New York Yeshivas See Daylight in Long-Simmering Struggle With State Regulators

New York’s orthodox Jewish community hopes to convince state officials to recognize the importance of religious education as the Board of Regents considers revising graduation requirements for all students in the state.

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Students of Yeshivat Ohr Elchanan at Tiberias, Israel. Wikimedia Commons

After years of hostility toward orthodox yeshivas in the state, New York’s Board of Regents, the state’s primary education regulator, is looking at graduation requirements in all educational institutions in the state — a move that could lead to a breakthrough and preserve the autonomy of the Jewish educational institutions.   

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