Tax Exemption for Religious Institutions 'Constitutionally Mandatory' -- COLPA NEW YORK (Yr..%) — The Na- the religious purpose for which tional Jewish CommiSsion on Law the building is to be used Such and Public Affairs announced that a singling out of religious activity it had filed a "friend of the court" and property necessary for the brief in a suit before the United exercise of religion would . . . be States Supreme Court which con- impermissibly discriminatory." tends that exemption from real The nine organizations joining estate taxes for religious institu- in the COLPA brief were listed as tions violates the Constitution's the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of church-state separation principle. the United States and Canada. Julius Berman, COLPA presi- Agudath Israel of America, Na- dent, said his brief had been filed tional Council of Young Israel. on behalf of COLPA and nine Poalei Agudath Israel of America, other national Jewish organiza- Rabbinical, Alliance of America, tions. The brief argues that "tax Rabbinical Council of America, exemption for property owned by Religious Zionists of America, religious corporations and associa- Torah Umesorah — the National tions is constitutionally manda- Society for Hebrew Day Schools, tor•." Several Jewish organiza- tions have filed similar briefs. The suit before the Supreme Court, which Berman said was considered one of the most impor- tant church-state tests to come before the court in this decade, was brought by Frederick Walz. a New York taxpayer. He sued the New York City Tax Commis- sion, claiming that the tax exemp- tion he was attacking violated the First Amendment. and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10—Friday, November 7, 1969 A Caribbean Cruise .. . the ultimate in comfort on the most modern floating hotel, n ■ glitclob and sport palace: THE "QUEEN ELIZABETH 2" . . . 10 DAYS SAILING TO KINGSTON-BARBADOS-ST. 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