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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Legal scholars say the Supreme Court will clear up many vague aspects of the law on this subject when it decides the case. But Posner added that it probably will not do so before Chanukah...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Holidays Revive Religous Symbols Issue | 11/29/1988 | See Source »

...happy conclusion to holiday plans And on your return a few do-able tests, Followed up finally with some well-earned rest. A fun second semester, filled with yuks, And a springtime subscription--for only 10 bucks. Season's greetings to all and to all good cheer, Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Ramadan and New Year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Hit List | 12/19/1985 | See Source »

...Hindu father met his mother, a Brooklyn Jew, in the unlikely state of Iowa, where they attended graduate school. Hence Nadkarni camed the title of "The Hinjew" form his friends. At home, his family celebrates Chanukah, Christmas, and Divali, the Hindu festival of lights. Because of this diverse ethnic background, Nadkarni feels distant from "the blue blood sense of Harvard," and he says this sense of not belonging may explain "why I've strived to excel and become part of a social circle...

Author: By Timothy W. Plass, | Title: A Harvard Hinjew | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

...spirit of what's-sauce-for-the-Christians, some Jews now erect Menorahs, the nine-candle symbols of Chanukah, on public land. This year, for the fourth consecutive time, a giant 30-ft. Menorah was put up by the Hasidic American Friends of Lubavitch in Washington's Lafayette Park, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. Many Jews are not pleased, even though no government funds are involved. Says Attorney Marc Stern of the American Jewish Congress: "It's unconstitutional. Most of the organized Jewish community doesn't like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Crusade Against Cr | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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