According to a
press release this week from the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General, a
settlement agreement has been reached in a religious discrimination suit filed with the state civil rights division:
The homeowner, Nathan Reiss, filed a discrimination complaint in 2017 against The Enclave at the Fairways in Lakewood, alleging that security measures at the adult community interfered with his ability – and the ability of his fellow Orthodox Jewish neighbors – to observe the Sabbath. Specifically, Reiss alleged, a locking electronic pedestrian gate at a community entrance near his home prevented Orthodox Jewish Sabbath observers from walking to synagogue....
Under the settlement announced today and a similar settlement reached in a case filed in federal court, the Enclave Homeowners Association has agreed to unlock the pedestrian gate on the Sabbath, and to make other scheduling accommodations for Jewish Holy Days.
Matzav reports on the settlement.
[Thanks to Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]
