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Jewish leaders have long held that government involvement in the erection and placement of religious symbols constitutes, in effect, governmental support of religion in general, and even specific support of one sect or creed to the exclusion of others. This is a serious impairment of the church-state separation principle — a wall established by the Founding Fathers and incorporated in the fundamental laws of the country. The Supreme Court ruling, issued in the case of Paw- tucket, R.I. which for years put up a creche in its Christmas display in a public place, with tax funds used to purchase the life-size scene of the birth of Christ, will henceforth be used in hundreds of cities for displaying creches and for other religious acts which are contrary to the First Amendment. National Jewish organizations joined with the Na- tional Council of Churches of Christ in a "friend-of-the- court" brief opposing governmentally. - sponsored and funded sectarian displays. One of their arguments was that it was unconstitutional for tax-raised funds to be used to purchase such sectarian displays. Attempts to water down the First Amendment are now being made in both houses of Congress. JEWISH MOTIVATIONS: The National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) has a record of repeatedly pointing out the following Jewish motivations for opposing constitutional amendments to sanction prayers in public schools: • Experience teaches that efforts to introduce religious practices into public schools generate the very interreli- gious tension and conflict that the First Amendment was designed to prevent. • The broad concepts of freedom of religion and separa- • tion of church and state prohibit government agencies such as public schools from fostering religious practices or belief. • It is impossible to devise a prayer that-is acceptable to all groups; any effort to do so trivializes prayer by robbing it of depth and meaning; a prayer which does contain depth and meaning for some, will, in our pluralistic society, in- evitably be offensive to many others. In the opinion of NCJRAC, the argument by President Reagan and others that the prayers will be "voluntary" is no answer to these considerations. "To a child in classroom, no part of school routine is voluntary," the NJCRAC points out. It terms as "cruel" the device of telling children that they are allowed to brand themselves as pariahs by leaving the classroom or by remaining conspicuously silent during the religious ceremony. "What actually happens when this unwise practice is followed is that at least some of the pupils depart from their parents' religious teachings," the NJCRAC stresses. This is also the attitude of the National Council of Churches of Christ, of the Baptist Church, and of organiza- tions standing on guard for civil rights. They point out that religion does not need — and should not have — the spon- sorship or support of government. 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Birmingham, Ml 48010 Suite 104/134 HAIFA — Thr railroad, one of the most popular methods of Middle East travel in the days before miles of paved roads crisscrossed the desert, is the raison d'etre of Israel's newest museum. The Railway Museum, lo- cated in the old Haifa East Railway Station, houses a collection of documents, stamps, photographs, ticket stubs and timetables detail- ing the history of travel by rail in the Middle East. Two diesel loComotives from the 1950s, a 1922 saloon car and a coach from 1893 are also on display at the terminal. Train travel was first in- troduced in the region in 1882. By the turn-of-the- century, those who made their homes in Palestine could purchase a ticket to Cairo via Kantara on the Sinai peninsula. The idea for the museum came from Ilan Falkov, chief economist for Haifa Railways.