Showing posts with label Jewish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewish. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Eviction Did Not Violate Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In Wexler v. City of San Diego, California ,  (SD CA, Nov. 4, 2024), a California federal district court rejected plaintiff's claim that...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

9th Circuit: California IDEA Rules Violate Free Exercise Clause

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In Loffman v, California Department of Education , (9th Cir., Oct. 28, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California fe...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Lufthansa Fined $4M For Discrimination Against Jewish Passengers Flying On Pilgrimage To Hungary

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On Oct. 7, a Consent Cease-and-Desist Order ( full text ) was issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation imposing civil penalties of $4...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Federal Court Refuses to Enjoin Distribution of Notice from Rabbinical Court

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In Esses v. Rosen ,  (ED NY, Oct. 15, 2024), a New York federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction barring defendants ...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Biden Addresses Call to Jewish Leaders Ahead of Yom Kippur

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The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening.  Last Wednesday, President Biden spoke for over ten minutes ( full text of ...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Tel Aviv to Permit Outdoor Sex-Separated Yom Kippur Services

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Times of Israel reports that yesterday a unanimous 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court ordered the municipality of Tel Aviv to perm...
Monday, September 09, 2024

RLUIPA Success Unlikely on Challenge to Denial of Special Use Permit for Jewish Retreat Center

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In Fresh Start Center v. Township of Grosse Ile ,  (ED MI, Sept. 5, 2024), a Michigan federal district court refused to grant a preliminary ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Court Grants Injunction to Jewish Students at UCLA Impeded by Gaza Protests

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In Frankel v. Regents of the University of California ,  (CD CA, Aug. 13, 2024), a California federal district court issued a preliminary in...
Saturday, August 03, 2024

Court Dismisses Title VI Suit Claiming Hostile Environment Affecting Jewish Students At MIT

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In StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,  (D MA, July 30, 2024), a Massachusetts federal district ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

3rd Circuit: Jury Issues Remain in Suit Over Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia , (3d Cir.,   July 29, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a suit broug...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Leader in International Neo-Nazi Group Indicted for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Mass Violence

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced last week the federal indictment of the leader of an internati...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Drafting of Haredi Men

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Yesterday, Israel's Supreme Court in a controversial ruling ordered the government to end draft deferments that have been given to ultra...
Friday, June 21, 2024

EEOC Obtains Settlement for Failure to Accommodate Jewish Employee's Sabbath Observance

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The EEOC today announced that two related automotive hauling and logistics companies have agreed to a $65,000 settlement (plus an injunction...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Religious Discrimination Claim for Denial of Personal Leave Moves Ahead

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In Balchan v. New Rochelle City School District , (SD NY, May 7, 2024), a New York federal district court refused to dismiss claims of relig...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024

President Declares May To Be Jewish American Heritage Month

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On April 30, President Biden issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring May 2024 as Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation read...
Monday, April 08, 2024

2nd Circuit: Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Challenge Zoning Law That Accommodates Jewish Worship Sites

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In Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods v. Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York ,  (2d Cir., April 5, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Cou...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Interference With Contractual Relationship Created by Jewish Marriage Contract Is Not Actionable

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In S.E. v. Edelstein , (OH App., March 25, 2024), an Ohio state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a suit for intentional interferenc...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

USCIRF Ends Saudi Visit After Its Jewish Chairman Was Told to Remove His Kippah in Public Places

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In a press release issued Monday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said that last week it ended an official visit to ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Orthodox Jewish Passengers Sue JetBlue For Discrimination

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Suit was filed late last month in a New York federal district court against JetBlue Airways by three observant Jewish passengers who were fo...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

New Report on Antisemitism in America Released

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Last week, the American Jewish Committee released its report The State of Antisemitism in America 2023 . The Report includes a Survey of Am...