Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Just in time for Passover, Laurie Richter won the right to keep her mezuzah on the doorpost of her rented Fort Lauderdale condominium.
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But that’s not good enough for Attorney General Bill McCollum. He gave the association at The Port Condominium, in the 1800 block of Southeast 17th Street, until 5 p.m. today to change its rules so all its Jewish residents can hang mezuzahs.
Mezuzahs are small cases containing religious messages. They are traditionally placed on the doorposts of Jewish homes.
“Our interest extends beyond Ms. Richter,” said Allison K. Bethel, director of the attorney general’s civil rights division. “We represent the public interest, which includes the right of all Jewish residents there now or in the future to display mezuzahs in accordance with their religion.”
“A resolution [by the board] that allows only Ms. Richter to display her mezuzah does not satisfy the public interest,” Bethel said.
Neither condo board president Ronni L. Rosenberg nor association attorney Henry Howell Fox could be reached for comment. [sunsentinel]
I see it time and again, the Freier think if they modernized and assimilated why cant their Jewish brethern get with the times. I’ll take a religous Catholic anytime over a Frier Yid as a neighbor, boss, whatever. They will burn in hell for their Rishus. It goes beyond Tinak Shenishba.
Nebach. They are so far removed from Yiddishkeit that they forget they are Jewish.
Why is it always ppl with names like rosenberg who stand up against religious practice if they have such disdain for religious practice, dont you think they would change their name?
Mazel Tov.