U.S. Jewish groups are split over whether using public school buildings for after-school religious activities violates the constitutional separation between church and state. Most groups feel the building’s use in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a New York school would endorse religion. Orthodox groups say denying the group the right to meet discriminates against religion.
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