Stamford, CT – House Approves Certificate Program in Study of Talmud

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    FILE - Students at the Yeshiva Bais Binyomin on April 1, 2009. Photo: Kathleen O'Rourke / Stamford AdvocateStamford, CT – Yeshiva Bais Binyomin, a Stamford-based college for men, has come one step closer to providing a certificate program in studies of the Talmud, a central text of the Jewish faith.

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    The House of Representatives voted this week to approve legislation to authorize the program at Bais Binyomin and The Talmudic Institute of Connecticut, in Bridgeport.

    The state Senate must also approve the bill.

    “This legislation expands opportunities in higher education for students looking to pursue a degree that focuses on Jewish heritage,” said State Rep. Gerald Fox III, D–146, who introduced the bill.

    Read more in The Stamford Times


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    12 years ago

    What is the benefit of this?

    awacs
    awacs
    12 years ago

    The State Legislature has to pass a special bill to allow a college to open a new program? In the land of Yale Uniersity? What am I missing here?