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As Supreme Court considers religious charter schools, Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas

JL;DR SUMMARY Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan raised concerns during a hearing on a case regarding the establishment of the first religious public charter school in Oklahoma, questioning whether this could lead states like New York to fully fund yeshivas that lack secular education in subjects like English and math. 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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Jewish EducationSupreme CourtOrthodox JewsReligious EducationYeshivasElena KaganCharter SchoolsSeparation Of Church And StatePublic FundingReligion And State

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New York, United States
"Kagan and the other two liberals on the bench, meanwhile, expressed skepticism toward the proposed charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. "
Oklahoma, United States
"From their questioning of lawyers arguing on either side of the case, the majority of justices appeared open to the idea that excluding religious institutions from Oklahomas charter school system is discriminatory and unconstitutional."

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