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- ↑ Religious Language and Culture--Minus Religion, by Lynn Grossman, USA Today, January 16, 2009 Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ N.Y. Hebrew Charter School Will Be Secular, Officials Say, Religion News Service, January 16, 2009 Archived 2009-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ New York City Department of Education Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine reports.
- 1 2 N.Y. Okays Public School With Hebrew Focus Philanthropists Lay Plans for National Charter Network, By Anthony Weiss, Jan 15, 2009, Forward Archived 2009-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Goodnough, Abby (2007-08-24). "Hebrew Charter School Spurs Dispute in Florida". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ↑ HLA FAQs, http://www.hlacharterschool.org/documents/HLA_FAQs.pdf%5B%5D
- ↑ Gootman, Elissa (2009-01-12). "State Weighs Approval of School Dedicated to Hebrew". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-10-14.