Jewish groups harshly criticized a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that seeks to block a suburban Cincinnati school district from observing Jewish holidays as days off. The ACLU said the Sycamore Community School District’s decision to grant Yom Kippur, which falls on Sept. 20 this year, as a day off violates the constitutional prohibition of establishing one religion above others.
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