The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America announced today, following an all-day conference Sunday on the issue of eliminating religious schools from the federal aid bill, that it would refrain from taking a public stand on legislation in this area pending further study and decision of its board of directors.
The meeting, which was attended by representatives of 13 Jewish national organizations and community councils, was convened by the UOJCA joint commission on communal relations and education, in accordance with a resolution at its 1960 national convention. The resolution called for examination of the orthodox organization’s position and policy on such public aid.
The 10-hour session heard arguments from Jewish communal organizations, which are unanimously opposed to federal aid to religious schools and from various orthodox Jewish groups among whom opinion largely favors such aid. The action of the UOJCA in assembling and presenting the views of so wide a range of other Jewish organizations, prior to reviewing its own policy, was believed to be unique in American Jewish organizational procedures.
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