A U.S. Jewish group is suing to block Israel from sending Jewish students to the site of the former Auschwitz death camp until a church is removed from the site. Rabbi Avi Weiss, leader of the New York-based Coalition for Jewish Concerns — Amcha, said the church, which was erected in 1983, violates a U.N. declaration ordering that the camp be left intact. The erection of dozens of crosses by Catholic fundamentalists near the site of the death camp last year created an uproar and angered Jewish groups.
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