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YAFFED Executive Director Beatrice Weber Testifies at NY State Legislative Budget Hearing on Education

YAFFED Executive Director Beatrice Weber testified at the New York State Legislature Joint Budget Hearing on Education, on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Watch her remarks below: The testimony detailed YAFFED’s advocacy for funding of mandated services aid for schools to be expanded to include administrative costs of demonstrating compliance with substantial equivalency law, as well […]

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YAFFED Executive Director Beatrice Weber addresses the 2023 City & State “Education In New York” Summit

Video of a presentation on August 17, 2023 at City & State’s Education In New York Summit by YAFFED Executive Director Beatrice Weber about the progress that YAFFED has made over the last year and the continued work necessary to ensure that all children in Hasidic and Haredi schools receive an education.

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Shavuot and the Torah’s commandment to provide children with an education

On the holiday of Shavuot, which starts tonight on the evening of May 25, Jewish people all over the world celebrate the acceptance of the Torah and its commandments. Among the many teachings within the Torah, there exists a significant Mitzvah (commandment) that is essential to ensuring the success of future generations: the commandment to

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Mayor’s Category Conflation is dangerous for all of NYC’s students

Last week, at a fundraiser for the TeachNYS Coalition, a project of the Orthodox Union, New York City Mayor Eric Adams offered praise of yeshiva education system telling the assembled crowd: “We need to be duplicating what you are achieving”.  In making this comment, the Mayor once again reduced the horrific issue of educational neglect

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