Beatrice Weber: YAFFED - Young Advocates for Fair Education | Keeping Relevant

Beatrice Weber describes the inadequate secular education being provided thousands of children in New York City. As executive director of YAFFED, Ms Weber talks about her own experiences: her desire for an education, her case against a New York City school for failure to povide a secular education - which she won - and YAFFED’s mission to improve the quality of secular education in Hasidic and Haredi yeshivas. Recording Date 06/14/2023 First Air Date 08/09/2023 Ronnie M. Eldridge, articulate, outspoken, and passionate member of the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001, hosts this series which covers the issues and institutions, the people and politics of New York City. Watch more Keeping Relevant at https://tv.cuny.edu/homepage/show/eldridgeandco/ Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13 Follow CUNY TV: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUNYTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/cunytv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunytv75/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cunytv75 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cunytv/ Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu KPRL01009