Tag: Lawsuit
Families of Mount Meron stampede victims seek millions in damages
The families of those who died in the 2021 Mount Meron disaster have filed a lawsuit against the government, emergency services and several private organizations that greenlighted the Lag B’Omer festivities that ended in the tragic...
Jewish teens sue two airlines for discrimination after being banned from flights
A group of Orthodox Jewish girls from New York has filed a complaint against Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for the discrimination they say they faced on flights last summer, reported Insider.
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Inside Kingsborough College’s systematic failure to protect pro-Israel Orthodox faculty, students
Professor Jeff Lax says that in his 17 years working at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y, one of his worst days was one he never expected.
He said he was blocked from leaving a...
In lawsuit, CUNY professors accuse faculty union of being ‘anti-Semitic, anti-Israel’
Six professors from the City University of New York (CUNY) claimed that the school’s faculty union is “anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israel” in a civil-rights lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
The Professional Staff Congress passed...
Court dismisses lawsuit brought by Ari Fuld’s family against Palestinian organizations
A U.S. District Court judge in New York dismissed a civil case brought by the family of slain Israeli American pro-Israel activist Ari Fuld against the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, citing lack of...
Michigan Jewish community urges appeals court to restrict protests outside synagogue
Members of a synagogue in Ann Arbor, Mich., advocated before a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week that the city must enforce restrictions on protesters who have demonstrated outside their congregation every Saturday...
New Jersey town being sued over alleged discrimination against Orthodox Jews
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed a lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of the state against the Township of Jackson claiming that its zoning laws are discriminatory and have prevented Orthodox Jews from...
Houston synagogue files federal lawsuit claiming city violating its religious rights
A synagogue in Houston has filed a federal lawsuit against the city claiming that it is violating its right to free exercise of religion by denying the right to worship in a residential neighborhood.
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US Supreme Court rules against Holocaust victims’ heirs in Nazi-era disputes
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday against the heirs of Holocaust victims seeking to recover their families’ art treasures and other property seized by Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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Ukraine Airlines to compensate Israeli couple over anti-Semitic slurs
An Israeli court has ruled that Ukraine International Airlines will have to pay an Israeli couple 5,000 shekels ($1,550) in compensation for publicly humiliating the two in an incident that happened two and a...