file photo Gov. Christie in Ridgewood
Christie calls for school vouchers at Orthodox Jewish gathering in Teaneck
Sunday, October 6, 2013 Last updated: Sunday October 6, 2013, 11:20 PM
BY KATHLEEN LYNN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
TEANECK — Governor Christie made a pitch Sunday for school vouchers — which he tried unsuccessfully to get through the Legislature — to an Orthodox Jewish group concerned about the cost of private religious schools.
Speaking at the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center’s second annual legislative breakfast in Teaneck, Christie didn’t specifically focus on religious education, but said the state has 200 failing schools — which he called “failure factories” — and argued that children in those districts deserve the chance for a better education.
More than 500 people turned out to hear Christie, who is running for reelection in November against Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono.
The Orthodox advocacy group is trying to get public aid for families struggling with the cost of religious schools. Affording a Jewish education is “the No. 1 kitchen-table issue in our community,” Josh Pruzansky, regional director of Orthodox Union Advocacy, said Sunday before introducing Christie at Congregation Keter Torah
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Sounds like a personal problem, a very large percentage of jewish people live in towns with good school systems if they want a religious school then pay for it out of your own pockets not the taxpayer. Christie is just grandstanding it is what he does best.