Podcasts about yaffed

Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/IRTvj1_4_14In this interview, Naftuli Moster reflects on his years as the face of a controversial campaign to reform secular education in Hasidic boys' yeshivas. As the founder of YAFFED (Young Advocates for Fair Education), Moster positioned himself as a critic of the yeshiva system in which he was raised, arguing that Hasidic schools fail to meet basic educational standards required by state law.Over the years, he became a polarizing figure — praised by some for challenging religious insularity, and criticized by others as antagonistic to the community he came from. To many within the Hasidic world, he came to represent an external pressure campaign that misunderstood or misrepresented their values and way of life. In 2022, Moster resigned from YAFFED, and in this candid conversation, he speaks openly about why he chose to step away. Was it burnout, a shift in priorities, or something deeper about the limits of advocacy? We explore his personal journey, how he views his impact now, and what he's turned to since leaving the public spotlight. 

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by speaker, activist, former Hasidic rebbetzin, mother of 10 and the executive director of Yaffed, Beatrice Weber, to discuss her organization's mission of improving secular education in Hasidic and Haredi schools.

Beatrice Weber describes the poor secular education given many NYC children. As YAFFED's executive director, Weber speaks personally about changes in her life, her winning case against a school's poor secular eduction and YAFFED's pro education mission.

Dr. Avi Federgruen debunks the so-called 'study' used by NY State to justify secular restrictions against yeshivas, he says it does not even qualify as a study.

In the wake of https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html (the recent extensive New York Times investigation) into Hasidic yeshivas, a fierce and often acrimonious debate has emerged about the ethics of covering the Hasidic world from the outside, how private institutions that receive government funds are accountable to the broader public, and religious minority communities' right to insist on their way of life, even when it brings them into conflict with the state. On this episode, Jewish Currents Contributing Editor Joshua Leifer hosts a conversation between Naftuli Moster, executive director of Young Advocates for Fair Education (https://yaffed.org/who-we-are/ (YAFFED)), and Frieda Vizel, a writer and https://friedavizel.com/ (tour guide) of Hasidic Brooklyn. Moster and Vizel—who both grew up in, and later left, Hasidic communities—draw on their own educational experiences to offer very different perspectives on the Times article and reactions to it, on the best way to advocate for change in the Hasidic world, and on what's at stake in the fight over secular education. Articles and Podcast Episodes Mentioned: “https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money),” Eliza Shaprio and Brian M. Rosenthal, The New York Times “https://friedavizel.com/2022/09/13/thoughts-on-the-nyt-expose-on-hasidic-education/ (Thoughts on the NYT exposé on Hasidic education),” Frieda Vizel “https://jewishcurrents.org/progressives-have-abandoned-haredi-children (Progressives Have Abandoned Haredi Children),” Naftuli Moster, Jewish Currents “https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/the-great-yeshiva-slander/ (The Great Yeshiva Slander),” Commentary podcast “https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/private-religious-schools-have-public-responsibilities-too/671446/?fbclid=IwAR3Teyc_1DNpkBy3RnELpMLHoAxPsx7Ku_4U8-DkGRMigva28-SUo_2Hif0 (Private Religious Schools Have Public Responsibilities Too),” Nomi M.Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, The Atlantic Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”

The idea of America as a true “land of opportunity” is anathema to their ideal of a nation of “classes and orders” where every person knows their place and morbidly rich white men are in charge. Crazy Alert! Trump Is pushing FBI looking for Hillary's emails at Mar-a-Lago?! The Internet solves Trump's "Peekaboo" Letitia James slur. John Harwood sums It up in a tweet - the juxtaposition of two events in NYC today - Biden's speech to the UN and the NY AG's fraud suit against the Trumps - underscores the simplest contrast: a decent man who believes in the American experiment has replaced an indecent con man, who does not, as president of the US. Executive Director of YAFFED, Naftuli Moster reveals sub standard basic education for students in some Hasidic schools.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week: A New York Times investigation has all the Jews talking about education in hasidic yeshiva schools — specifically, about the poor secular education in subjects like English and Math. So I speak with Manny Vogel, who grew up attending a hasidic yeshiva in New York City, about his experience and thoughts on the issue.Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel: https://jewishunpacked.com/introducing-homeland-ten-stories-one-israel/Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.comhttps://jewfolk-inc.creator-spring.com/https://tcjewfolk.com/donate/To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/Manny Vogel:https://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/11/child-abuse-allegations-hasidic-ultraorthodox-jewish-community-brooklyn-432688.htmlhttps://yaffed.org/New York Times story: https://t.co/VH605xUUZr NY Jewish Week/WNYC: https://www.jta.org/2015/09/08/ny/dont-know-much-about-historyRecent regulations on private schools: https://www.jta.org/2022/09/12/ny/new-york-finalizes-rules-requiring-private-schools-including-yeshivas-to-prove-they-meet-standardsChaim Walder: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-11-14/ty-article/chaim-walder-acclaimed-israeli-author-accused-of-sexually-abusing-ultra-orthodox-girls/0000017f-e4ba-d75c-a7ff-fcbf2ef60000https://www.timesofisrael.com/6-months-after-the-walder-abuse-scandal-broke-has-the-haredi-world-seen-change/The Forward: https://forward.com/news/518079/how-the-jewish-establishment-helps-fund-hasidic-yeshivas/https://forward.com/forverts-in-english/517577/why-the-new-york-times-translated-its-hasidic-yeshiva-investigation-into-yiddish/Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H6lZfjeZcSP8tacIDUg6kezsVjyiiGvB8sz7AvlBRVY/edit?usp=sharing

New York Jews For A Secular Democracy Cohort welcomes Policy Counsel from the New York Civil Liberties Union Ali Bohm. Ali speaks on a bill requiring hospitals to disclose which services they deny based on religious preference.We also welcome David Golvner of Yaffed who discussed the lack of access to secular education in Othordox Yeshivot.Recorded April 6th 2022

Adams and Council reach $101 billion budget deal, but school cuts remainYaffed websiteNY Supreme Court sides with mother opposed to curriculum at son's Brooklyn yeshivaCourt rules city must conclude yeshiva investigationDe Blasio Must Answer For 'Corrupt' Yeshiva Probe, Advocates Say

YAFFED is an advocacy group committed to improving educational curricula within ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in New York. Founder Naftuli Moster describes his experience as a young Orthodox student in Borough Park, and the status of proposals for minimum standards in front of the New York State Education Department and the New York City Department of Education. For more, visit yaffed.org

YAFFED is an advocacy group committed to improving educational curricula within ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in New York. Founder Naftuli Moster describes his experience as a young Orthodox student in Borough Park, and the status of proposals for minimum standards in front of the New York State Education Department and the New York City Department of Education. For more, visit yaffed.org

Moshe Krakowski joins us to discuss his recent City Journal essay, "The War Against the Haredim." We cover misconceptions about religious education, claims made by YAFFED and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

As officials discuss how and when to return to the classroom, advocates like Naftuli Moster, Executive Director of Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED), are calling for regulations to ensure New York State yeshiva students in Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox schools receive an equal education. For more, visit Yaffed.org

As officials discuss how and when to return to the classroom, advocates like Naftuli Moster, Executive Director of Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED), are calling for regulations to ensure New York State yeshiva students in Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox schools receive an equal education. For more, visit Yaffed.org

As officials discuss how and when to return to the classroom, advocates like Naftuli Moster, Executive Director of Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED), are calling for regulations to ensure New York State yeshiva students in Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox schools receive an equal education. For more, visit Yaffed.org

"Smoking gun" emails revealing Mayor de Blasio promised to delay and soften the Yeshiva report in exchange for renewing Mayoral control 

Leonie Haimson speaks with Naftuli Moster, founder of Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED), about his five - year campaign, in the courts and in the political arena, to ensure that Ultra Orthodox Yeshivas comply with the law and that their students receive a minimally adequate education. 

Naftuli Moster and Anita Altman of YAFFED tell us that private & religious schools must provide a secular education, equal to what was provided by a public school. A Yeshiva grad, Mr. Moster describes how shockingly unprepared he was for further studies.

Naftuli Moster, Executive Director of Yaffed, presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Secular Education in Hasidic Yeshivas: Why We Should All Care" at before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Most Hasidic boys’ schools in NY and NJ provide little to no secular education to their tens of thousands of students. Nearly 100% of Hasidic boys graduate without a high school diploma. New York State Education Law requires that non-public schools provide a curriculum that is “substantially equivalent” to that of public schools, meaning a minimum of English, math, science, and social studies lessons. Most Hasidic male high school graduates are illiterate in core subjects, barely fluent in the English language, unqualified for most decent-paying jobs, and ill-equipped to navigate the broader world. Hasidic Jews are the fastest growing population in NYC, outpacing every other Jewish denomination. By 2030, 30% of Brooklyn’s youth are predicted to be enrolled in Hasidic yeshivas. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Ari Hershkowitz grew up in an insular Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, and was featured in the award-winning Netflix documentary "One of Us." He spoke to us about the toxicity of religious indoctrination, the horrific abuse he suffered as a child, his descent into drug addiction, and finally, his emergence from the darkness of religion into liberation, enlightenment, and personal success with the help of organizations like FootstepsOrg.org. Today, Ari is working with Yaffed, an education initiative for people in the Hasidic Jewish community. This was an amazing and compelling conversation with so many parallels to the experiences of ex-Muslims, and it had us asking: Are violence and terrorism really the worst of what religion has to offer, or does it go deeper than that? By focusing on the symptoms rather than the disease, are we just putting a band-aid on a cancer wound? We discuss all of this and more with the articulate, intelligent, and incredibly insightful Ari, who you can learn more about at https://Arih.me  The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. And please leave us a review