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Testament in Schools is Legal, Court Rules

March 18, 1953
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A Jewish parent who attempted prevent the ###arby Rutherford. New Jersey, from distributing copies of ### children in the town’s public schools, yesterday received a ###ey Superior Court in Hackensack. The court called the dis###policy”but ruled that it was legal.###rd Tudor, was represented by counsel furnished by the ###ess. Among the witnesses for the plaintiff were three rabbis ###onal authorities who testified that the distribution of Gideon ###ve an adverse effect on Jewish schoolchildren.

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