any Jewish child take the slightest part in any Christmas song or play,—not so much as see it.”
Rabbi Max I. Wohlgelernter, educational director of a Talmud Torah here, said:
“Parents in permitting their children to participate in a Christmas program, perhaps do not realize that the pain they eventually will cause their children through the loss of their self-respect.”
Rabbi S. P. Wohlgelernter said:
“Participation of Jewish children in Christmas performances is contrary to the very teachings of Judaism and ought to be combatted by every right-thinking Jew in the community.”
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