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Trump plans to reinstate school prayer. Our readers remember times Christianity came up in class

JL;DR SUMMARY The discussion on the intersection of religion and public education resurfaces with President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to reinstate school prayer, challenging the 1962 Supreme Court decision on the issue. 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 CourtDonald TrumpPublic EducationChristianityJewish ExperiencesSchool PrayerSeparation Of Church And StateReligious Accommodation

Places mentioned

Denver, Colorado, United States
"Growing up, my grandfather refused to sing Christmas carols in his Denver public school."
Ohio, United States
"When Beth Silversteins children attended school in Ohio, Jewish parents were uncomfortable with some of the songs."
Newport, Kentucky, United States
"In the late 1950s and early 1960s, wrote Joel Zakem, elementary schools in Newport, Kentucky, allowed Bible study."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Then there was Ellen Levitt, who went to junior high school in Brooklyn in the 1970s."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"In 1945, he was appointed to read a Bible passage every morning in his homeroom at a Philadelphia school, and pulled out the Old Testament."
Michigan, United States
"But Goerlich said his Michigan middle school suspended him for violating the dress code."
New Albany, Ohio, United States
"David Silverstein wrote of his elementary school in New Albany, Ohio."
Illinois, United States
"Cas S., a convert to Judaism, grew up atheist, which was not widely accepted in their area of Illinois."
New Jersey, United States
"But when Kavandias sent her own children to public school, in a heavily Jewish district in New Jersey in the 1990s, it was a different story."
Washington DC, United States
"I went to public school in Washington, D.C., wrote Verna Zola Rosenzweig."
Glendale, California, United States
"Martin Cohen attended high school in 1970 in Glendale, California, where he was one of two Jewish kids in class."
Longview, Texas, United States
"A reader named Emily wrote that she was one of the only Jewish children in Longview, Texas, and never stood a chance to win the perfect attendance award."
New York City, New York, United States
"Ilisia Kissner attended school in the 1950s and 60s in New York City, and refused to sing Christmas carols at the holiday assemblies."
South Carolina, United States
"While in elementary school I had a teacher who made us read the Bible out loud, wrote Danielle Hess of her time going to school in South Carolina in the 1970s."
Georgia, United States
"She later moved to Georgia, where she encountered more of the same."
Florida, United States
"Jenna Goldman grew up south of Jacksonville, Florida, which she described as a lovely Southern town with very few Jews."

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