In a jammed media sphere littered with the crumbling shells of failed news sites, it’s hard to imagine a new one whose mission could really set it apart. Nevertheless, when Naftuli Moster, a former Hasid known for his tireless advocacy for improved secular education in the ultra-Orthodox community, asked me to help launch his new project, I jumped at the chance; I saw that contrary to King Solomon’s famous pronouncement, this was, after all, something new under the sun:
On May 25, 1987, former U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan was acquitted of allegations of criminal wrongdoing. After being exonerated, he famously asked, “Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?”
New York's Jewish federation refused to answer questions about how it relationship with yeshivas, which it steers toward grants through a close affiliate.