Israeli Court Says Tenant Can Build Sukkah In Apartment Building Courtyard Over Owners' Objections

Tonight begins the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.  In Israel, a Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on Monday issued an interim injunction permitting tenants in an apartment building to build a Sukkah-- the traditional temporary hut erected for the holiday-- in an apartment building's courtyard over the objections of the apartment building's owners. According to Haaretz, the owners objected arguing that the Sukkah disturbed other tenants and damages the apartment house's garden. The court said that Israeli precedents permit tenants to make "customary and appropriate" use of public spaces in apartment buildings." [Thanks to Joel Katz (Relig. & State in Israel) for the lead.]