US friends of Samaria donate $130k to Evyatar yeshivah "There will be many more Evyatars, there will be many more new towns," said Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan. March 7, 2025
For first time, New York to pull funds from yeshivahs for not being ‘substantially equivalent’ to public ed “There’s no crisis here that needs solving except for the dislike people have of the Chassidic community, and that to me is the issue,” Moshe Krakowski, of Yeshiva University, told JNS. Vita Fellig Feb. 26, 2025
NY ‘badly mistaken’ if it aims to ‘secularize’ Jewish schools, yeshivahs say in federal complaint New York State and City have “engaged in what can be described as ‘lawfare’ against yeshivahs,” a leader in the Bobov Chassidic community told JNS. Vita Fellig Jan. 14, 2025
Degrees or direction? We need values just as much as we need facts. It’s more important to be a mensch than to have a master’s. Rabbi Yossy Goldman Dec. 11, 2024
In 3-0 vote, court rules California violated law by discriminating against Jewish students “It was always wrong to cut Jewish kids off from getting disability benefits solely because they want to follow their faith,” said Eric Rassbach, vice president and senior counsel at Becket Law. Izzy Salant Oct. 29, 2024
Torah scroll stolen from New York City yeshivah returned to owners Burglars took a safe that contained the sacred object, estimated at $50,000. Aug. 28, 2024
NJ Supreme Court rules religious schools can choose faculty based on values The court found in favor of an Orthodox Jewish school sued for defamation by a rabbi who had been fired. July 25, 2024
Yeshiva students in workforce despite prohibition, study finds Up until the age of 22, yeshiva students must commit to studying full time and are legally barred from taking employment. July 18, 2024
