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Christian leaders that the
absolute removal of religion
from the public school
classroom is part of the
reason for the failure of
American education.
Strengthening parochial ed-
ucation by making it
available to more parents,
they argue, helps not just
the religious institutions
that would benefit from the
federal aid, but a society
that is suffering the ravages
of a failed educational
system.
"This is not a popular posi-
tion in our community," said
one OU official. "But we see
the evidence all around us.
There is a moral decay
taking place in our society,
and part of the reason for it
is the way we have handled
the church-state issue."
This argument is rejected
forcefully by groups like
ADL and the American Jew-
ish Committee.
"Even if we buy into the
idea that Jewish day schools
would benefit from this aid,
what may follow this is
troubling and potentially
disastrous," said ADL'S
Michael Lieberman. "Where
federal funds go, there' can
also be federal regulations.
We don't want to go down
the road of having the fed-
eral government make basic
determinations of who can
be hired at a Jewish day
school, or how many people
$1.00 a Da y
have to be on the staff to
serve meals."
Battle Lines
So the battle lines are be-
ing drawn for a battle that
will probably start at the
end of the month, when the
White House releases the
details of its education plan.
On one side, groups like
ADL, the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, the
American Jewish Com-
mittee and the American
Jewish Congress are
meeting with an evolving
coalition of religious and
civil liberties groups that
are determined to draw a
line in the sand over the
Bush education proposals.
On the other side, major
elements in the Orthodox
Jewish community are
working with federal au-
thorities to build support for
the plan, and with other re-
ligious groups that have
decided to use the Bush pro-
posal as a major beachhead
in the battle for government
aid to sectarian institutions.
"This has the potential to
be an enormously nasty
fight," said the Washington
representative of one Jewish
group. "And the fact that
there is this major division
within the Jewish commun-
ity will only make it nastier,
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anti-Zionist signs were
highly visible participants
in May Day marches last
week, both in Leningrad and
Moscow.
The marchers accused
Soviet leaders of favoring
Jews over Russians.
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ed that Zionists killed
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seen from the beginning of
the march.
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the parade.
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