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A Supreme Court case could pave the way for publicly funded Jewish day schools

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond could significantly impact religious education funding, including for Jewish day schools. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Supreme CourtOrthodox JudaismChristian NationalismJewish Day SchoolsAssimilationOklahomaReligious FreedomCharter SchoolsPublic FundingChurch State Separation

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Oklahoma, United States
"After Oklahoma approved a request by the Catholic Church to open a charter school in 2023, lawsuits quickly followed."
Maryland, United States
"Just before agreeing to hear the St. Isidore case, the court also accepted a case from Maryland concerning whether parents should be able to opt out of LGBTQ-themed lessons for their children on religious grounds."
New York, United States
"Of the 45 states with charter schools, six, including New York, impose strict caps limiting their creation, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which opposes religious charter schools."
California, United States
"Six other states, including California and New Jersey, have moderate growth caps, while the remaining 33 place no limits on the number of brick-and-mortar charter schools."
New Jersey, United States
"Six other states, including California and New Jersey, have moderate growth caps, while the remaining 33 place no limits on the number of brick-and-mortar charter schools."
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
"These groups have not gotten involved in the St. Isidore case, but the Jewish federation serving Oklahoma City said the concept of a religious charter was unconstitutional."
Florida, United States
"said Peter Deutsch, a former Democratic congressman who founded a network of Hebrew-language charter schools in Florida."

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