National News: "Charitable Choice Debate Revived
Avi Mayer
Special to the Jewish Times
JULY 01, 2005
Washington
For four years, American Jewish groups debated President Bush's proposals to mix faith with social services.
Now the fight is over whether the administration's programs should be made permanent.
Rep. Mark Green (R-Wis.) introduced legislation earlier this year to make the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives permanent and codify its activities into law. The move has rekindled a long-smoldering debate in the Jewish community."
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