How Israel Should Respond to Hizballah’s Most Recent Provocation
The days of keeping the north quiet at any cost have passed.
March 27, 2023
New York State Should Recognize the Benefits Brought by Hasidic Schools
An outsider looks into an ongoing controversy.
Last September, the New York Board of Regents amended the requirements imposed by the state on private and religious schools, with the aim of pushing Orthodox educational institutions to broaden their secular curricula. Ray Domanico examines the complex pedagogical and constitutional issues at play, and reports on his own experience visiting ḥasidic schools in Brooklyn. Among other issues, he addresses the complaint that such schools take public funds while ostensibly failing to educate students according to state-wide standards:
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Passover Celebrates Both “Freedom from” and “Freedom for”
American Jews’ two narratives of liberation.
New York State Should Recognize the Benefits Brought by Hasidic Schools
An outsider looks into an ongoing controversy.
The Three Jewish Soldiers Serving the Roman Empire in Ancient Gaul
What their gravestones tell us.
Amid Growing Social Tensions in Israel, a Moment of Unexpected Solidarity
When protestors ate cholent in an Orthodox enclave.