NY school district primarily votes in Orthodox board, forced to change
Three of the current school board members are people of color. There has been an Orthodox majority on the school board since 2005.
Orthodox Jews arrive during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.(photo credit: REUTERS/JEENAH MOON)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA