January

• David Bloomfield: In the middle of a pandemic, what do New York City students need? You Decide with Errol Louis, Spectrum News NY 1, January 5, 2022
• Belz Hasidic sect to begin teaching core curriculum, more communities may follow by TOI Staff, Times of Israel, January 27, 2022
• How I, a Chabadnik, discovered Chaim Grade’s novels by Yossi Newfield, the Forward, January 30, 2022

February 

• Yeshiva Yanks Secular Course, Defying City’s Drawn-Out Probe Into Religious Schools by Reuven Blau, The City, February 2, 2022
• Complaint filed against Brooklyn yeshiva for dropping all 8th grade secular studies by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, February 3, 2022
• NYC: Yeshiva Drops Secular Course Despite State Law Requiring It by Diane Ravitch Blog, February 4, 2022
• New York State Must Hold Nonpublic Schools Accountable on Secular Education by Michael Sussman, City Limits, February 11, 2022
• East Ramapo school board awarded $76M in contracts to nonprofit led by influential rabbi by Thomas C. Zambito, Lohud, February 17, 2022 

March

• NY state would allow private schools to use test scores, more to show academic equivalency by Gary Stern, Lohud, March 10, 2022
• NY State releases new guidelines for private schools — and yeshivas push back by Julia Gergely, New York Jewish Week via JTA, March 11, 2022
• State renews push for private, parochial school oversight by Selim Algar, New York Post, March 11, 2022
• New York proposes new rules for secular education in yeshivas, other private schools by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, March 11, 2022
• Yeshiva, they can: New N.Y. regulations requiring private school students to learn the basics must be enforced by Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, March 13, 2022
• NYS Education Department offers new draft regulations for nonpublic school education by Isabel Song Beer, amNY, March 14, 2022
• Proposed regulations for oversight of New York private schools spark debate by Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News, March 14, 2022
• NYS Education Department Abandons its Mission with Private School Regulations by David Bloomfield, City Limits, March 18, 2022

April

• The case for secular education in Hasidic schools by Naftuli Moster, Religion News Service, April 7, 2022
• My early yeshiva education was an institutional betrayal by Shlomo Noskow, Times of Israel Blog, April 26, 2022

May

• The One Jewish Advocacy Issue Our Leaders Won’t Touch by Gary Rosenblatt, Between the Lines Blog, May 9, 2022
• New York Yeshivas Are Depriving Their Students of a Full Education by Naftuli Moster, Algemeiner, May 10, 2022
• Ahead of a New York state deadline, Jewish groups weigh in on oversight of yeshivas by Amanda Rozon, Forward, May 12, 2022
• Revered Rabbi Warns New York Regulations for Yeshivas Could Force Parents to Choose Jail by Raina Weinstein, New York Sun, May 25, 2022
• New York looks to update rules regulating education standards in nonpublic schools, Inside City Hall with Errol Louis, May 27, 2022
• Jewish Community Leads Fight Against NY’s Latest Push for Greater Private School Control by Alex Newman, The Epoch Times, May 27, 2022
• Yeshivas send thousands of letters pushing back against draft state oversight rules by Carl Campanile and Cayla Bamberger, New York Post, May 30, 2022
• All N.Y. children deserve a basic secular education by Rachel Timoner, New York Daily News, May 31, 2022
• Public comment period ends for New York Education Department’s proposed substantial equivalency regulations, Capital Tonight with Susan Arbetter, May 31, 2022

June

• Naftuli Moster: The debate over education standards in nonpublic schools, You Decide with Errol Louis, June 2, 2022
• State, city ordered to finish investigation of NYC yeshiva by Cayla Bamberger and Priscilla DeGregory, New York Post, June 8, 2022
• Court rules city must conclude yeshiva investigation by Michelle Bocanegra, Gothamist, June 9, 2022
• State Supreme Court sides with mother in dispute over son’s yeshiva education by Julia Gergely, New York Jewish Week, June 9, 2022
• The Fight to Make Sure Yeshiva Schools Provide a Secular Education, Too by Errol Louis, New York Magazine, June 11, 2022
• Hasidic boys like mine don’t receive the education they deserve by Beatrice Weber, Foward, June 15, 2022
• Naftuli Moster steps down as head of group battling yeshivas over secular education by Julia Gergely, New York Jewish Week, June 16, 2022

July

• Progressives Have Abandoned Haredi Children by Naftuli Moster, July 14, 2022, Jewish Currents
• Yeshiva watchdogs demand city release results of long-delayed probe by Madina Toure, July 26, 2022, Politico Pro
• Advocates for secular ed in Yeshivas file another complaint against DOE by Cayla Bamberger, July 27, 2022, New York Post

September

• The fate of a generation of Jewish children is at stake in yeshiva debate by Michael Steinhardt, September 5, 2022, New York Post
• New York set to force ultra-Orthodox schools to teach secular subjects by Laura Meckler, September 9, 2022, Washington Post
• Yeshiva debate boils over ahead of vote on state regs and a New York Times investigation by Julia Gergely September 9, 2022, New York Jewish Week
• NY rules for reviewing private school academics may be approved in days. Here’s how it would work by Gary Stern, September 9, 2022, Lohud
• In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money by Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal, September 11, 2022, New York Times
• New York set to strengthen oversight of secular studies at Orthodox schools by Jacob Kornbluh, September 11, 2022, Forward
• Mayor Adams vows to complete probe into secular education at New York City’s yeshivas by Lisa Keys, September 11, 2022, New York Jewish Week
• US Hasidim, look to the New York Times article as a wake-up call by Menachem Bombach, September 11, 2022, Times of Israel Blog
• N.Y. State Vote Could Raise Pressure on Officials Over Hasidic Schools by Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal, September 12, 2022, New York Times
• Why The New York Times translated its Hasidic yeshiva investigation into Yiddish by Rukhl Schaechter, September 12, 2022, Forward
• Report claims New York City’s Hasidic schools don’t provide students a basic education by Marcia Kramer, September 12, 2022, CBS New York
• Regents committee backs sweeping changes in private education rules by Kathleen Moore, September 12, 2022, Times Union
• Tougher private school regulations aimed at ultra-Orthodox yeshivas advances to Tuesday vote at NY Board of Regents by Michael Elsen-Rooney, September 12, 2022, New York Daily News
• New York finalizes rules requiring private schools, including yeshivas, to prove they meet standards by Julia Gergely, September 12, 2022, New York Jewish Week
• NY State Education Department poised to adopt regulations to hold nonpublic schools accountable by Kate Lisa, September 12, 2022, Spectrum News 1
• The scandal of Hasidic education — a cry from the heart by Jeffrey Salkin, September 13, 2022, Religion News Service
• New York Regents board votes to strengthen oversight of private, religious schools by ABC7 NY, September 13, 2022, ABC7 NY
• Where Were Our Leaders Before The NYTimes Exposed A Chasidic Schools Scandal? by Gary Rosenblatt, Between the Lines Blog, September 13, 2022
• NY Board of Regents: Private schools must meet state standards by Dec. 1 by John Hildebrand, September 13, 2022, Newsday
• Editorial: A new lesson plan for private schools by Times Union Editorial Board, September 13, 2022, Times Union
• New York approves new private school regulations as yeshivas face mounting scrutiny by Sophia Chang, September 13, 2022, Gothamist
• Brooklyn organization speaks up on yeshiva regulations amid private school ruling by News 12 Staff, September 13, 2022, News 12
• Who Cares About Hasidic Children? by Ross Barkan, September 14, 2022, New York Magazine
• New York politicians have historically taken a hands-off approach to regulating Hasidic yeshivas. Is this a turning point? by Sahalie Donaldson, September 14, 2022, City and State New York
• New York private schools to be required to follow minimum academic standards by Israel National News, September 14, 2022, Israel National News
• I studied how New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas gained legitimacy. Here’s what I learned. by Matty Lichtenstein, September 14, 2022, JTA
• City Hall Blocks Release of Yeshiva Reviews in Court Fight vs. THE CITY by The City, September 14, 2022, The City
• Report highlights New York Jewish federation’s role in securing funding for Hasidic yeshivas by Jacob Henry, September 15, 2022, New York Jewish Week
• We investigated New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas in 2015. The real story now is about inaction. by Amy Sara Clark and Hella Winston, September 15, 2022, JTA and New York Jewish Week
• New York’s ultra-Orthodox schools go under the microscope by Haley Cohen, September 17, 2022, Jerusalem Post
• It’s Not Antisemitic to Expose New York’s Hasidic Education Crisis by Joshua Shanes, September 18, 2022, Haaretz
• A formerly Hasidic mom who sued her son’s yeshiva will head nonprofit advocating for secular education by Julia Gergely, September 20, 2022, New York Jewish Week
• NY substantial equivalence standards create dismal future for nonpublic schools by Nicholas Tampio, September 20, 2022, Poughkeepsie Journal
• YAFFED: Group demanding yeshiva education in math, English gets new leader by Nancy Cutler, September 21, 2022, Lohud
• OPINION: It’s not antisemitic to ask why Chassidic boys aren’t entitled to literacy by Eve Sacks, September 21, 2022, Jewish News UK

January

• The War Against the Haredim II by JewishVillage, Medium
• A Response to Moshe Krakowski on YAFFED and Haredi Jewish Education by Yoel Finkelman and Hannah Lebovits, the Lehrhaus, January 6, 2021
• A Hasidic man faces prison for money laundering. His lack of education is being used in a plea for leniency by Shira Hanau, JTA, January 13, 2021
• My Former Hasidic Community Still Supports Trump. I’m Not Surprised. by Molly Meisels, Hey Alma, January 14, 2021
• The least we owe all our kids: Why we must guarantee a basic secular education for all children, including those in Yeshivas by Jamie Hooper and Barbra Rothschild, NY Daily News, January 15, 2021
• Charedi Behavior is Putting American Jews in Harm’s Way by J.J. Gross, Times of Israel Blog, January 21, 2021
• The lifestyle of many Charedim has become incompatible with Judaism by Daniel Greenberg, The Jewish Chronicle, January 28, 2021

February

• Andrew Yang on yeshiva education: ‘We shouldn’t interfere” by Jacob Kornbluh, Forward, February 7, 2021
• Andrew Yang Hints at Hands-off Approach to Yeshivas by Hannah Dreyfus, New York Jewish Week, February 10, 2021
• Yang, Morales Offer Opposing Views on Yeshiva Education Standards by Brigid Bergin, WNYC News, February 18, 2021
• Andrew Yang doubles down on defense of yeshivas by Sally Goldenberg and Madina Toure, Politico, February 18, 2021 
• Bagel Orders and Vaccine Appointments: 5 Takeaways From the Mayor’s Race by Dana Rubinstein, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Katie Glueck and Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, February 22, 2021
• How Andrew Yang failed NYC kids by Naftuli Moster, by Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News, February 23, 2021
• Open letter to Andrew Yang: You’ve got yeshivas all wrong by Jamie Hooper, Forward, February 26, 2021

March

• Susan Lerner apologizes for calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc by Jacob Kornbluh, Forward, March 2, 2021
• New York City’s mayoral candidates court the Jewish vote by Haley Cohen, Jerusalem Post, March 4, 2021
• Face Time with Eight Mayoral Candidates by Mara Gay, New York Times, March 7, 2021
• After visiting yeshiva, Eric Adams “impressed” by secular education by Jacob Kornbluh, Forward, March 9, 2021
• Leading Mayoral Candidates Show Yeshiva Ignorance by Shlomo Noskow, Gotham Gazette, March 18, 2021
• Oversight of Orthodox yeshivas becomes a major issue in New York City’s mayoral race by Shira Hanau, JTA, March 25, 2021

April

• Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, April 2021 Issue 
• My Son’s Yeshiva is Breaking the Law by Beatrice Weber and Chaim Levin, video produced by Chai Dingari, New York Times, April 7, 2021
• Andrew Yang Disrupts the Mayor’s Race, But Some of His Ideas Fall Flat by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits, April 7, 2021
• NYC Mayoral Candidates’ Campaign Contortions on Religious Instruction by David Bloomfield, City Limits, April 8, 2021
• Brooklyn mother publishes op-ed in New York Times claiming yeshivas aren’t teaching basic subjects by News 12 Staff, News 12, April 12, 2021
• Stop rationalizing child neglect: Many yeshivas fail thousands of kids, end of story by Shulim Leifer, NY Daily News, April 16, 2021
• THE CITY Sues the Department of Education to Get Brooklyn Yeshiva Investigation Documents by The City, The City, April 27, 2021

May

• Readers sound off on anti-intellectualism, the Gates split and yeshivas by Voice of the People, NY Daily News, May 7, 2021
• Yang poised to win backing of most of the city’s powerful Orthodox leaders by Hannah Dreyfus, Politico, May 9, 2021
• Meet the sociologist who left his Chabad community and wrote a pathbreaking study of ex-Hasidim by Jordan Kutzik, Forward, May 13, 2021
• Charges of low-quality yeshiva teaching ‘highly concerning,’ says state DOE chief — but she won’t act until city investigates by Noah Goldebrg, NY Daily News, May 16, 2021
• How Andrew Yang Won Over ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn by Liam Stack, New York Times, May 21, 2021
• Lack of rules hurt nonpublic school students by Naftuli Moster, Times Union, May 27, 2021
• State Education Commissioner Errs in Yeshiva Ruling by David C. Bloomfield and David J. Shapiro, Gotham Gazette, May 27, 2021

June

• Reform yeshivas, letter to the editor by Naftuli Moster, New York Post, June 5, 2021
• Would-be mayors vs. yeshiva grads by Naftuli Moster, NY Daily News, June 8, 2021
• Jim Crow, New York Style by Times Union Editorial Board, Times Union, June 9, 2021
• Readers sound off on perceptions of danger, yeshiva students and a teen gunman by Voice for the People, NY Daily News, June 11, 2021
• Poll: Democrats support secular education requirements at yeshivas by Molly Boigon, Forward, June 16, 2021
• Longstanding debate about equivalent education in private yeshivas continues to cause controversy in Rockland by News 12 Staff, News 12 Hudson Valley, June 17, 2021
• Our Sons are Among NY’s 65K Ultra-Orthodox Children Lacking Secular Education by Beatrice Weber and Sheindy Weichman, City Limits, June 21, 2021
• Yiddish newspaper used for NYC agency ads publishes ‘racist’ column: source by Melissa Klein, NY Post, June 19, 2021

July

• Some feel trapped in ultra-Orthodoxy. Why don’t we help when they try to leave? by Joe Kolman, Forward, July 21, 2021
• Advocates For Secular Education In Yeshivas Hope ‘Mayor Adams Will be Different From Candidate Adams’ by Megan McGibney, Brooklyner, Jul 23, 2021
• Ultra-Orthodox kids deserve better by Elana Sigall, NY Daily News, July 30, 2021
• Women’s sexuality is taboo, says My Unorthodox Life star to ‘Post’ by Alan Zeitlin, The Jerusalem Post,Jul 31, 2021

August

• New documentary tackles debate over secular education in New York City yeshivas by Shira Hanau, JTA, August 3, 2021
• Education is every child’s right by Dena Davis, NY Daily News, August 10, 2021
• CBS to screening ‘An Unorthodox Education’ by Perry Smith, The Signal, Aug 10, 2021
• I used to judge ex-Orthodox Jews. Then I started listening to them. by Rivka Nehorai, JTA, August 13, 2021
• 6 Years After DOE Yeshiva Complaint, City Yet to Take Action as Kids Suffer by Yonah Kohn, Gotham Gazette, Aug 27, 2021

September

• Jewish schools must obey the law by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Times of Israel Blog, September 9, 2021
• A race to the extremes: Younger Jews are increasingly either Nones or ultra-Orthodox by Deena Yellin, NorthJersey.com, Sep 20, 2021

October

• New York must create uniform standards for nonpublic schools — and yeshivas by Naftuli Moster, Lohud, Oct 8, 2021
• Jewish poverty, often hidden, common in Brooklyn by Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 15, 2021
• Yeshiva, we can: De Blasio wants to wash his hands of the educational neglect in many Hasidic yeshivas; don’t let him by Daily News Editorial Board, NY Daily News, Oct 18, 2021
• Poll finds public support for educational standards in yeshivas by Naftuli Moster, City & State,Oct 20, 2021
• Yeshivas Must Be Brought into the 21st Century by Naftuli Moster, Diane Ravitch Blog, Oct 29, 2021

November

• Latino leaders rub shoulders during Puerto Rico getaway by Jacob Kornbluh, Forward, November 8, 2021 
• The NY Jewish Week Daily Newsletter, by Jewish Week Staff, Nov 9, 2021
• Yaffed on Improving Standards for Orthodox Jewish Schools in New York, Get Connected, LITE FM, November 15, 2021
• New York State vows to update rules governing secular education in yeshivas by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, Nov 16, 2021

December

• Unorthodox Social Distancing by Eliyahu Stern, Tablet, December 8, 2021
• De Blasio pressured to wrap up yeshiva probe before leaving office by Madine Toure, Politico Pro, December 15, 2021
• Brad Lander, NYC’s next comptroller, says he will push Orthodox yeshivas to teach secular subjects by Ben Sales, New York Jewish Week via JTA, December 17, 2021
• N.Y., adopt and enforce education equivalence rules by Michael A. Rebell, December 29, 2021

January

• Proposed NY law would force Orthodox yeshivas to teach basic secular subjects by Josefin Dolsten, January 20, 2020
• Yeshiva advocates spar with schools chancellor in rare public spat by Madina Toure, January 17, 2020
• New York is trying to reform the Orthodox yeshiva system, which some graduates say barely taught them to speak English by Josefin Dolsten, January 13, 2020

February

• City yeshivas booming while Catholic school enrollment shrinks by Selim Algar, February 24, 2020
• NYS Delaying Education Guidelines, Will Seek Input From Private Schools by Reuvain Borchardt and Rafael Hoffman, February 10, 2020
• NY education officials pause more private school control after backlash  by Selim Algar, February 10, 2020
• State reconsidering tighter regulations for private schools by Jay Rey, February 11, 2020
• The Debate Over Secular Education Standards at Yeshivas by Inside City Hall, February 5, 2020
• I advocate for stronger yeshivas — and nothing about that is anti-Orthodox by Naftuli Moster, February 5, 2020

April

• De Blasio’s Tweet about a funeral soured his relationship with the Orthodox — for now by Molly Boigon, April 29, 2020
• Yeshivas that refuse to teach math, science…or the Holocaust by Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Times of Israel, April 21, 2020
• Why ultra-Orthodox weddings and funerals persist: Coronavirus mistakes come after years of political pandering by Naftuli Moster, April 7, 2020

May

• Orthodox leaders press for reopening guidance as some yeshivas begin holding classes by Shira Hanau, May 20, 2020
• NYPD breaks up synagogue gathering in Brooklyn by Madina Toure, May 20, 2020
• Orthodox leaders press for reopening guidance as parents say ‘underground yeshivas’ are already holding classes by Shira Hanau, May 19, 2020
• NYPD finds 60 kids in Brooklyn Yeshiva despite lockdown by Kerry Burke, Rocco Parascandola and John Annese, May 18, 2020
• Cops shut down Brooklyn Yeshiva over coronavirus violations by Tina Moore, Selim Algar and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, May 18, 2020
• City Hall: will be ‘gentle’ on yeshivas, emails show by Molly Boigon, May 11, 2020
• “Smoking Gun” Emails Show De Blasio Was Directly Involved In Delaying Yeshivas Investigation by Sydney Pereira, May 11, 2020
• NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio knew about political deals involving yeshiva report delay, emails show by Marcy Oster, May 11, 2020
• Yeshiva reform group demands resignation of top DOE official by Selim Algar, May 11, 2020
• Internal emails reveal Mayor Bill de Blasio helped stall yeshiva probe by Susan Edelman, May 9, 2020
• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a long relationship with the city’s Orthodox community by Shira Hanau, May 4, 2020
• An Argument Among Friends by Joshua Leifer, May 1, 2020

July

• Primary upset might complicate pro-yeshiva fight by Molly Boigon, July 23, 2020
• New York Board of Regents outlines discussion plans for equivalency standards in private schools by Sarah Downey, July 17, 2020
• NYSED looks to level the educational playing field again by Zachary Matson, July 13, 2020
• New York Seeking to Finalize Education Guidelines by January by Reuvain Borchardt, July 13, 2020
• State review of private school instruction to keep going by Gary Stern, July 13, 2020
• Brooklyn Elected Officials Need to Stand up for Secular Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas by Naftuli Moster, July 10, 2020
• Queens elected officials must stand up for secular education in ultra-Orthodox yeshivas” by Naftuli Moster, July 8, 2020

September

• Orthodox children need access to a secular education by Anita Altman, September 25, 2020
• Here we go again: COVID spikes are happening because politicians let ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods live by different rules by Naftuli Moster, September 20, 2020
• Rejection of curriculum requirements undermines NYC children’s education by Andrea Salwen Kopel, September 10, 2020

October

• States sets meetings on private school instruction; one for Hudson Valley by Gary Stern, October 30, 2020
• NYS Education Dept. to hold meetings to develop regulations for substantially equivalent instruction by Anthony Reyes, October 27, 2020
• Secular Education in Hasidic Yeshivas is a Jewish Issue by Naftuli Moster, October 26, 2020
• The Hidden Costs of Turning a Blind Eye by Vanessa Meghnagi, October 26, 2020
• I blew the whistle on the planned 10,000 person Satmar wedding. Here’s why. by Naftuli Moster, October 20, 2020
• Gov. Cuomo: State to withhold funds from those not enforcing public health laws by News 12 Staff, October 15, 2020
• ‘You will see compliance’: Gov. Cuomo threatens to withhold funding to governments and schools by News 12 Staff, October 15, 2020
• Cuomo Says He’ll Cut Funding To Non-Compliant Yeshivas, Citing City’s Failure To Enforce COVID Shutdown by Jake Offenhartz, October 14, 2020
• Covid Safety Rules Are Not ‘Anti-Semitic’ by Naftuli Moster, October 8, 2020
• The problem with New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools during the pandemic

November 

• Why huge Brooklyn Jewish wedding was not stopped by government by Susan Edelman and Melissa Klein, November 28, 2020
• ‘Who’s not going to go?’: NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings despite COVID rules by Shira Hanau, November 24, 2020
• After a long delay, New York State revives debate over secular education requirements in yeshivas by David Ian Klein, November 16, 2020
• Open Letter to Private School Parents Regarding Substantial Equivalency Regulations by Barbra Rothschild, November 6, 2020
• New York State rekindles fight over private-school curriculum standard by Selim Algar, November 1, 2020

December

• New York takes key step in setting rules for yeshivas, private schools

• What Happens in Williamsburg Doesn’t Stay in Williamsburg by Naftuli Moster, December 8, 2020

I Was Denied A Basic Education At My Hasidic Yeshiva
Septemver 23, 2019: Chaim Wigder, The Forward

Hasidic Schools Have No Intention of Providing An Adequate Education
September 19, 2019: Naftuli Moster, The Forward

Advocates Call for More Oversight of Nonpublic Schools
August 27, 2019: NY1

Why Are Elite Jewish Day Schools Standing in the Way of A Better Education for Yeshiva Kids?
August 20, 2019: David J. Shapiro, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Advocates Call for City to Complete Yeshiva Investigation
July 24, 2019: Jillian Jorgensen, NY1

Group Rallies at NYC City Hall for Stricter Regulations on Yeshivas
July 24, 2019: Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News

Yeshiva Students Are Still Waiting For A Basic Education
July 23, 2019: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

YAFFED: Young Advocates for Fair Education
July 10, 2019: CUNY TV

Fighting for Student Rights
June 27, 2019: Joanne Palmer, The Jewish Standard

State Education Chief Unveils Retooled “Substantial Equivalency” Rules for Private Schools
May 31, 2019: Rochel Leah Goldblatt, Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Yeshivas Aren’t Teaching Secular Studies. It’s A Shonda for the Jews and Democracy
May 31, 2019: Ester Fuchs and Susan Lerner, The Forward

Teachout, Nixon Urge Yeshiva Oversight
May 28, 2019: Rick Karlin, The Albany Times Union

Battle Over Role of Religion in Schools Plays Out in Ultra-Orthodox Community
May 22, 2019: Will Bacha, Citizen Truth

Advocacy Group Wants Emergency Regulations for Yeshivas
May 10, 2019: Nick Reisman, New York State of Politics

Will the State Education Department Fight for the Kids?
April 23, 2019: Post Editorial Board, New York Post

Yeshivas Need Oversight to Ensure Educational Standards
April 23, 2019: Abe Silberstein, Albany Times Union

Latest Effort to Reform Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Struck Down in State Court
April 18, 2019: Jake Offenhartz, Gothamist

Elite Private Schools Help Keep Yeshivas in Dark Ages
April 12, 2019: Shlomo Noskow, Crain’s New York Business

Don’t Let ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Get Away With This
March 27, 2019: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

Secular Ed Advocates Criticize Private Schools’ Lawsuit
March 26, 2019: Anna Gronewald and Madina Toure, POLITICO

YAFFED + Advocates Demand Private Schools Stop Covering for Yeshivas
March 24, 2019: YAFFED, readMedia

YAFFED Applauds NYSED For Enforcing Yeshiva + Nonpublic School Guidelines Despite Lawsuits
March 19, 2019: YAFFED, readMedia

NY Religious and Private Schools Fight to Remain Unequal
March 11, 2019: Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service

Measles Breaks Out Among Yeshiva Students. Where to Begin?
March 7, 2019: The Editorial Board, The New York Times

Deadline Passes, But Some NYC Yeshivas Continue to ‘Negotiate’ DOE Inspector Visits
February 21, 2019: Jessica Gould, Gothamist

How My Religious Education Stalled My Career Potential
February 8, 2019: Rebecca Mordechai, Huffington Post

Yaffed Testimony Before NYS Joint Legislative Budget Committee 2019
February 8, 2019: YAFFED, YouTube

NYC Yeshivas Collect More Than $100M a Year in Public Funds
January 19, 2019: Susan Edelman, New York Post

YAFFED’s Yeshiva Oversight Lawsuit Dismissed
January 17, 2019: Kimberly Redmond, Rockland/Westchester Journal News

The Truth About the Struggle For Secular Education in Yeshivas
January 6, 2019: Naftuli Moster, Medium

Chancellor Carranza Calls on State Officials to Force Brooklyn Yeshivas to Comply with City Inspectors
December 28, 2018: Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News

Satmar Rabbi’s Speech on New “Substantial Equivalency” Guidelines
December 4, 2018: YAFFED, Medium

With State Guidelines, Secular Ed Advocates Want City to Speed Up, Expand Yeshiva Review
November 27, 2018: Madina Toure, POLITICO

Undo Felder’s Yeshiva Shield
November 16, 2018: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

Six NYC Schools Refuse Chancellor’s Probe
November 13, 2018: Ben Chapman, New York Daily News

Report: Cuomo Promised Not to Interfere with Yeshivas Before Grand Rebbe’s Endorsement
September 4, 2018: Jake Offenhartz, Gothamist

New York’s Yeshiva Students Deserve Better
August 23, 2018: The Editorial Board, The New York Times

What One Advocate Can Do
August 22, 2018: Jewish Week Editors, The New York Jewish Week

Half of Yeshivas Under Investigation Denied Entry to Education Officials, City Says.
August 16, 2018: Elizabeth A. Harris, The New York Times

New York’s Assault on Education Equity
August 5, 2018: Ruth Messinger, City & State New York

Advocates on Their Lawsuit on Oversight of Orthodox Yeshivas
July 31, 2018: Inside City Hall, NY1

Group Files Suit Against New Exemption for Yeshiva Students
July 24, 2018: Maya Sweedler, The Wall Street Journal

YAFFED Sues for Greater Yeshiva Oversight
July 24, 2018: Kimberly Redmond, Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Group Sues State Over Yeshiva Oversight
July 24, 2018: Anna Gronewald and Madina Toure, POLITICO

Yeshiva Education Activist Naftuli Moster of New City Shares His Story
June 14, 2018: Nancy Cutler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Why is New York Condoning Illiteracy?
April 4, 2018: Shulem Deen, The New York Times

The Curious Case of the Yeshiva Carve-Out
April 3, 2018: Vivian Wang and Jesse McKinley, The New York Times

“New York Is Trying Ensure a Basic Education”
January 25th, 2018: Dr. Dena S. Davis, The Wall Street Journal

“Chasidic Leaders Mislead The Public About Providing Secular Education”
January 25th, 2018: Jay Fishman, The Jewish Week

“Why Don’t Our Leaders Condemn Bad Schools?”
January 18th, 2018: Jennifer Lipman, The Jewish Chronicle

“State Considers Tightening Standards for Private Schools”
January 13th, 2018: Paul Brooks, Times Herald-Record

“Defender of Yeshivas Should Face the Painful Facts”
January 7th, 2018: Crain’s New York

“Yeshiva Education Falls Short”
December 29th, 2017: Shlomo Noskow, Crain’s New York

“Welcome ‘Concern’ About Lack Of Secular Studies”
December 27th, 2017: The Jewish Week

“De Blasio Stalls on Addressing Segregation and Yeshivas”
December 27th, 2017: David Bloomfield, New York Daily News

“Defending Hasidic Yeshivas While Offending Hasidic Parents”
December 24th, 2017: Medium

“New York State Revising Private Schools Guidelines”
December 17th, 2017: Leslie Brody, The Wall Street Journal

“State Revising Teaching Guidelines for Nonpublic Schools”
December 4th, 2017: Paul Brooks, Times Herald-Record

“Yeshiva-Gate Could Imperil De Blasio’s Second Term”
December 4th, 2017: David Bloomfield, Gotham Gazette

“De Blasio’s Dereliction of Duty on Yeshivas”
November 10th, 2017: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

“Brooklyn Education Activist Fearing for His Life After Threat”
November 4th, 2017: Susan Edelman, New York Post

“NY City Council Candidates Present Rare United Front On Yaffed”
October 30th, 2017: Sandy Eller, Vos Iz Neias?

“Yeger, Hikind Debate Was In Back Of The Room”
October 26th, 2017: Stephen Witt, Kings County Politics

“Is It A Threat To Call Someone A ‘Rodef’?”
October 24th, 2017: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Words Matter: Rabbi Makes Serious Usage Error”
October 20th, 2017: Rabbi Yair Hoffman, Vos Iz Neias?

“Mayor de Blasio visits the Daily News Editorial Board”
October 18th, 2017: New York Daily News

“De Blasio Punts Some Big Decisions Until After Election Day”
September 19th, 2017: Gloria Pazmino, Politico

“Dromm: DOE Failing on Yeshiva Probe”
September 14th, 2017: Anthony O’Reilly, Queens Chronicle

“Orthodox Yeshivas Flout State Education Law”
September 13th, 2017: Walt Gardner, Education Week

“De Blasio Praised Brooklyn Yeshiva Accused of Not Providing Secular Education”
September 13th, 2017: Hannah Hayes, The Jewish Voice

“What Trump World Schools Look Like”
September 11th, 2017: Alan Singer, HuffPost

“New Details on Stalled Investigation into Whether Some Schools Serving ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas are Breaking the Law”
September 9th, 2017: Lindsey Christ, NY1

“Concerns Persist About Curriculum Standards at Orthodox Yeshivas”
September 7th, 2017: Leslie Brody, Wall Street Journal

“De Blasio Praised Brooklyn Yeshiva Accused Of Depriving Students Of Secular Education”
September 7th, 2017: Jake Offenhartz and Emma Whitford, Gothamist

“Critics Say City Has Not Investigated Yeshivas, Breaking Pledge”
September 6th, 2017: Kate Taylor, The New York Times

“Yeshivas are Breaking the Law by Skimping on English Instruction”
September 6th, 2017: Ben Chapman and Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“De Blasio, DOE are Ignoring Subpar Education at Yeshivas”
September 6th, 2017: Selim Algar, New York Post

“City Investigation Into if Yeshivas are Breaking the Law Stalls”
August 25th, 2017: Lindsey Christ, NY1

“De Blasio, Fariña Still Won’t Force Yeshivas to Obey the Law and Teach”
August 25th, 2017: New York Post

“Ex-Chasidic Activist Abby Stein Grills De Blasio On Yeshiva Probe”
August 9th, 2017: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Some Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools Are Refusing To Teach Math And Science To Students”
July 17th, 2017: Annie Garau, PBH Network: All That Is Interesting

“Will They Ever Learn? US Ultra-Orthodox Still Failing to Teach Math and Science”
July 17th, 2017: Yaakov Schwartz, The Times of Israel

“Probe into Teaching Practices at Orthodox Jewish Schools Continues”
July 16th, 2017: Ben Chapman, New York Daily News

“Hasidic Education Reform Group To Release Investigative Report”
July 15th, 2017: Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward

“Where is de Blasio on Inadequate Education at Yeshivas?”
June 27th, 2017: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

“A Mother’s Plea to Mayor de Blasio”
June 27th, 2017: Medium

“Controversial Report on Secular Teaching at Jewish NYC Schools Coming This Summer”
May 18th, 2017: Ben Chapman, New York Daily News

“This Organization Is Trying to Get Hasidic Yeshivas to Teach Basic English & Math”
May 4th, 2017: Eleanor J. Bader, Kveller

“East Ramapo Fails to Ensure Quality Education for Most Kids”
April 5th, 2017: Naftuli Moster, The Journal News

“Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina Rejects Claim That City is Stalling Education Probe into Yeshivas for Political Reasons”
March 21st, 2017: Erin Durkin, New York Daily News

“City Stalls on Probe into Secular Education at Hasidic Schools”
March 20th, 2017: Yoav Gonen, New York Post

“De Blasio’s State of the City Has Critics Asking: What About Schools?”
February 16th, 2017: Kate Taylor, The New York Times

“The Hasidic Boy Who Learned English by Secretly Listening to Rush Limbaugh”
December 11th, 2016: Adrienne Sanders Kaye, The Daily Beast

“Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education? That’s a Tragedy for All American Jews”
November 28th, 2016: Jay Michaelson, Jewish Daily Forward

“Here is Why YOU Should Care About Hasidic Children’s Education”
November 27th, 2016: Naftuli Moster, Medium

“Preserve Rockland Hosts Orthodox Activists Seeking Education and Marriage Reform”
September 28th, 2016: Dylan Skriloff, Rockland County Times

“Preserve Rockland to Host Presentations by Hasidic Reformists”
September 22nd, 2016: Dylan Skriloff, Rockland County Times

“Top Law Firm Joins New York Battle Over Haredi Education”
September 14th, 2016: Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post

“Taj Patterson’s Attackers Learned to Hate ‘Others’ Growing Up in an Insulated World”
September 10th, 2016: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

“All Sides Must Cooperate to Improve Secular Ed in Yeshivas”
August 17th, 2016: The Jewish Voice

“Pressure Builds on de Blasio to Enforce Secular Ed in Yeshivas”
August 10th, 2016: Sholom Schreiber, The Jewish Voice

“Brooklyn Probe Leads Yeshivas To Promise More Secular Classes, But No Details”
August 4th, 2016: Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward

“1,500 Sign Petition Urging Mayor de Blasio to Approve Mandatory Science, Math and History Lessons for Orthodox Jewish Students”
August 3rd, 2016: Ben Chapman, New York Daily News

“Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Need to Meet Their Educational Obligations”
July 27th, 2016: David Bloomfield, City Limits

“Questions Over Motives Of New Charedi School Group”
July 20th, 2016: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“PEARLS, YAFFED, and Satmar”
July 14th, 2016: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“Bill De Blasio Must Not Let ultra-Orthodox Jewish Votes Override His Duty to the Law”
June 27th, 2016: Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz

“Brooklyn Yeshiva Investigation Progressing Too Slowly, Critics Say”
June 24th, 2016: John V. Santore, Patch Media

“Will Satmar Win the Battle but Lose the War?”
June 16th, 2016: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“Why Do Jewish Leaders Keep Ignoring Ultra-Orthodox Education Crisis?”
May 25th, 2016: Seth Kaplan & Naftuli Moster, Jewish Daily Forward

“‘Implicit Understanding’ Between Hasidic N.Y. Community and Authorities Fades”
May 18th, 2016: Uriel Heilman, Haartez

“Satmar Rebbe Rails Against Secular Education Bill; Moderate Groups Stay Silent”
May 12th, 2016: Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward

“‘Decisions Coming Shortly’ on Brooklyn Jewish Schools, Says NYC Chancellor”
April 21st, 2016: John V. Santore, Patch Media

“Progressive Jewish Group Slams City Education Department Over Lack of Secular-Study Enforcement at Yeshivas”
April 8th, 2016: Ben Chapman, New York Daily News

“Alumni Accuse City Of Stalling Its Probe Into NYC Yeshivas”
April 7th, 2016: Emma Whitford, Gothamist

“Advocates for Brooklyn Yeshiva Reform Threaten to Sue Mayor”
April 7th, 2016: John V. Santore, Patch Media

“Group Says Politics Are Stalling New York City’s Inquiry of Yeshivas”
April 6th, 2016: Kate Taylor, New York Times

“Elected Officials Allow Hasidic Schools to Break the Law, Advocates Say”
April 6th, 2016: Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward

“Hasidic ‘Evidence Drive’ Seeks to Shame DOE”
March 30th, 2016: Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward

“City Dragging Heels on Orthodox Jewish Schools Investigation, Critics Say”
March 28th, 2016: John V. Santore, Patch Media

“Feds Target Williamsburg Jewish School Operator”
March 18th, 2016: John V. Santore, Patch Media

“DOE Yeshiva Probe Going Nowhere?”
February 17th, 2016: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“On NYC Yeshiva Probe, DOE Still A Closed Book”
February 16th, 2016: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Thousands of ill-Educated Yeshiva Boys”
February 7th, 2016: Naftuli Moster, New York Daily News

“New York Yeshivas Sued for Failing To Provide ‘Adequate Education'”
November 20th, 2015: Jewish Daily Forward

“Chasidic Parents, Yeshiva Grads Sue State For Ignoring Subpar Secular Ed”
November 19th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Forward 50 2015: Naftuli Moster”
November 8th, 2015: Jewish Daily Forward

“The Sorry State of Chasidic Education”
October 20th, 2015: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“Reversing Course, DOE Vows To Broaden Yeshiva Probe”
October 7th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Chasidic Schools Ensure Ignorance And Poverty”
September 15th, 2015: Shulem Deen, The Jewish Week

“Don’t Know Much About History”
September 7th, 2015: Hella Winston & Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Councilman Vows To Toughen Yeshiva Probe”
September 7th, 2015: Hella Winston & Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Knowing There’s a Problem is Not Enough”
August 25th, 2015: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“NYC to Investigate Standards of Secular Education at 38 Brooklyn Yeshivas”
August 24th, 2015: Haartez

“A Video Appeal, in Yiddish, to Hasidic Parents”
August 20th, 2015: Yiddish Daily Forward

“Plan For Yeshiva Probe Called Inadequate”
August 11th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Yeshiva Probe — Or Punt?”
August 4th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“NYC Investigating 40 Ultra-Orthodox Schools in Brooklyn”
August 3rd, 2015: Simone Wilson, Patch Media

“Responding to Complaint, City Vows to Investigate Secular Learning at 39 Jewish Schools”
August 1st, 2015: Patrick Wall, ChalkBeat

“New York to Investigate Haredi Schools for Lack of Secular Studies”
July 29th, 2015: Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post

“Parents Urge Probe of NY Yeshivas”
July 29th, 2015: Yitta, Yiddish Daily Forward

“Basic Education Will Improve Their Lives”
July 28th, 2015: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“NYC To Investigate 39 Yeshivas”
July 28th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“New York Urged To Probe Poor Standards at Yeshivas”
July 27th, 2015: Jewish Daily Forward

“De Blasio: ‘Zero Tolerance’ For Subpar Math, English In Yeshivas”
July 27th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“NYC Education Officials Urged To Investigate Quality Of Yeshivas”
July 27th, 2015: The Times of Israel

“Is Education in East Ramapo So Bad?”
June 11th, 2015: Yehuda Weissmandl, Yiddish Daily Forward

“Bid For Better Secular Ed In Yeshivas Heading Toward Court”
March 10th, 2015: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Eyes on Jewish Education, Beyond East Ramapo — Why We Need More than Oversight as Schools Under Hasidic Control Fail NY Children”
May 25th, 2014: Miriam Moster, Jewish Daily Forward

“Yiddish Isn’t Enough”
November 21st, 2014: Jennifer Miller, New York Times

“Change in Order to Preserve”
December 15th, 2014: Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah

“Fight Over Ad in Haredi Paper Highlights Deep Divisions”
December 14th, 2014: Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post

“Bid For Better Secular Ed For Yeshivas Heats Up”
December 9th, 2014: Amy Sara Clark, The Jewish Week

“Full of Wisdom, but Bad at Math”
June 21st, 2015: Jeremy Ben-Ami, Yiddish Daily Forward

“Getting In Face of Ultra-Orthodox on Need for Real World Education”
June 19th, 2013: Yermi Brenner, Jewish Daily Forward

“US Haredi Group Facing Uphill Battle Making Up for Poor Secular Education”
July 11th, 2012: Michael Orbach, The Jewish Press