- The official recognition by City, State and Federal governments of the Jewish Religion.
The Kehillah in its reports describes its efforts to obtain special recognition of Jewish holidays, in some cases going so far as to demand the continuance of pay to public employes who absent themselves at Yom Kippur, at the same time, opposing the continuance of pay to Catholic public employes who desired to observe the chief Lenten days. This is a peculiarly inconsistent form of the demand for “exemption” which has led to some interesting situations, to be dealt with later.
- The suppression of all references to Christ by City, State and Federal authorities, in public documents or at public gatherings.
Kehillah records show that the Jews of Oklahoma addressed a petition to the convention which formu¬ lated the first state constitution, protesting that the acknowledgment of Christ in the instrument would be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States. The