Voices Stories by Anthony Weiss
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In Jewish education, deep cuts shape new landscapes
In a climate of economic downturn, Yeshiva University Freezes this year's tuition and offers a fifth year scholarship to undergraduate students. more>
VideoJewish nonprofits cautiously push back on Obama tax proposal
"We all need to hope that the combination of things [Obama’s] doing – things in the tax code, the stimulus bill, etc. – result in an economy that’s booming by 2011, when the tax changes would go into effect," said Simon Greer, president and CEO of Jewish Funds for Justice. more>
In academia, Yiddish is seen, but not heard
As the last generation of Yiddish-speaking immigrants dies out, the majority of native speakers in the United States today are the ultra-Orthodox, who have used Yiddish not as a bridge to the modern English-speaking world, but as a bulwark against it. more>