Some Orthodox Jews hold that the laws of their faith prohibit their entering a church.
Jonathan X. Gruenhut '00, one such student, says he won't be with his class at the service. Instead, he will sit among the spectators in folding chairs on the lawn.
Despite their exclusion, the Orthodox community has not made an issue of the Christian venue.
" I don't know of any people who are angry about it, including myself," Gruenhut said.
Orthodox community members, for the most part, say they do not resent the fact that Harvard holds the service in a church. They view their situation, instead, as an unfortunate inconvenience for some observers of Jewish law.
Nor do the seniors who sit the service out find fault with its content.
"I think it's basically a value-neutral message. Memorial Church is not known for its Christian fundamentalism," Gruenhut said.
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