January 22, 2019
New York State’s Regulations for Private Schools Threaten Religious Freedom
Today’s suggestions could be tomorrow’s mandates.
In November, Albany issued a new set of guidelines for the state’s independent schools that not only increase the requirements placed on these institutions but also authorize public-school administrators to evaluate local private schools. Yaakov Bender, the principal of a Jewish school in New York, argues that the new policies pose a threat to the freedom of religious parents, and parents in general, to determine the educations of their children:
January 22, 2019
Why Israel’s Relations with Chad Matter
The road to good relations with the Muslim world doesn’t run through Ramallah.
An Iranian Professor Recalls His First Encounter with a Jew
A Jewish community forced into hiding and occasionally paraded before credulous journalists.
Two New Translations Attempt to Bring Avrom Sutzkever’s Poetry into English
“Lava its seeds. Atoms/ Fermented forth primevally.”
New York State’s Regulations for Private Schools Threaten Religious Freedom
Today’s suggestions could be tomorrow’s mandates.