New Jersey – The application for a controversial Hebrew charter school in Englewood, N.J., includes letters of support from two prominent Orthodox pulpit rabbis, as well as from several other high-profile Jewish leaders.
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Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO for kashrut at the Orthodox Union and spiritual leader of Englewood’s Shomrei Emunah, contributed a letter of support that was part of Shalom Academy’s 2010 charter application, as did Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah.
Other well-known Jews providing letters of support include author and TV personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Foundation for Jewish Camp CEO Jeremy Fingerman, both Englewood residents.
The application was first posted late last week on the Englewood public school district’s website.
Velozhin closed down because the rosh yeshiva felt it necessary to take a stand against mandatory secular subjects. Then yedin came to America and we were forced to accept schools that taught secular subjects but at least we kept religious studies as the primary. Now we have fallen to the level were we can rationalize sending frum kids to a school that isn’t even allowed to teach torah!
How can any orthodox rav sign on to this?!
Isn’t choice generally a good thing? Isn’t lack of competition the reason why there are no good kosher restaurants on Staten Island? Maybe this will force frum yeshivas to be less junky
Bottom line, give us a choice. No one is forcing you to remove your children from yeshiva. We should explore every option.