http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/agudath-exclusion-of-religious-schools-makes-no-sense/ Agudath Israel of America is upset that the House economic stimulus package is inequitable in its treatement of nonpublic schools. The group has put out a release noting that the funds earmarked toward modernizing schools would not allow religious schools to benefit, which Washington director and counsel Rabbi Abba Cohen says "makes no sense," particularly, he said, because religious schools have been participants in such programs in the past. The Orthodox Union has leveled a similar criticism at the legisation. Here’s Agudath’s  full release: en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-01-30T;21:34:00-05:00