The American Jewish Congress . . .
"The Attorney General for the Jewish People" 

Religion and The Public Schools: A Summary of the Law [August, 2009]


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Comments of the American Jewish Congress on Proposed Rules on Ensuring that the Department of Health and Human Services does not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law RIN-0991-AB48 - September, 2008
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1. AJCongress Urges Congress to Overturn Court Ruling Banning Right to Display Religious Symbols on Personal Property- 22 September, 2008
   Congress should act promptly to enact recently-introduced legislation (H.R.6932) to overturn an unfortunate court decision allowing landlords to ban tenants from displaying religious symbols in and around their dwellings. 
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2. AJCongress Hails Unanimous Vote of Florida's Supreme Court to Protect Religious Lliberty and Church/State Separation  - 04 September, 2008
   The American Jewish Congress today welcomed the unanimous decision by the Florida Supreme Court to remove two ballot amendments that would have eliminated religious freedoom protections from the Florida Constitution and harmed public schools in the states. 
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3. AJCongress: Public School Cannot  Distribute Bibles - 21 August, 2008
   Public schools sidestep Constitutional prohibitions against the distribution of religious texts to elementary school students.
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4. AJCongress: Colorado Decision on Funding Religious Schools a  "Constitutional Counter-Revolution" -
   25 July, 2008
   The American Jewish Congress President Richard S. Gordon has issued the following statement about the Tenth Circuit decision earlier this week in Colorado Christian University v. Weaver. 
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5. AJCongress Welcomes Oregon Supreme Court Decision Affirming Parents' Right to Circumcise Their Children - 28 January, 2008
   Four national Jewish organizations today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon affirming the right of parents to circumcise their children.
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