Is Israel Alienating American Jews, or Are American Jews Alienating Israelis?
The flipside of the Kotel controversy.
June 30, 2017
It’s an advance, not a setback, for freedom of religion.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, in which a church was denied a state grant for installing a safe surface, made from recycled tires, for its preschool’s playground. In keeping with its state constitution, Missouri normally gives grants to schools that make such improvements so long as they are not affiliated with religious institutions. The court declared this provision, when so applied, to be unlawful religious discrimination. Michael A. Helfand comments:
The flipside of the Kotel controversy.
Trita Parsi, NIAC, and the mullahs.
It’s an advance, not a setback, for freedom of religion.
Diplomacy followed economics and development aid.
The Dura-Europos synagogue as an artistic midrash.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, in which a church was denied a state grant for installing a safe surface, made from recycled tires, for its preschool’s playground. In keeping with its state constitution, Missouri normally gives grants to schools that make such improvements so long as they are not affiliated with religious institutions. The court declared this provision, when so applied, to be unlawful religious discrimination. Michael A. Helfand comments:
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