Report questions New Square yeshiva's $3.3M tech grants given its aversion to Web
Photo credit: Lili Holzer-Glier | Yeshivat Avir Yakov in New Square has reportedly received $3.3 million in federal technology grants. (Feb. 17, 2013)
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An all-boys yeshiva in New Square accepted more than $3.3 million in federal funds for technology improvements even though the Hasidic community eschews Internet usage, according to an investigation by the Manhattan-based The Jewish Week newspaper.
According to the report, Yeshivat Avir Yakov is one of many fervently Orthodox Jewish schools in the state that tapped the E-Rate program, which...
