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Watch: NYC Mayoral Candidates Debate Enforcing Curriculum Requirements On Yeshivas

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“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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Watch: YAFFED’s Beatrice Weber Takes Stand for Yeshiva Students at Albany Budget Hearing

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YAFFED Senior Advisor Beatrice Weber testifying at the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing – Elementary Education/Secondary Education on 1/29/25. Testimony of Beatrice Weber, Senior Advisor, YAFFEDJoint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2025 Executive Budget Proposal: Elementary & Secondary EducationJanuary 29, 2025 Good morning, Chairs Krueger, Pretlow, Benedetto, Mayer, and members of the committee. Thank you for

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Watch: Beatrice Weber and Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz from Uri L’Tzedek discuss public advocacy and every Jew’s responsibility for each other

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Beatrice Weber joins Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz from Uri L’tzedek, an Orthodox social justice organization, for an interview to discuss how the value of כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה (every Jew is responsible for one another), is crucial in advocating for Hasidic children to receive a basic education. Watch the recording here or listen to it

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YAFFED Staff Member Ben Tocker Testifies at New York City Council Oversight Hearing

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YAFFED Communications and Development Manager Ben Tocker testified at the New York City Council Oversight Hearing (Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District), on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Here is a video and a complete transcript of his remarks: Committee on Oversight and Investigations – Oversight Hearing – Special Commissioner of

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

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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

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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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