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YAFFED Monthly Update: Yeshiva Education On The Ballot
Plus: Legal Win + We’re hiring! Dear Friends, As many are looking at the NYC mayoral race as a crucible for the issues they care about most, the YAFFED team eagerly awaits the results of next week’s primary. The crisis of educational neglect in yeshivas is a topic the leading candidates are certainly familiar
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Watch: NYC Mayoral Candidates Debate Enforcing Curriculum Requirements On Yeshivas
“Is it time to actually resolve the issue rather than continue talking?” At a mayoral candidate forum at B’nai Jeshurun on June 8, 2025, moderator and NY1 reporter Errol Louis asked the candidates what they would do to address the systemic crisis of educational neglect in Hasidic and Haredi yeshivas and if they would be
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YAFFED Monthly Update: We’re Not Alone, and We’re Not Deterred.
This is an online edition of the YAFFED Monthly Update newsletter for May 2025. Sign up here to receive this newsletter and other YAFFED updates in your inbox. Join us on zoom this Monday at 5pm – Supporters’ Briefing Plus: Mayoral Forum on June 8, What we know about the budget bill, and more. Last
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Watch: YAFFED Executive Director Adina Mermelstein Konikoff on Spectrum News
The above news segment aired on Spectrum News on Thursday night, March 27, 2025, with reporting by Kate Lisa. For more, visit Spectrum News or read segments from the article below: State Education Department: Don’t play politics with nonpublic school standards State Education Department officials told Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders Thursday not to
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Tracking NYC’s Failing Yeshivas: A Deeper Dive into Data from YAFFED’s Research
This Blog post is the first in a series where we’ll share a deeper look into some of the qualitative research and quantitative data that we’ve gathered and analyzed on the yeshiva sector. We’ll soon have the ability to map out in a much clearer fashion just how well New York’s yeshivas are performing, allowing us to
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“No longer deemed a school”: NYSED takes unprecedented action on failing yeshivas
February 18, 2025 Last week, the New York State Education Department issued letters to three Brooklyn yeshivas who have obstructed the department’s ongoing school review process that they are no longer designated schools that teach compulsory education, an unprecedented and important first step that we hope serves as a wakeup call for other noncompliant schools.
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NY Appeals Court rules in favor of State Education Department on enforcement of yeshiva regulations
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
Watch “Yeshiva Stories” at the Nyack Library, May 29th, 2024
Recorded at the Nyack Library on May 29, 2024, “Yeshiva Stories” is a live storytelling event hosted by YAFFED, featuring yeshiva grads sharing their educational experiences. Click here to share your own story with us or visit https://yeshivastudents.com/
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Today is a national day celebrating education, inspired by yeshivas. Some of those yeshivas refuse to educate.
The United States Congress and the President honor yeshiva education today on Education and Sharing Day. For some yeshiva grads, who were denied a basic education as children, the celebration is a cruel irony. By Ben Tocker, Communications and Development Manager, YAFFED On April 19, 2024, the United States Congress and the President will celebrate