State Kosher Laws Struck Down By New Jersey Supreme Court
_POSTEDON 2002-05-20 22:17:02 by
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eli _WRITES "State Kosher Laws Struck Down By New Jersey Supreme Court
Jewish groups are dismayed at the recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that government regulations of the kosher food industry violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
The decision directly affects only New Jersey, but is expected to have wide ramifications in the 16 other states in which the government monitors the preparation and sale of kosher food. Similar suits are likely to be brought in many of those other states.
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"This is sort of a wake-up call. Rabbinic supervision now becomes more important," he said. "The state can only go so far in regulating religious responsibilities." Besides New Jersey, the other states laws governing kashrut are: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas. There are similar regulations in some municipalities, including Baltimore, where the laws are being challenged in federal court, and in several towns in Florida. .....
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