The Power Woman Behind 21 New Jewish Day Schools

Chana,
Amazing interview! I loved the idea of the Tamim Academy! She found her purpose ! Wishing her all the success in the world! Reply

What a lovely woman! How lucky her kids are and how lucky she is! Her schools fill a huge need. I'm so glad to see they established one in manhattan because until recently preschool was the end of the road for Jewish education for most kids from secular families. Reply

This is incredible! I am so inspired and I feel like I am hearing from the new Sara Schener. I wish I could be involved. I am sending you a huge yasher koach!! Reply

Wow! Keep up your amazing and inspiring work! Reply

Holly may find it helpful to learn about the history of yeshivas and the threats posed to Torah-true education by the Haskalah movement in the 18th and 19th centuries. Holly may want to look up "Secular Studies" on shulchanaruchharav.com for the Alter Rebbe's rulings and the Rebbe's viewpoint on Secular Studies: "The Chabad Chassidim in Russia led by the Rebbe Rayatz, as well as other sects of Jewry, were moser nefesh to prevent secular education from infiltrating the yeshivas."

Originally, in eastern Europe, and also in the U.S.--in Crown Heights and elsewhere--yeshiva education was comprised solely of Torah studies. It was and is, in some religious circles, feared that introducing Secular Studies in the curriculum would dilute the quality of Torah-true studies. Reply