We spoke with Nathan Diament, the director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the OU, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America,A Few Minutes with Nathan Diament,We spoke with Nathan Diament, the director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the OU, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
T hree Houston churches are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its refusal at press time to provide them funding for disaster relief claiming it would violate the First Amendment’s separation of religion and state. We spoke with Nathan Diament the director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the OU the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America who has successfully fought similar rulings in the past and is lobbying to reverse the current FEMA policy
Is the FEMA ruling affecting any Jewish organizations right now?
It’s potentially affecting the shuls in Houston that were flooded. It’s potentially going to affect shuls in Florida that may have been flooded by the current storm although it sounds as if the large Jewish communities in Boca Raton and Miami may have been spared. But it’s still early to say yes it’s affecting them or no it’s not because it’s only been two weeks since the Houston storm. It’s still early for applications of federal disaster money.
But aren’t they facing a 30-day deadline?
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