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New Crown Heights Yeshiva a Guiding Light for Jewish Education
Sonja Sharp; DNA Info: New York Neighborhood News
January 24, 2013
“In a tradition-bound Brooklyn community where many young boys are immersed in religious study while leaving secular subjects in the dark, one school is working to shine light on a new way forward. The Lamplighters Yeshivah, a Jewish Montessori school in the heart of the Chabad-Lubavitch community, launched in 2010 to provide an alternative for parents who want their children to learn math and science combined with traditional Jewish subjects…”
Bloomberg, Markowitz Pass Buck on Yeshivas' Failure to Teach English, Math
Jill Colvin; DNA Info: New York Neighborhood News
January 23, 2013
“Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Borough President Marty Markowitz waffled Wednesday over who has responsibility for overseeing the failure of some Brooklyn religious Jewish schools to teach their students basic English, math and science. As DNAinfo.com New York has been reporting this week, many Orthodox Jewish schools in Brooklyn — attended by more than 80,000 kids — offer limited instruction in non-religious subjects, or don't teach them at all, even though they're required to by law.”
Barred From Talmud Studies, Girls Get English and Math at Brooklyn Yeshivas
Sonja Sharp; DNA Info: New York Neighborhood News
January 23, 2013
“For a marriage-minded girl in Brooklyn's Orthodox community, there is no match more prized than a religious scholar. Yet when it comes to secular subjects like English and math, most brides are better educated than even the most learned grooms…”
English is Absent and Math Doesn't Count at Brooklyn's Biggest Yeshivas
Sonja Sharp; DNA Info: New York Neighborhood News
January 22, 2013
“Every morning at school, 7-year-old Uriyah Sidof prays for extra recess. Literally, he prays for it — at Lamplighters Yeshivah, the Jewish Montessori school he attends in the heart of Hasidic Crown Heights, extra minutes of recess are doled out as a reward for especially heartfelt prayer…”
US Haredi Group Facing Uphill Battle Making Up for Poor Secular Education
Michael Orbach; The Jewish Press
July 11, 2012
“At the age of 13, Naftuli Moster was done with secular studies. Moster, who, years later, still speaks with a slight Yiddish accent, spent his teenage years learning in a Belzer yeshiva from 6:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night. It was quite common in his community…”