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Title:
The Shofar, Vol. 56, December 1980
Description:
This newspaper contains articles reporting the activities of B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG) and Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) around the country. It includes information about chapters, officers, community service and philanthropy, events, alumni, and conventions.
Date/Date Range:
12/00/1980
Subjects:
Active Leadership
Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA)
Alumni
B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG)
Chapters
Community Service
Conventions
Councils
Elections
Godolim
N'siot
Programming
Regions
The Shofar (Publication)
Language:
English
Era:
1980s
20th Century
The Shofar, Vol. 56, December 1980
the
DECEMBER, 1980
SHOFA
D
B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION
LEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA)
B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG)
EDITORIAL
A JEW
AT XMAS
BY ELSA A. SOLENDER
Maybe you read it in the newspapers:
Washington-The Supreme Court yester-
day let stand a South Dakota ruling allow-
ing the use of religious materials in public
school observances of holidays such as
Christmas.
The case-brought by the American
Civil Liberties Union-arose when Roger
Florey objected to the religious content of
gion
a kindergarten program involving his son,
legion
Justin, in December 1977.
Region
After Florey protested, a citizens com-
Dist. 4
mittee was formed by the Sioux Falls
Reg.
school district to draw up guidelines COV-
ering the types of holiday programs per-
mitted in the schools.
cky Mt.
Under the guidelines, religious holidays
can be observed with religious symbols,
music and literature.
Florey and several other parents later
brought suit alleging the guidelines
violated the constitutional separation of
church and state.
A federal district court ruled that much
of the art, literature and music connected
with traditional holidays has "acquired a
significance which is no longer confined
to the religious sphere of life. It has be-
come integrated into our national culture
and heritage," the court said.
The ACLU appealed the decision to the
Supreme Court on behalf of Florey,
arguing the appeals court erred by refus-
ing the distinguish the "critical difference
between teaching about, and observing re-
ligion."
It was just a coincidence that the Supreme Court
ruling came only a few days after the presidential
elections in which the "Moral Majority" figured so
prominently-actually the Court had been pondering
the matter for months beforehand. Its decision not to
hear the case amounted to a reaffirmation of what has
been the status quo in American public schools for
many years. And here's how it often works at
Christmas:
Maybe there's a performance of Dickens' A
Christmas Carol," one of the great classics of English
1980 DAVID SILVERBERG
literature. And a giant Christmas tree on the stage,
surrounded by a tempting mountain of beautifully
wrapped gift boxes just waiting to be opened. Then a
choir of heavenly angels, a hundred strong, robed in
Continued on page 2
SUMMING UP SUMMER
PROGRAM AWARD WINNERS
UPDATE ON GIMME FIVE
I'VE DONE I
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The Shofar, Vol. 56, December 1980
This newspaper contains articles reporting the activities of B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG) and Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) around the country. It includes information about chapters, officers, community service and philanthropy, events, alumni, and conventions.