> > In a message dated 03/11/09 15:55:44 Central Daylight Time, > smkrie...@verizon.net writes: > Marc and Marci - If a congregation registers under the Not for Profit > Corporation law , does that thereby allow ecclesiastical decisions to be > subject to approval by lay governance or review by the courts? Are we > elevating form over substance?? > > > Can the lay board of directors direct that the Rabbi of an Orthodox > Jewish congregation allow a female cantor to officiate or that he hold > Sabbath sevices on Sunday ?? I would submit not - Davis v Scher , 97 > N.W.2d 137, 356 Mich. 291 (1959). What happens if on the other hand the > Rabbi wamts to introduce these practices over board or membership > opposition.? see,. Katz v Singerman 241 La. 103, 127 So.2d 515. (1960).
And in any case, the rabbi is a "spiritual officer". Will Linden wlin...@panix.com http://www.ecben.net/ Magic Code: MAS/GD S++ W++ N+ PWM++ Ds/r+ A-> a++ C+ G- QO++ 666 Y _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
