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  Coach Kennedy being allowed to pray at the 50-yard line is not good for Jews

  The recent Supreme Court ruling allowing a coach to pray on the field makes it even harder to advocate for minority-faith students

  By Guila Franklin Siegel

  3 min read
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  By Rabbi Jennie Rosenn Jun 30, 2022 | 3 min read
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  The San Antonio migrant deaths should remind Jews: We were once smuggled in, too

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