Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<p>I attended Chabad <a href="https://babka.social/tags/dayschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dayschool</span></a> as a child. I have my issues with them, for sure, but one of them is <em>not</em> the quality of my secular <a href="https://babka.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>. When I moved to public school in 10th grade I was well-prepared, and I went on to attend the college of my choice. </p><p>These NY <a href="https://babka.social/tags/yeshivot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeshivot</span></a>, however, are a different story. They're attempting to create here what they've successfully created in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>: an entire generation of adults unable to make any contribution to society whatsoever; unable to make a living anywhere outside the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/haredi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haredi</span></a> community; unable to speak the language of their country; unable to act as informed citizens of a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>; and ultimately, unable to raise children of their own who are not similarly handicapped.</p><p>Torah-observant <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> needn't be so isolated from the greater community.</p><p>Good for <a href="https://babka.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> for insisting that NY children be given the opportunity to become educated, fully-participating members of society. </p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/JTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JTA</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/yeshiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeshiva</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2025/03/20/united-states/three-more-new-york-city-yeshivas-lose-status-and-funding-over-secular-education-standards" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2025/03/20/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es/three-more-new-york-city-yeshivas-lose-status-and-funding-over-secular-education-standards</span></a></p>