Sentences with phrase «attended yeshiva»

For the record; and I do realize this has nothing to do w / the article, I LOVE my Jewish food; and I have even been told by a male friend of mine who attended yeshiva and was raised in a kosher home, that I am more Jewish than his sister (I don't think it was said in a complimentary way; but I found it funny!).

Roughly 9,000 students, the vast majority of them black or Latino, attend public schools in the district, while about 24,000 students who live there attend yeshivas.

The bill was sponsored by Councilman David G. Greenfield, a Democrat whose district in Brooklyn includes many Orthodox Jews who attend yeshivas.

The geographic area the school serves is 5 percent Hispanic and 93 percent white, but the white children are mostly Orthodox Jews, who overwhelmingly attend yeshivas.

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Some 27,000 of the district's students attend private schools, mainly yeshivas.

Of these, some 24,000 attend private schools, mainly yeshivas.

It's a district where the majority of children attend private Yeshivas.

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

Of that, 24,000 attend private yeshivas.

An at - large voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.

Roughly 8,500 students, most of them black and Latino, attend the public schools in East Ramapo, while another 23,000 students in the district attend private schools, mostly yeshivas.

If Rieven does not live in a two parent family, he will be expelled from his yeshiva, the Hasidic school he attends.

Roughly 8,500 students, most of them black and Latino, attend the public schools in East Ramapo, while another 23,000 students in the district attend private schools, mostly yeshivas.

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know of Lakewood's sordid history of shortchanging poor students of color trapped in dysfunctional schools run by a Board that privileges Orthodox children who attend private and unaccountable Jewish yeshivas.

Despite my divorce, I have been blessed to see my children grow into fine adults who attended good schools and yeshivas.