Making A Push For Personal Freedom: New umbrella group endorsed by Milo, Burg provides a boost to religion-state separationists.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: July 17, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Making A Push For Personal Freedom: New umbrella group endorsed by Milo, Burg provides a boost to religion-state separationists.

MICHELE CHABIN

Israel Correspondent

Jerusalem -- During Passover week, Amira Segev decided to buy a pack of chewing gum at a local supermarket. When she arrived at the cash register, however, the cashier refused to ring up the purchase.

"I can't sell this to you because it's not kosher for Passover," the young cashier told Segev apologetically. "The law says we can only sell Passover food during Passover."

The first to admit that the incident was far from ...

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