New York set to strengthen oversight of secular studies at Orthodox schools
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Letters Letter | ADL: Critic distorted our record and ignored examples that undermine her argument
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Fast Forward Orthodox leaders: Supreme Court ruling will boost religious schools far beyond Maine
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