By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews - this time targeting children with special needs and their families,” the statement reads.
The special report “failed to speak with a single Orthodox rabbinic leader ... and hid from its audience the predominant cause of the current crisis,” said Rabbi Moshe Parnes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled in the Senate.
It is hard to believe that admitting more than 10 people to a 1,000-seat church or 400-seat synagogue would create a more serious health risk than the many other activities that the State allows.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eligible recipients will each get $50,000 for cameras, security training, door-hardening and other security enhancements.
By Marc Gronich
Yeshivos Get A Judicial Reprieve State Supreme Court Judge Christina Ryba handed down a favorable decision for yeshivos last week, protecting the school leadership from having to adhere to unilateral oversight from the State Education Department’s local school authorities when it pertains to secular course curriculum. The 11-page guidelines were established in November. The arguments […]
By JNi.Media
Agudath Israel of America endorsed President Trump's choice for Education Secretary, and urged its members to lobby the Senate in favor of her confirmation.
By JTA
Jewish groups across the religious spectrum praised Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on accommodating religious attire in the workplace. The guidelines published Thursday are for “employers with at least 15 employees (including private sector, state, and local government employers), as well as employment agencies, unions, and federal government agencies.” These employers “must make exceptions to […]
By JTA
Agudath Israel of America has asked the Pentagon to restore kosher field meals and charged that the Defense Logistics Agency had solicited a bid in April for kosher and halal “meals ready to eat,” but had recast the solicitation last month to include only halal, which adhere to Muslim religious precepts. “As things stand now, […]
By JTA
Congress budgeted $13 million for a nonprofit security assistance program that mostly aids Jewish institutions. The money was allocated in the $1.1 trillion budget passed this week by both houses of Congress. The program, which has existed since the mid-2000s, has so far disbursed $138 million through the Department of Homeland Security, not counting the […]
By Guest Author
Private Jewish day schools and yeshivas get hundreds of millions of dollars through tax credit programs.