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Are yoga classes in public schools constitutional?

Parents in a southern California community are considering legal action over the constitutionality of a form of yoga being taught to their children, which they claim is introducing religion into public schools.

Last month, half of the students attending classes in the Encinitas Union School District K-6 elementary schools in San Diego North County began taking Ashtanga (Sanskrit for "eight-limbed") yoga for 30 minutes twice per week. In January, the other half will begin the lessons.

Concerned parents have now retained constitutional first amendment attorney Dean Broyles, who says that Ashtanga yoga is a religious form of yoga, and that religious aspects have been introduced into the schools.

"The poses and positions are acknowledged by Ashtanga and Hindi yoga as forms of worship and prayers to Hindu deities," he told ABC News. "They have a spiritual and religious meaning behind them."

Broyles said that although he was at first skeptical that there were truly religious belief and practices being taught to kids, the more he investigated and spoke with parents, the more he realized it was a constitutional issue.

Broyles says that he brought up the matter at a Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) trustees meeting, along with 60 concerned parents, on October 9. Now the EUSD trustees will be reviewing whether the grant money violates the religious freedom of students and parents.

The yoga, which is being taught in all nine of the schools in the district, is being funded by a $533,000 grant from the Jois Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes Ashtanga yoga across the world. All of the instructors teaching the students are certified and trained by the Jois Foundation in Ashtanga yoga.

Broyles points to hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones and his wife Sonia Jones, who is a known dedicated disciple of Sri Pattabhi Jois, the recently deceased master of Ashtanga yoga, as the money behind the EUSD yoga program. The district's program will be studied by the University of Virginia and University of San Diego to look at benefits of Ashtanga yoga, as outlined in a letter sent to parents by EUSD Superintendent Tim Baird.

"The study will look at the way that public school systems can impact student learning, health, positive relationships, and overall wellness through the implementation of a holistic approach to student wellness," Baird said in the letter.

Calls placed by ABC News to Superintendent Baird were not immediately returned.

The Tudor Joneses, Broyles says, were instrumental in the founding of the Jois Foundation and put up the money for the EUSD Ashtanga yoga grant. He says that parents are now not only questioning Hindu religion entering their schools, but the validity if this study being undertaken.

"We think that children are being used as guinea pigs," he said. "Following the money, you see what's going on ? It would be like a charismatic Christian organization funding classes in worship and praise, and also funding a research center at a public university that is studying whether this is an effective form of exercise."

Broyles says that it has been argued that the in-school yoga programs have been stripped of their spirituality. But he says that kids in EUSD are being exposed to Hindu thought and belief within the school.

"On the wall there was a poster that showed the Ashtanga, or 8-limbed deity. There are words showing what the limbs are," he said. "The ultimate goal is to be absorbed into the universe, which is called Samadhi. They had a poster depicting that. Fundamentally it is a Hindu religion being taught through Ashtanga yoga."

Children are also being taught eastern meditation techniques to calm themselves, where one clears the mind of all thoughts, poses that were imparted by Hindu deities, and in one class were trained in drawing mandalas, according to Broyles.

Parents also raised specific concerns about the program aside from the religious aspects, saying that the fact that kids are taking 60 minutes of the 100 mins per week allotted for physical education to do yoga is inappropriate. Broyles said that for 40 minutes per week the kids are not getting PE, and that they're not offering anything for kids that are opting out of the program.

Broyles says that there are some yoga enthusiasts in favor of the program; he says that people in the district don't really understand eastern mysticism, yoga's roots in Hinduism, and what's being taught.

"If we were introducing Christian worship of bowing, there would be outcry in the community," he said. "It's dangerous to kids."

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Apple announces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display: 2,560 x 1,600 resolution, Thunderbolt and HDMI starting at $1,699

If the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display was feeling lonely up there on its high-resolution pedestal, it needn't any longer. As expected, Apple just announced a 13-inch version to keep it company. The 2,560 x 1,600 resolution means that 13-inch screen offers a ppi of 232, marginally more than its larger brother's 226. As well as that lovely new display, there's a pair of Thunderbolt ports, and a full-size HDMI port to let you make good use of it with, as well as a pair of USB 3s. While this might not be the primary focus of the day, it will definitely be one of the more hotly anticipated reveals from the company's San Jose event this afternoon. The base model will run you $1,699 and comes with a 2.5GHz i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of flash memory. At the top end you can expect 768GB hard drive, atop a Core i7. And, like last time, to top it all off, all the new goodies come in a slimmer, desire-stoking design -- weighing a whole pound less than the 2011 13-incher and at just 0.75-inches thick, 20 percent thinner. Already full of want? Then don't hang around, as it ships today! In the meantime, keep your retinas locked right here for our hands on.

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Menendez, Kyrillos Pledge Support For Israel

Tackling issues from Obamacare to gun control ? U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) and his challenger, State Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Dist. 13) squared off in a forum Monday night at Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston.

The competitors took part in an hourlong question-and-answer session sponsored by the Community Relations Committee of Greater MetroWest New Jersey.

Both candidates pledged support for Israel and the relationship between the country and the United States.

"Since I was elected to the Senate, I believe Israel has had no greater friend in the United States Senate than I have been, no greater ally, no greater defender of the people of Israel against all threats and against anti-Semitism,? said Menendez.

Kyrillos reflected upon his receipt of the 2010 State of Israel Bonds Peace Medal and said that ?now, more than ever, we need to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel to mitigate the new and heightened risks she faces.?

Kyrillos is challenging Menendez, the incumbent U.S. Senator, who has held the post since 2006. Both men have sered at the state Legislature, with Kyrillos, a Republican, holding a seat in the New Jersey Senate since 1992.

Besides Israel, both candidates spoke about domestic issues as well, including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.?

Kyrillos and Menendez had a sharp difference in opinion regarding the law.? Kyrillos said he favors a more ?marketplace approach? that would allow consumers to be able to find health care across state lines.? Menendez said he supports the act and ?found it amazing? that Republican nominee Mitt Romney would be against the act when it is ?the essence? of the law Romney enacted in Massachusetts.

While Menendez said he supports Obama?s policies and couldn?t immediately point to a difference in his policy?s from the president, Kyrillos painted himself as more of a moderate than his presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.

??I consider myself pro-choice,? said Kyrillos.? ?I believe there are reasonable restrictions and constraints that reflect the issue.? I believe in parental notice.? I don?t like partial-birth abortion, and I believe in a short waiting period, but I believe it?s everybody?s choice.? They can make up their own mind.?

Menendez, when asked whether he supports gun control laws, said he favors "intelligent and reasonable gun control measures" including limits on assault rifles, ammunition purchases and waiting periods.

"I don?t think you need to be a hunter with an ammunition clip with 100 rounds in it," he said. "If you do, you?re a very bad hunter."

The candidates also mentioned sanctions against Iran, Medicaid funding and both agreed to work in a bipartisan way, if elected.

When the candidates met during the middle of the forum, the two men shook hands and posed for pictures.

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Book Psychic ? Itinerantdaughter's Blog

Or: ?Why Is It That Every Idea I Have Is Already Taken??

A month ago or so, I read an article in the marvelous publication?The Jewish Review of Books?by philosophy professor Carlos Fraenkel about an ?underground? philosophy club he wound up teaching to the Hasidim of Brooklyn. ?A little taste (you can read the whole thing here):

??How could the medieval thinkers get away with interpreting the Torah according to Aristotle or the Sufis?? Jacob wonders.

?Well,? I say, ?they thought that if Judaism is true, it must agree with every true insight, even if it came from a Greek or a Muslim. The Haredim, on the other hand, think that they have to shelter true Judaism from any supposedly corrupting outside influence.?

This leads us to discuss whether the Haredi fight against cultural contamination is a lost cause from the start. I point to an interesting passage in Toledot Yaakov Yosef, the first published Hasidic book, by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye, a disciple of the founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov. R. Yaakov Yosef draws a contrast between a ?small? and a ?great? struggle; the former refers to a battle with weapons, the latter to the moral wrestling of the soul with the ?evil inclination? (yetzer ha-ra). The source of the metaphor is actually a famous hadith frequently cited by Sufi mystics. In this tradition, the Prophet Muhammad tells a group of soldiers that after returning from the ?smaller jihad? ? the jihad of the sword ? they now must take up the ?greater jihad? ? the jihad of the soul against pleasure. Of course, the Baal Shem Tov and his disciples didn?t study the Sufi masters. But they did study Bahya ibn Paquda?s Duties of the Heart, which was translated from Arabic to Hebrew in the 12th century and became a classic of Jewish thought. Bahya?s account of the soul?s ascent to God was strongly influenced by Sufism and includes a version of the hadith in question, without, of course, the reference to the Prophet Muhammad. As Isaac points out, excitedly, the Satmar Rebbe, Joel Teitelbaum, was also a devoted student of Bahya?s Duties of the Heart!?

I was so taken with the article that I quickly emailed the author, as I am wont to do these days (every day I?m hustlin?) the following:

Dear Dr. Fraenkel,

I read with great with pleasure your article ?Spinoza in Shtreimels? in the latest issue of The Jewish Review of Books, which is a fantastic publication I am always glad to get the chance to peruse. ?Part of my interest in your piece was my light philosophical education ?? I went to This University, which has strict Western Philosophy requirements, nearly all of which I?ve guiltily forgotten save the buzz phrase ?categorical imperative? ?? and part of it was because I am also a writer who has sort of inexplicably found herself covering a number of stories in the haredi community (upcoming pieces in Tablet and The New Yorker?s Culture Desk blog.)

The main reason that I?m writing is that in addition to being a freelance writer, I?m also working for a publishing company called xxx, which is located in New York City and run by the venerable PM. ?Something about your piece made me feel like there was may be a short book that could come out of it ?? perhaps it was the idea of an underground club akin to Azar Nafisi?s Reading Lolita in Tehran or some unavoidable titular association with Chabon?s The Yiddish Policemen?s Union (The Lubavitchers? Philosophy Club?) ?? and I?m writing to see if you thought there is an opportunity here to expand the piece into a book. ?Of course, you are the author of the article and also the man with the experience, so you?ll know best whether or not the material you amassed was exhausted in the article, but just perhaps it wasn?t. ?If in fact it was, or you are busy working on other projects, I still want you to know that the article was wonderful, entertaining, and pretty damn funny at times.

Let me know if you have any thoughts on this, or you just want me to continue to compliment your writing style and ability to get haredim to warm to you. ?I?m good for that, too.

Best,

ID

And his response:

Dear ID,

Thank you very much for your kind words about my essay (and my?apologies for the late reply; I just relocated for a month to Berlin?with my family and was without internet for over a week?a strange?state to be in?).

?

There will indeed be a somewhat longer version of the essay which?will, however, become part of a collection of essays titled Teaching?Plato in Palestine (the title really does recall Nafisi?s Reading?Lolita in Tehran; so your instinct was right). The book will be?published by Princeton University Press; I?m not sure if publishing it?with an academic press is a wise decision since the book aims to reach?an audience beyond academic specialists; on the other hand, I also?want the larger project animating these essays to be noticed in?academic circles, so I?ll probably stick with Princeton with this.

?

I do, of course, greatly admire PM?s work, and may well come?up with something in the future that might be a fit as my writing?moves further away from academia. So thanks for your inquiry!

All the best,

Carlos Fraenkel

?

My, that Fraenkel is a nice man! ?And finally, my somewhat cheeky reply to him:

?

Dear Carlos,

Woah? so? what you?re saying is basically I?m psychic re: book titles/themes? ?I think that is what you?re saying. ?I?ve got to add this new skill to my resume.

Anyway, your new move and the new book sound very exciting indeed! ?I?ll be keeping an eye out for its release (unless you want to save me some trouble and tell me know when it?s coming off press?) and for future pieces in JRB and other places. ?Please do keep me and X Publishing in mind for future work! ?We actually do a lot of stuff that has an academic bent but is aimed for a lay readership, so we may just be the perfect place for your next project.

Hope to speak again some day!

?

The moral of the story is: even if an idea you have has been ?taken,? it feels better than it being flat out rejected, so awkwardly email away!

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