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Does anyone have any information about this case?
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Subj: Rabbis Sue Over Gay Exhibit
Date: 97-09-06 05:58:56 EDT
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NEW YORK (AP) - Sixteen Orthodox Jewish rabbis have filed a
lawsuit to stop the Sept. 15 opening of a new Holocaust museum in
Manhattan.
The suit, filed in federal court Friday, says the Museum of
Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust offends the
beliefs of Orthodox Jews because it includes an exhibit honoring
gays and lesbians who were persecuted by the Nazis.
The rabbis were angry over ``the elevation of homosexuals to the
martyred status of the six million Jews,'' who died in the
Holocaust, said Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the lead plaintiff.
Their suit says the use of public money to build the museum near
Battery Park was unconstitutional.
Levin, who once ran for mayor, has been a vocal opponent of gay
rights.
Howard Rubenstein, a vice chairman of the museum, said he could
not comment on the suit because he had not seen it.
Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor was expected to schedule a hearing
for next week.
AP-NY-09-06-97 0552EDT
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