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Joey Aron is the founding attorney of Aron Law, PLLC, a boutique law firm in Brooklyn, where he focuses on FOIL litigation and matters pertaining to religious discrimination.
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The trial court denied the shul’s application for a tax exemption, concluding, among other things, that the property was not intimately related to the [petitioner’s] religious objectives.
The crowd’s enthusiasm was palpable, contrasting sharply with the struggles of major Orthodox organizations to attract diverse audiences to their conventions. Here, people weren’t begged or nudged to attend; they came because they genuinely wanted to be part of something extraordinary.
In Nassau County – where low assessment ratios mean this exemption can go as far as cancelling out entire line items on the property tax bill – rabbis employed in chinuch, organizational work, part-time positions, and volunteer activities were routinely granted the discount.
If the crew asks a passenger to leave a plane or does not let the passenger board, allegedly because of religion or ethnicity or some other identifying category, is an action on that ground preempted by federal aviation laws?
The Eleventh Circuit said, ‘If the plaintiffs’ perspective is not allowed here, then the defendants’ perspective can be banned elsewhere. People have intense moral, religious, and spiritual views about these matters – on all sides.’
In a New Jersey case, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest have both challenged the governor’s limits on attendance at houses of worship – 25% of capacity – while businesses and schools are allowed to operate at 100% of capacity.
It is hard to believe that admitting more than 10 people to a 1,000-seat church or 400-seat synagogue would create a more serious health risk than the many other activities that the State allows.
The Mayor committed to talk with his team to discuss whether or not taking down the tweet is the right thing to do.
In response to the criticism of his handling of social distancing guidelines as applied to Jews, de Blasio said that he had a number of conversations with Jewish community leaders.
For employees of parochial schools and other religious institutions, job titles do not necessarily communicate the religious (or secular) aspects of their roles – and are certainly not determinative under the law.
Presumably considering the grave risk to the entire student body and school staff were the unimmunized child to be admitted to school, versus that of the child being kept home or having to attend an alternative institution, the court wisely denied the plaintiffs’ request.
Can – or should – government require a religious woman to remove her head-covering for an official purpose?
Did Alana Shultz, the fired program director for the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue suffer “adverse employment action”? Was she fired because she was 19 weeks pregnant at her wedding? What broader impact will this have?
Unfortunately, while the New York law protects emergency workers from being fired for time providing assistance related to the state of emergency, it does not allow for these workers to be paid for the time that is devoted during the state of emergency.
Under the current proposal, an Educational Scholarship Organization must be a not-for-profit organization that distributes at least 90% of the scholarship contributions it receives.
How many sites that tell you to check your politics at the door have 10,000 likes?
The agreement came as the New York State legislature was poised to approve remedial legislation requiring substantial changes in the city process.
Let us begin our year on the right foot towards another Super Bowl season.
