09-14-2022, 02:14 PM
graylocks wrote:
[quote=Janit]
Do you know which particular groups do this? The popular press tends to use the term Hasidim to mean all Hasidim, as well as all Haredim.
The NYT article repeatedly states that it is not all Hasidic schools but some of the ultra observant ones. It still is affecting large numbers of children and it seems boys are more affected than girls.
The Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community is a convoluted tangle of factions that sometimes cooperate with one another and sometimes vilify one another for not being sufficiently observant.
It is important to remember that the arguments made on both sides rely on "facts" that should be further investigated in order to determine if they are actual facts.
Naftuli Moster, founder of YAFFED (Young Advocates for Fair Education), has argued that many members of the Hasidic community would like to see their children receive more secular education, but are afraid to speak up publicly for fear of ostracism from the community.
Moster, who was educated in a Yeshiva run by the Belz Hassidim, is now vilified by the leaders of many Hasidic groups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/nyreg...ation.html