Jewish Released Time

In 1943, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn founded Sheloh as a part of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational branch of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

[2] These classes take place off public school premises, in keeping with the United States Supreme Court decision in McCollum v. Board of Education (1948).

[3][4][5] Jewish released time classes, like those organized by other religious groups, take place for one hour each week (generally on Wednesdays),[6] at the end of the school day.

[6] Sheloh is a division of The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education, founded by Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht.

Sheloh's mission has broadened to include assisting children who are interested in full-time Jewish education to enroll in Yeshivos.

But we cannot expand it to cover the present released time program unless separation of Church and State means that public institutions can make no adjustments of their schedules to accommodate the religious needs of the people.