NY Religious Corporations Law

[Will Linden]

>
>  In a message dated 03/11/09 15:55:44 Central Daylight Time, smkrieger at 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  wlinden at panix.com
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