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Sunday, December 09, 2018
Leading Hasidic Rabbi Defies New York Regulations On Yeshiva Curriculum
As previously reported, last month the New York State Education Department issued new guidelines for review of the curriculum of non-public religious and independent schools, under statutory provisions that primarily impact Hasidic Jewish yeshivas. The Forward reported last week that a leading Hasidic rabbi, Satmar Rebbe Aron Teitelbaum, is defying the New York City and New York State Education Departments, telling his followers in a speech:
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