A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the administration of Gov. Chris Christie violated the state constitution when it awarded more than $11 million in grants to an orthodox Jewish rabbinical school and a Presbyterian seminary.
The three-judge Appellate Division panel, relying on state Supreme Court precedent, said May 26 that the state Department of Education violated Article 1, Paragraph 3 of the constitution in 2013 when it awarded $10.6 million to Beth Medrash Govoha, a Jewish Yeshiva in Lakewood, and $645,323 to the Princeton Theological Seminary.
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