Brooklyn, NY – NY City Council Candidates Present Rare United Front On YAFFED In Hamodia Debate

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    (Shimon Gifter)Brooklyn, NY – A Sunday debate featuring the candidates for the 44th District City Council seat soon to be vacated by Councilman David Greenfield may have included considerable amounts of sniping between the political hopefuls, but all three presented a unanimous front when discussing YAFFED’s attempts to allow government to dictate yeshiva curriculums.

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    The nearly two hour long debate took place in Bais Yaakov of Boro Park and was sponsored by Hamodia, giving an audience of hundreds an opportunity to hear Yoni Hikind, Heshy Tischler and Kalman Yeger face off on various issues.

    Asked by Agudath Israel of America’s media coordinator Yosef Rapaport whether government should have any input in the secular studies curriculums of yeshivos, Hikind replied with just one word: no.

    Hikind followed up Rapaport’s request for further comment by saying simply that if he was looking for a yes or no answer to his question “the answer is … an outstanding emphatic no.”

    The question was posed next to Tischler who brought the subject around to YAFFED, saying that he was the first of the three candidates to open up a dialogue with the group’s founder on his Just Enough Heshy radio program.

    “We’re not scared of YAFFED,” said Tischler. “He’s scared of us.”

    Tischler acknowledged that while there are always improvements to be made in any school system, his own boys were academically prepared to pursue college degrees after graduating attended local yeshivos.

    “My children came out fine,” said Tischler. “Most of our children come out fine. We don’t have people stabbing and shooting each other in our schools. We teach our children right.”

    Yeager referred to himself as the product of a Chasidishe yeshiva and said that his own son attends a heimishe yeshiva. Like Tischler, he took the opportunity to denounce those who look to undermine the yeshiva system.

    “Our choices for education are made by our parents,” said Yeager. “I don’t want any outside group, I’m not going to give them airtime by mentioning their name, but they are on an attack against our yeshivas. Make no mistake about it. They’re not just an organization that’s … trying to do betterment for our community. They are on attack against our community.”

    Yeager was emphatic as he spoke about possible attempts to have outsiders dictating policy to those who develop yeshiva curriculums.

    “We have to be vigilant,” said Yeager. “They cannot set foot in our yeshivos, period. We pay the tuition, we make the determination what our yeshivos are going to do and we are proud of the education we give our children.”


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    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    6 years ago

    While i agree and always wanted to have a bit better “secular”education WE are doing fine and have nothing to be ashamed of the outside world.

    Hey, YAFFED chevra losers, just tell me how many murders and stabbings there is within the “uneducated frum community.”

    Also, we have the legal system working for us and no one is even thinking of harming you personally as you claim.Boy,were you exposed on a radio program by Hamodia’s lawyer.

    mayereke
    mayereke
    6 years ago

    sandy this article is just more exposure for yaffed ???!! fake news

    admin
    Admin
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    6 years ago

    They are full of it, come on Yager, you went to a chasidic yeshiva sure, and where do u learn english? in Yeshivah, or you went somewhere on the side for secular studies, same is for Hikind , at least Tishler was honest that he sent his kids through Touro College. I don’t like nither of them I won’t vote in this election.

    6 years ago

    If Tishler is as pushy on the City Council as he was in the debate, we’re doing good.

    6 years ago

    So the drunk uncle, the closeted gay, and the washed-up politician all agree that we should deny our children the education they’re entitled to?

    Sol-Sol
    Sol-Sol
    6 years ago

    The English studies needs major improvement.. most yeshivas do not teach English studies after the age of Bar Mitzva.
    They are all knocking Yaffed so they don’t Chas Vesholom lose a vote. Yaffed has successfully exposed a very serious issue that’s cant be ignored any longer.

    6 years ago

    Yoni Hikind looks like he’s afraid to come out of the closet so he spends his days fighting against children’s education.

    6 years ago

    It is very interesting to see the outrage by the charedi community against YAFFED
    just look around our community and see the horrific problems we are facing Overdoses.suicides and criminal activity By fighting Yaffed They have given life and meaning to a very needed cause Education To All Like in the area of dealing with child abuse which is now taken seriously by all….. The issue for a decent education which if missing can cause serious problems is now on the top of the radar Lets stop fighting and deal with it

    anon6
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    anon6
    6 years ago

    Who says the government doesn’t support our schools? Um, they pay for bussing, some school lunches, security, special ed, and textbooks! It definitely is there business if there are Jewish schools not even teaching basic math!