Machon L'Torah News The Jewish Learning Network Atecisais # *. NW MI& • V a t.11=111 II 1111Mbila 1 old MI I I I I I I P IOW 'An Evening of Music" SiK94419, Kol Achai Ijilychah, lAasi & Boag. Qa1,141twa1 4ccia4sted Avraham Fried 9ot wet SeriA Aoudal CI IANUKAH CONCERT SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1993, at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00) At: West Bloomfield High School Auditorium (4925 Orchard Lake Road) kesia Shaft `W eikieleal Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Friedman GOON L TO <",„. `,ai ng N ct4 Guardians: $500 6Tickets-Guardian Section Patrons: S360 4Tickets-Patron Section Sponsors: $180 4Tickets-Sponsor Section Donors: $125 2 Tickets-Donor Section Friends: $75 2 Tickets-Friend Section Tickets: $18 With reservations, $25 at door $12 Children 5-12 (under 5 not admitted) Limited Space - For Tickets Call 967-0888 The Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit Wants To Inform The Public That: Effective immediately the C.R.C. has withdrawn its certification from Jason's Food Products. If anyone sees the Microwaveable Blintze bearing a C.R.C. please notify us immediately. Duncan Hines Creamy Homestyle Frostings come in a variety of flavors. One should check carefully to see which are dairy etc. Hunts Squeezable Barbecue Sauces carry the OK supervision. Look on the back of the bottle to find it. Even though Master Choice Pasta Sauces have an OU on some types, and even an OU Glatt on one, the Master Choice Siciliano Pasta Sauce is NOT KOSHER. 112 Though many of the Eagle Brand products are under Kosher Supervision, not all of their products are. You must look at each item specifically to see if it has a Kosher symbol. 17071 West 10 Mile Road • Southfield, MI 48075 • 559-5005/06 Ruling On Schools Goes To Court Washington (JTA) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide the fate of a New York school district set up for disabled Chasidic chil- dren that has been called unconstitutional. The high court said that it would review a July decision by the New York Court of Appeals. The appeals court had ruled that the state legislature's formation of the district was unconstitu- tional because it violates the separation between church and state. "Now there is the chance that the Supreme Court will restore for the handicapped children the services that they are entitled to," said David Zwiebel, general counsel of the fervently Or- thodox Agudath Israel. But the case may have broader significance than aid to a New York school district. It may provide an oppor- tunity for the court to re- examine the legal standard it has used for over two decades to decide how far the government may go in ac- commodating religious needs without breeching the constitutional divide bet- ween church and state. Formed by the New York State Legislature in 1989, the school district provides services to emotionally and physically disabled children in the Orange County village of Kiryas Joel, where most of the residents are Satmar Chasidim. Nearly all of the 220 students attending the school, which opened in 1990, are Chasidic. The legislature acted in response to Chasidic parents who believed they could not send their disabled children to religious schools in the area because of inadequate facilities, or to public schools because of religious and cultural differences. The lawsuit was originally brought by two taxpayers. The appeals court ruled in July, in Grumet vs. Board of Education of the Kiryas Joel School District, that the formation of the school district "inescapably con- veys a message of govern- mental endorsement of re- ligion." The school district argued that no such message was sent because the subject matter taught at the school is entirely secular. New York state joined the school district in appealing the case to the Supreme Court. Gov. Mario Cuomo said in New York that "when I signed the legislation in 1989 creating this special school district, I did so be- cause I believed it was a good-faith effort to solve a unique problem of providing secular education for special needs children." "I'm pleased that the Supreme Court has taken the case," said Nathan Lewin, attorney for the school district. "State laws should not be invalidated because they in some indirect way assist in religious practice," he said. Mr. Lewin said the Supreme Court signaled in tY'Tyo. Mario Cuomo: Approved special school district. July it was interested in the matter when it allowed the district to continue operating during the appeal process. Several mainstream Jew- ish organizations disagreed with the Orthodox commun- ity and had applauded the lower court's decision as strengthening the separa- tion of church and state. The American Jewish Congress and the Anti- Defamation League each had released statements after the decision, calling for the government to remain neutral with respect to re- ligion in all circumstances. If the Supreme Court finds the district unconstitutional, however, other constitu- tional methods should be considered to accommodate the disabled students, said Marc Stern, co-director of legal affairs for AJCongress.