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What if, as Kagan asked, a Hasidic community wants its charter yeshiva to be free to teach Talmud without having to comply with curriculum requirements imposed on other charters?
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
My colleagues Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal write that the move is one that many Hasidic leaders — and even critics of the yeshiva system — doubted the state would ever take.
—James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
But don’t expect sprawling, High School Musical–esque song-and-dance numbers at the yeshiva; in Yentl, every song functions as a monologue, during which our heroine privately reckons with the loneliness and absurdity of her situation.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
The story reminded me of the clothing drive that was started for me at my yeshiva, although this tale had a kinder, more midwestern ending (Alex’s father and his Armoury suit were also at the party).
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
My colleagues Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal write that the move is one that many Hasidic leaders — and even critics of the yeshiva system — doubted the state would ever take.
—James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
But don’t expect sprawling, High School Musical–esque song-and-dance numbers at the yeshiva; in Yentl, every song functions as a monologue, during which our heroine privately reckons with the loneliness and absurdity of her situation.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
The story reminded me of the clothing drive that was started for me at my yeshiva, although this tale had a kinder, more midwestern ending (Alex’s father and his Armoury suit were also at the party).
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeshiva
madrassa
Noun
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Critics say this ministry has neither the power nor the expertise to keep madrassas in check.—
Hasan Ali,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 May 2025
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And as media reports have suggested, these madrassas or seminaries had already been vacated earlier.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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