Joseph Berman
By Joseph Berman
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Opinion Letter | Jews must vigilantly protect against incursions of government in matters of faith
Dear Editor, Avi Shafran’s criticism of ADL’s opposition to state-mandated scholarships for religious schools sees the trees, not the forest (“A Supreme Court decision just exposed how liberal Jewish groups abandoned Jewish education,” July 2). While professing to support Jewish education, Mr. Shafran ignores the dangers of government support of religious education. Consistent with our…
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Opinion Letter | ADL is an ardent advocate for the religious freedom of Jews and all Americans
To the Editor: In their [article in these pages](“Why are liberal Jewish organizations undermining religious liberty?,”), Howard Slugh and Mitchell Rocklin completely misconstrue the Anti-Defamation League’s long history of religious freedom advocacy and the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. For over a century, ADL has been…
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