A Jewish congregation here may join the Roman Catholic Diocese of this city in fighting zoning restrictions in a suburb which forbids the erection of houses of worship in certain areas of that community.
The suburb is Mt. Lebanon. Congregation Beth El has applied for permission to build a new synagogue there on land it owns in Mt. Lebanon. The town’s board of commissioners has reserved decision on granting or denying that permission, until it receives a ruling from the Mt. Lebanon Planning Commission. Meanwhile, however, the Catholic diocese, which has been denied the right to erect a church in the same area, is testing the Mt. Lebanon zoning ordinance in court.
William Crosby, attorney for the Jewish congregation, said today he may enter the Catholic case, Joining the diocese as “amicus curiac,” or friend of the court, in pressing the appeal against Mt. Lebanon’s stand.
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