Religion and the Public Schools


 

Publication Date: September 1956

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Jules Cohen

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Education; Church and State; Community Relations; Jewish Organizations

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author surveys the situation in American public school systems vis-à-vis the separation of church and state, as well as the positions taken by Protestant and Catholic groups. He explains the reasons behind the Jewish community's dedication to a strict interpretation of church-state separation, and discusses how this position applies in the case of public schools.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.1, Fall 1956, p.36-40.