1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="crhOB5q7i4"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2009/09/17/culture/letter-to-holder-dont-keep-bush-policy-on-religious-groups-and-hiring-updated">Letter to Holder: Don’t keep Bush policy on religious groups and hiring (UPDATED)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2009/09/17/culture/letter-to-holder-dont-keep-bush-policy-on-religious-groups-and-hiring-updated/embed#?secret=crhOB5q7i4" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to Holder: Don’t keep Bush policy on religious groups and hiring (UPDATED)” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="crhOB5q7i4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Fifty-eight religious and civil rights organizations, including 11 Jewish groups, are urging Attorney General Eric Holder to review and withdraw a legal memo which stated that religious organizations receiving federal money could take religion into account when hiring and thus were exempted from employment discrimination laws. That memo argued that the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315