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Here’s what critics are getting wrong about regulating yeshivas

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Advocates against yeshiva oversight like Law Professor Michael A. Helfand are missing the mark on what should happen next after a Court ruling affirmed regulations to yeshivas  By Christopher Hazen, Attorney, Counselor at Law, YAFFED On July 22, 2024 Professor Michael A. Helfand at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law in Malibu, California authored an […]

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NY Appeals Court rules in favor of State Education Department on enforcement of yeshiva regulations 

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The Appellate Division issued a ruling on Thursday, June 27th, that makes clear the State’s ability to enforce regulations over yeshivas.  The case, which was heard in March at Albany Law School, was an appeal of a decision last April to strike down two provisions of the regulations that would have allowed the New York

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

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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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