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Should College Students Get a Break for Religious Holidays? One State Says Yes.
By Linda K. Wertheimer | September 17, 2019After a win in Washington, religious accommodation advocates launch a state-by-state fight.
New Clash over Religion in Schools: Communities Face Backlash for Lessons on Islam
By Linda K. Wertheimer | August 25, 2015Many of the speakers wore red shirts in solidarity. Dozens of them took turns standing at the microphone to lash out at the members of …
Who Counts as a Jew?
By Rachel Gross | October 8, 2013On October 1, the Pew Research Center released “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” its much-anticipated sociological study. Among other results, the survey found high rates …
50 Years After Abington v. Schempp, A Dissenter Looks Back On School Prayer
At The Atlantic, Linda K. Wertheimer commemorates the 50th anniversary of Supreme Court case Abington v. Schempp, which banned Bible reading in public schools, by interviewing Ellery Schempp, who as a 16-year-old helped bring the landmark case to the courts. She writes, “Today, Ellery Schempp is a 72-year-old retired physicist from suburban Boston. … he is a Unitarian who also refers to himself as an atheist and secular humanist.”
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