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CANDLELIGHTING

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JUDAISM 101

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{weblog_name} - Let’s Show Up At Public Schools
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So what would happen if a few thousand Jewish day school and yeshiva students registered this summer to attend their local public schools? They are entitled to. There’s nothing in the law stopping them. Many of their parents pay taxes to keep the schools operating, and they derive no benefit from the public school systems, city or county. Years ago, I wrote an article about a little Orthodox girl with a disability. She attended Bais Yaakov for most of the school week, but on certain days she’d go over to Millbrook Elementary School for appropriate therapy and schooling. She was entitled to it. There was no debate, no discussion. Flash forward to another friend whose child has learning disabilities. This child could not be educated in any of the Jewish parochial schools, so the city now pays her tuition… read more