NY Jewish schools are fighting a proposal that would "secularize" yeshivas
The proposal, a set of regulations from the state Department of Education, aims to ensure that private schools provide instruction that is at least as good as the education in public schools.
Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019.(photo credit: DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES)ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA