The Atlantic County Jewish Community Center here justified today its program of limited Saturday openings on grounds that it was better for Jewish children to be under Center supervision than in other unsupervised activities which might tet them into trouble.
The statement was issued in response to a criticism made by eight members of the Atlantic County Board of Rabbis against the Sabbath opening policy. David M. Perskie, Center president, replied for the Center, asserting that the Saturday programs were “in consonance with the spirit of the Sabbath.”
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