The Synagogue Council, a unit of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said today it had agreed to a request from the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal to screen applications for use of school buildings for High Holy Day Services.
Robert Japp, director of education for the school board, in making the request, said the board had always been ready to cooperate with such requests but that in recent years, the board had been receiving much sharp criticism because of such allocations. He said the complaints had come from established Jewish congregations “who describe others as lacking permanence,” and from other congregations seeking accommodations in the same school building.
Mr. Japp added that his office was “very ready to admit we are not in a position to pronounce on the merits of the respective applicants” and asked the Synagogue Council to agree to indicate which applications merited consideration. He also asked permission to advise applicants that their applications must have prior Synagogue Council endorsement. The Synagogue Council, which is part of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, agreed to the requests.
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