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Jews oppose Bible reading and singing of hymns in Detroit schools.
Rabbis force Hartford, Connecticut, school board to drop "The Merchant
of Venice" from reading list.
New York Kehillah does two contradictory things: favors bill to permit
Jews to do all kinds of business on Sunday, and pledges itself to co-
operate in the strict enforcement of the Sunday laws.
1911-1912
Jews in Passaic, New Jersey, petition school board to eliminate Bible
reading and all Christian songs from the school.
At request of a rabbi, three principals of Roxbury, Mass., public schools
agree to banish Christmas tree and omit all references to the season from
their schools.
A Jewish delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention suggests that the
Constitution be made to forbid Chris~an religious references in schools.
The Council of the University Settlement at the request of the New York
Kehi!lah, adopt<this resolution: "That in the holiday celebrations held
annually hy the Kindergt~_rten Association at the University Settlement
every feature of any sectarian character, including Christmas trees,
Christmas programs and Christmas songs, shall be eliminated."
1912-1913
Jews at Jackson, Tennessee, seek an injunction to prevent the reading of
the Bible in City schools.
Annual Convention cf Independent Order B'nai B'rith at Nashville,
Tennessee, adopts resolution against reading of the Bible and singing
Christian songs in public schools_
Chicago Board of Education, scene of much Jewish agitation, approves
recommendation of sub-committee to remove Christmas from the list of
official public holidays in schools.