UJCARE Executive Vice President, Rabbi Leib Glanz, received a White House invitation to participate in a “Summit on Inner-City Children and Faith Based Schools”.
Taking part in five separate sessions over a two-day period, Rabbi Glanz spoke with distinguished community leaders from across the country, promoting the issue of “school choice”, specifically addressing its significance in the Chassidic communities, where public school “is simply not a choice”. Rabbi Glanz also pursued the notion of PELL grants (which are currently available only to college students) for private high schools and elementary schools – a concept supported by President Bush.
President Bush described faith-based schools as a “critical national asset”, a “critical familial asset” and an environment that differs from that of the typical public school.
Two other speakers shared their experiences with their own children in public school, saying that private religious school will be the only appropriate choice for their other children.
Also in attendance was Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Director of Government and Public Affairs of Agudath Israel [reported HERE on YWN]. Agudath Israel has been a long-time advocate of “school choice,” educational vouchers, tuition tax credits and other assistance for all parents of school-age children.
While at the summit, Rabbi Glanz also had an opportunity to discuss domestic issues with Karl Zinsmeister, the President’s Chief Domestic policy Advisor.
In all, twenty speakers addressed the gathering of one-hundred over the two-day event, representing every community and every culture across the U.S.
The mere fact that a Chassidic representative was invited to participate in a White House summit is a major triumph.
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The mere fact that a Chassidic representative was invited to participate in a White House summit is a major triumph. twenty speakers addressed the gathering of one-hundred over the two-day event, representing every community and every culture across the U.S.If everyone that reads this would write his congressman and ask all his friends to do the same,that might help,plus,of course our tefillos.Two other speakers shared their experiences they had had with their own children in public school, saying that private religious schools would be the only appropriate choice for all their other children.
rabbi glantz, you are a teriffic man and really deserve all the honor! כל הבורח מן הכבוד הכבוד רודף אחריו!!!!!!
“The mere fact that a Chassidic representative was invited to participate in a White House summit is a major triumph,” that’s basically what’s wrong with some so-called Shtadlunim. They want to be invited and appear in photo ops, and that are his major triumphs. In contrast to their “major triumoh,” Rabbi Zwiebel was merley “Also in attendance,” while he actully was one of the speakers. I don’t think that it’s a YW story. Rather is it a submitted article by this Hasidic group. Wondering if this is objective reporting.
Rabbi Glantz is one of the most recognized Askan and Shtadlan of our times all over the orthodox jewish world, it is the right choice and an honor for the Chassidish world to have Rabbi Arye Leib Glanz as the official recognized “bridge” between the President and the community.
Why isnt any pictures from This meeting with Glanz