Showing posts with label Jewish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewish. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Israel's High Court: Women Must Be Allowed to Take Exams Offered By Chief Rabbinate

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In a lengthy article, the Jerusalem Post reports that on Monday a 3-judge panel of Israel's High Court of Justice ruled that women must...
Monday, July 07, 2025

Section 1981 Suit Can Move Ahead Against Defendants Who Disrupted Jewish Religious Celebration

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Congregation Hazon Ovadya, Inc. v. Rabbinical Council of California , (CD CA, July 1, 2025), is a suit by a Sephardic Jewish synagogue again...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

California Agrees to Consent Decree Allowing Sectarian Schools to Participate In IDEA

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 As previously reported , last October the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California federal district court's dismissal of...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Trump Issues Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month

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Jewish American Heritage Month began May 1. On May 16, President Trump issued a Proclamation ( full text ) formally declaring May as Jewish ...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

European Court Says Greece Wrongly Refused To Recognize Jewish Community's Title To Property

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In  Jewish Community of Thessaloniki v. Greece ,  (ECHR, May 6, 2025), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Gr...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Voting Fraud Alleged in World Zionist Congress Elections

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The World Zionist Congress elections continue until May 4. The Congress, with representatives from Jewish communities around the world, all...
Thursday, April 03, 2025

Trial Court's Refusal to Delay Civil Trial Because of Yom Kippur Is Upheld

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In Dimeo v. Gross ,  (PA Super. Ct., April 2, 2025), a Pennsylvania state appellate court upheld a trial court's refusal to delay the st...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Yeshiva University Settles Litigation With LGBTQ+ Students

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A Joint Statement ( full text ) from the parties to the long-running litigation between Yeshiva University and LGBTQ+ students attempting to...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Coffee House Sued Over Separate Antisemitic Incidents Involving Harassment of Customers

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 A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act alleging religious discrimination was filed yesterday in a California state trial cour...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

27 Religious Denominational Groups Sue DHS Over Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

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Yesterday, 27 Christian and Jewish denominational bodies and organizations filed suit in a D.C. federal district court challenging the resci...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Brooklyn Yeshivahs File Title VI Complaint with U.S. Department of Education

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Four Orthodox Jewish yeshivah elementary schools in Brooklyn, New York, have filed a complaint ( full text ) with the U.S. Department of Edu...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

9th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Bars Claim by Mashgiach for Wages and Promotion

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In Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations ,  (9th Cir., Dec. 30, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the minist...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Yeshiva Denied Preliminary Injunction Against Zoning Enforcement

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In Anash, Inc., d/b/a Wyoming Valley Yeshiva v. Borough of Kingston ,  (MD PA, Dec. 19, 2024), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused...
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 ...