Mayor de Blasio and schools Chancellor Carmen Fari?a are neglecting a massive case of educational malpractice in the city’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, an advocacy group said Wednesday.
Exposed mostly to intense religious instruction, yeshiva students often lack a basic understanding of math, English, science and social studies, according to Young Advocates for Fair Education, an activist group.
YAFFED founder Naftuli Moster said at a Wednesday press conference at City Hall that de Blasio and the Department of Education are avoiding the issue for fear of tangling with a potent voting bloc.
“This appears, to me, as one of the biggest scandals in this city — tens of thousands of children being denied education, and the mayor and the chancellor turning a blind eye,” Moster said.
The DOE said it initiated a probe into yeshivas more than two years ago but has yet to submit any findings. Citing the extended delay, Moster dismissed the investigation as a “charade.”
Just last month, Fari?a declined to comment on the issue at a New York Law School event.
“The investigation is ongoing and we are treating this matter with utmost seriousness,” DOE spokeswoman Toya Holness said Wednesday.
A new YAFFED report estimated that there will be roughly 100,000 Hasidic school-aged kids in New York City by 2030 — roughly 8 percent of all students.
“The average young Hasidic man leaves the yeshiva system completely unprepared to work in — or interact with — the world outside his community,” the analysis found.
The average graduate “marries young and has many children and is forced to rely upon public assistance to support his large family,” according to the report.
The YAFFED report demanded the formation of a city task force to address the academic issue along with a slew of other yeshiva reforms.
While not public, yeshivas still receive millions in taxpayer dollars and are not exempt from state education law that requires them to provide meaningful secular instruction.
Moster said that many in the Hasidic community have been enraged by his campaign and that he fears for his safety.
One protester held a sign referring to Moster as “Monster.”
Rabbi Yoel Loeb told The Post that Moster was luring children astray from their religious duties and origins.
“We are Jewish people and our lives are committed to God,” he said, adding that conventional academic achievement is not compatible with their culture.