Andrew Yang On Yeshiva Education: ‘We Shouldn’t Interfere’

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Andrew Yang said he would not take action to boost secular education in yeshivas if elected mayor of New York City, staking out a position likely to win him support in Brooklyn’s Orthodox communities.

“As mayor, I will always respect religious freedom including the freedom of parents to do what’s best for their kids educationally,” Yang, the former presidential candidate who announced his mayoral bid early this year, told the Forward. “Thus, we shouldn’t interfere with their religious and parental choice as long as the outcomes are good.”

The question of how much science, math and English education should be required in private yeshivas — and who gets to decide — has been roiling the Orthodox communities in recent years.

Read more at Forward.

{Matzav.com}


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