“Every time talented, caring teachers are fired for no logical reason, young people who know about it are less likely to choose teaching as a profession”
The article “Vacation Education” by Sandy Eller hit a bull’s-eye. For years I’ve been telling people that it is ironic that people would not go to an ice cream store without the requisite hashgachah(s) yet send their children to camps and yeshivos with no one knowledgably responsible for the kashrus of the dairy and meat food service three times a day, seven days a week. Kol hakavod to AKO for taking the initial steps to address this situation.
I have been a rabbinic coordinator for the OU since 1991. There were two camps over the years under OU supervision, both coed and Modern Orthodox. Neither currently operates. I always said that these camps were probably the most kosher in the mountains.
I was the coordinator for the OU for these camps and we had an assigned mashgiach plus rav hamachshir for each camp. I would visit each camp periodically. Trust me, we did have many kashrus and Shabbos issues that had to be addressed. Most of them were quite easy to correct.
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld
Baltimore, MD
Firstly I would like to compliment Rachel Samet on her very thought-provoking story. I always enjoy reading her articles. On this occasion however, I would like to take issue with the principal who claimed that the teacher’s inflexibility nearly cost them both their jobs.
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