Jews agitate in many cities against Bible reading, Christmas celebrations or carols. In Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Paul and New York the Jewish opposition to the carols is met with strong counter-movements. . Jewish Community at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, defeats resolution providing daily Bible Reading in the schools.--Jews attempting same compulsion in New Jersey are met with decision that pupils may absent themselves from devotional exercises. ... On demand of Jews the school board of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania votes to discontinue the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the schools.--In Kentucky State Senate, Jews defeat the Tichenor Bill making the Bible a book eligible for the schools. .... Upon the urgence of two Jews the Hartford, Connecticut, school board votes on the question of abolishing all religious exercises in the schools. The motion is lost by 5 to 4. ... A Jewish delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention suggests that the constitution be made to forbid religious references in the schools. ... Bill introduced into Pennsylvania legislature providing for Bible reading in schools and the discharge of teachers omitting to do so. Jewish rabbis protest against bill. Jewish Kehillah of Philadelphia sends telegram to governor urging him to veto bill. Governor approves bill.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Jews agitate in many cities against Bible reading, Christmas celebrations or carols. In Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Paul and New York the Jewish opposition to the carols is met with strong counter-movements. . Jewish Community at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, defeats resolution providing daily Bible Reading in the schools.--Jews attempting same compulsion in New Jersey are met with decision that pupils may absent themselves from devotional exercises. ... On demand of Jews the school board of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania votes to discontinue the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the schools.--In Kentucky State Senate, Jews defeat the Tichenor Bill making the Bible a book eligible for the schools. .... Upon the urgence of two Jews the Hartford, Connecticut, school board votes on the question of abolishing all religious exercises in the schools. The motion is lost by 5 to 4. ... A Jewish delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention suggests that the constitution be made to forbid religious references in the schools. ... Bill introduced into Pennsylvania legislature providing for Bible reading in schools and the discharge of teachers omitting to do so. Jewish rabbis protest against bill. Jewish Kehillah of Philadelphia sends telegram to governor urging him to veto bill. Governor approves bill." in the context of "Henry Ford, The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem (1920)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.