New York state
NY’s power to regulate religious schools trimmed by judge
By Michael Hill — March 27, 2023
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, called yeshivas.
What The New York Times’ story on Hasidic schools misses
By Avi Shafran — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — The vast majority of Hasidic parents and students cherish the education offered by their yeshivas.
The scandal of Hasidic education — a cry from the heart
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are reeling from the report on Hasidic education. We needed to hear about this and we need to help repair it.
Outlawing Ben & Jerry’s boycott is a distraction that makes antisemitism harder to fight
By Nancy H. Wiener and Lester Bronstein — December 7, 2021
(RNS) — Ben & Jerry’s principled decision is an objection to occupation, not to the existence of Israel.
NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court
By Michael Hill — August 13, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing. That […]
New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates
By The Associated Press — June 14, 2019
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The measure follows this year's measles outbreak , which federal officials recently said has surpassed 1,000 illnesses, the highest in 27 years.
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