — even as NY State steps up the city’s enforcement responsibilities for instruction at religious schools.https://t.co/EMUKzzmrkH
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) September 18, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 2:20pm

Kanye's school looking like it might have similar problems:

The outspoken rapper, whose mother was a professor, said he’s never read any literature during an appearance on the “Alo Mind Full” podcast. https://t.co/2OzWsBkE9n
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 19, 2022

Kanye West shared that he’s repulsed by literature, comparing books to a vegetable often despised by children. https://t.co/2OzWsBkE9n
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 19, 2022

The hit-maker’s confession comes after a Rolling Stone report that parents were required to sign nondisclosure agreements to send their children to his tuition-based Christian private school. The school also isn’t accredited yet. pic.twitter.com/yYjPNaazSs
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 19, 2022

Read more about the school and what West said he prefers over reading: https://t.co/2OzWsBkE9n
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 11:53am

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