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Does the Agudah ever invite people who eat treif or are Mechalel Shabbos to speak to them covention? I am sure they have

FYI First cousins can only legally marry in I think 12 states and most of the others recoginze those marriages performed in other states.

In some frum communities marrying your first cousin is seem as very proper however the general society doesnt not feel the same way and has not legalized it

does this mean that blood relatives can get married, a man with his his pet, or even polygamy (i want to honor my spouses’ memory)

The Torah allows polygamy and cousin marriage (which is frowned upon in western socities).

Pets cannot give concent

I know people who have blue collar jobs where wearing a jacket , hat and tie would not work and if they had to shower and change they would not be able to get to Minyan

Even if you win in small claims court, it can be hard to collect a small debt.

Many times you can get the Kedem 22 oz Glass bottles for 99 cents at Waldbaums, Pathmark or Stop and Shop. It can be bought cheaply

If every bocher took a little chulent thursday, there might not be enough on Shabbos

There wasnt much jewish emigration to the US until the 1840’s . There was a miniscule jewish population when Jackson was president

There is a specific law that washington needs to be on the $1 bill. All the other bills could be changed

In fact Grover Cleveland used to be on the $50 before grant

Whatever you might think of me personally, I am well aware not everyone thinks the same way I do and when I am with those people I try to respect their wishes even if I strongly disgree with them

Someone else, not your immediate family member, Could be adults and not kids

They are in the backround.

Go to Central park or Prospect park for example lots of people go there.

There is no way to prevent unauthorized photos taken of people put on the interet.

What is someone is at the Kotel and takes a picture of themselves and there are people in backround. ANd what if the people in the backround are doing something untzniut. It is not the photographer concern or responsibility

There was a scammer who used a blog area of CNN praising his product and then advertised that his product was endorsed by CNN.

You always have to be aware which are more blog than news

Unfortuantly on the internet the line between Blogs and News sites can be very blurry and even legitimate news sites many times have a blog area (And this can be an area for abuse)

Its not what I belive, its what the mandate is. Special Ed is important, but so is the kid who wants to play in the band.

There are no entitlements in the society except what the goverment says you are entitled too. Any more is just what you want, not an entitlement

Its amazing the same people who wonder why people are upset at Belz, have no problem condeming the people of Efrat. It should be their choice not anyone elses

For this conversation Hebrew is very differnt than Yiddish. Many young frum jews who speak Hebrew have no qualms about going to a university and getting BA’s and MA’s.

How many non chassidim speak Yiddish? Among the more modern’s Hebrew is the preferred language. I think many chassidim greatly overestimate the number of yiddish speakers outside the community. Even in Lakewood the preferred language is english. In Israel I think the Litvish do speak Yiddish as opposed to Hebrew.

We are talking about Mandates here and what is mandated. And you said it was mandated to teach the special ed in their own language so thats why they had to go to more expensive schools costing the district money.

You said Art , music and Drama werent mandated by the state and thats true, but neither is Yiddish Speakers, Seperate classes , or avoidance of teaching about the fat man in the red suit. You cant have it both ways

Mammele as someone who grew up in the Suburbs and many times we could not afford a car, I am well aware of what its like not to have a car in the suburbs and its very difficult

Syag +1

Syag totally got my point

I never said speaking yiddish makes you unqualified, not having a masters degree does make you unqualified

Unfortunatly today the larger majority of yiddish speakers are Chassidim or people who grew up chassidish (and became OTD) some eldery people and a select few people who either learned yiddish from their grandparents or learned from the YIVO.

In college I once took Yiddish literature in translation, the professor was a reconstructionist “rabbi” , If instead of being an acadamian he became a special ed teacher, would you accept him as a teacher? He was also anti-relgious.

How many younger yiddish speakers have masters degrees from accedited institutions in special ed? The eldery who might speak yiddish and have masters degrees probably are too old to teach anymore.

I purposely kept spanish out of the conversation and picked a neutral language like Pashtun which probably has a similar number of speakers in the NYC area as Yiddish, and the reason was Spanish is somewhat politically charged for various reasons.

Just because someone speaks yiddish, doesnt mean they are qualified to be a special Ed teacher, there is no mandate by NY to teach special ed in any language except english, Sometimes they will try to find a native speaker as long as they are qualified. They can usually find a spanish speaker who is qualified as there are alot of those.

There is also no mandate that says your kid should not be in a class where songs are sung in december about an evergreen tree. Otherwise Muslim , Hindu and other children of other religions could use the same argument

I picked Pashtun because was sort of neutral and NYC was actually looking for qualified Pashtun speakers and coulndt find any. Had I said SPanish people would have said well, there are spanish special ed teachers , There are because there are alot of spanish speakers and its not to hard to get a qualified spanish special ed teachers

And qualifications are set by the state and they include a masters in special ed from an acceditited university. I dont know exactly what the qualifications for a Bi-Lingual Special Ed teacher are. Ill assume you need that masters degree and the ability to show proficiently in that language

In case anyone didnt know Pashtun is spoken in Afganistan and Pakistan.

Mamale , just a side note

The the “x” is xmas is not a jewish invention , It comes from the greek letter chi which looks like the letter X and it means our lord and savior so xmas is just as bad as any other way of saying it, The only real neutral way to say it is December 25th.

I dont know if the Williamsburg kids are frum only and I do know they dont teach them in Yiddish because the kid whom I know was sent there does not speak yiddish (She barely speaks and when she does its english) and her parents I dont think speak yiddish either (If they do they dont do it in public and dont have any yiddish accent and their other kids also speak with a typical NY accent)

If you kid can barely feed or dress themselves, I dont think you are so concerned about Davening. I know lots of people who work for Bais Ezra so I see some of the residents frequently.

Frankly if the people in Ramapo were smart, they would send their kids to the public schools for the free secular education and then only need to pay for Limudei Kodeshm I mean seriously how mixed would a school in Monsey really be. Vouchers are not legal in NY but an almost all frum school would be possible in Monsey, it would lower Yeshiva tution for many