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Milwaukee Rabbis Protest Teaching on Saturday in Public Schools

June 13, 1962
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The public school system of this city has scheduled summer sessions in such a manner that children going to those classes will have to attend school on one Saturday, June 30, and the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis today protested against this schedule.

Pointing out that Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath, the Council requested that the Board of Education alter the summer schedule. Harold S. Vincent, superintendent of schools, replied that the June 30 session will be necessary to make up for the day to be lost by students on July 4. The Board of Education referred the protest by the rabbis to a committee “for further study.”

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