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New Trump policy letting federal employees proselytize at work references tefillin - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

UNITED STATES, AUG 2 – Guidelines allow federal employees to display religious items, form prayer groups, and proselytize within limits to ensure workplaces welcome all faiths, Office of Personnel Management said.

The Trump administration has released new guidelines for federal employees expressing their religion in the workplace, protecting activities ranging from displaying religious objects to recruiting coworkers to their religion. The guidelines namecheck tefillin, Jewish prayer phylacteries, as an example of a religious item that federal workers may leave on their desks and use during breaks. In a memo titled “Protecting Religious Expression in the …

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency broke the news in on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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