{"id":2651,"date":"2008-04-03T13:07:17","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2008-04-03T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T21:50:48","slug":"yula-vs-shalhevet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2651","title":{"rendered":"YULA Vs. Shalhevet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yula.org\/\">YULA<\/a> is a centrist Orthodox school and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shalhevet.org\">Shalhevet<\/a> is left-wing Orthodox (about as tolerant and free as you can get for an Orthodox school).<\/p>\n<p>Orthodox sources tell me: &quot;When Shalhevet opened up 15 years ago, YULA had an opportunity to define itself. They could send all the trash to Shalhevet. Instead YULA tries to compete and takes all the same trash shalhevet does. There all these shady persians and israelis that want to feel their kids are frum so they send them there.  The dollar is king. 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