Coach Kennedy being allowed to pray at the 50-yard line is not good for Jews
The recent Supreme Court ruling allowing a coach to pray on the field makes it even harder to advocate for minority-faith students
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Opinion I’m glad Coach Kennedy can pray at the 50-yard line
The Supreme Court's ruling that a coach can pray on the football field is a win for religious liberty — and good for Jews
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News Separation of church and state group raises alarm on government aid to religious schools
A new report argues that private schools, including Jewish ones, received an outsized amount of federal coronavirus aid compared to the number of students they serve. The report, by the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State, calculated the amount of federal dollars received by religious, secular private and public schools and divided…
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Breaking News No Jews, LGBTQ Can Be Parents At This Adoption Agency But It Gets U.S. Funding
The Trump administration is allowing a South Carolina organization to receive federal foster care funding despite refusing to work with non-Christians or LGBTQ families. The decision, which the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday, violates a policy that forbids such discrimination for groups receiving federal funding. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster had asked…
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Opinion The Supreme Court Was Right To Protect Religious Freedom
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission demonstrated hostility to religion in the case of the Colorado baker who declined to bake a special cake for a wedding of two men. It did not, however, address the issue most important to both sides in the case. That would be…
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Breaking News Your Government Is Funding Houses Of Worship. Here’s Why No One Noticed.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President George W. Bush’s first act as president, on Jan. 29, 2001, was to open an office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Church-state separations that had hindered such partnerships, he said in a statement, were “inherently unfair.” Jewish groups, civil libertarians and Democrats immediately raised concerns, and the Bush administration soon dispatched…
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Fast Forward Massive Ten Commandments Get A Pass From Protesters At Dallas Mall
An 800-pound granite slab engraved with the Ten Commandments placed in a mall outside Dallas is being mostly left alone by protesters, the Religion News Service reported. In fact, it’s a big hit with the mall’s loyal customers. Music City Mall, a privately owned shopping center in Lewisville, Texas, has two granite slaves with biblical…
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Fast Forward Ending Years of Battles, FEMA Agrees To Fund Repairs To Synagogues, Churches
Ever since the Seattle Hebrew Academy was damaged by an earthquake in 2001, Jewish and non-Jewish religious groups have been trying to get the Federal Emergency Management Agency to grant repair funds to houses of worship hit by natural disaster. But internal rules put in place to ensure federal dollars don’t go to religious causes…
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