The rest of the chareidim are probably next, because they are the second easiest target. Then they will go after the Catholics and the Evangelicals as well. If I was a religious person who sends their child to a private school, especially a Catholic or Evangelical school, I would be afraid. They are starting with Satmar because it is an easy target. That is just the beginning. Forewarned is forearmed.
Another theme between the lines of the article is the age-old anti-Semitic trope of the “money grubbing Jews.” It appears that the word Jew has been replaced by the word chareidi or Hasid, but the obviously Jewish Rosenthal and Shapiro are painting the same picture in the readers’ minds: disdain for the Hasids who have the chutzpah to use government money for private schools. The headline on that part of the article reads, “Private Schools, Public Money.” As if American citizens who send their children to private schools and pay taxes do not have the right to government programs that are not used for the teaching of religion. (According to the Times, only illegal immigrants should get welfare, but not Chassidic Jews...)
