Montreal, Quebec – A long-standing feud between Canadian Orthodox Jew Michael Rosenberg and his non-Jewish neighbor, Pierre Lacerte, has found its way into a Montreal courtroom. According to a report by Montreal CTV (http://bit.ly/Y7j294), the Lacerte-Rosenberg battle is indicative of the ongoing tensions between the Hasidic community in Outremont and its neighbors.
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Lacerte, a writer, has a history of fighting with Outremont’s Hasidic community. For the better part of a decade, Lacerte has obsessed about his Outremont neighbor, Rosenberg, who is a wealthy real estate tycoon. Lacerte has even gone so far as to document Rosenberg and his perceived legal infractions in photographs uploaded to a blog.
In response, Rosenberg filed a $375,000 defamation suit against Lacerte. Rosenberg’s attorney, Julius Grey, said the case is about “defamation, breach of privacy – while the other side is claiming abuse of procedures.”
Rosenberg previously tried to obtain a restraining order against Lacerte, but was unsuccessful. He now alleges Lacerte’s blog photos have adversely affected his business, but was unable to provide evidence to support that claim. Rosenberg has also called Lacerte anti-Semitic, a charge Lacerte denies.
On Monday morning, Lacerte posted a caricature of Rosenberg as Godzilla on his blog. He later taunted Rosenberg’s supporters at the courthouse.
The trial is scheduled to continue for the remainder of this week.
Every Religious group should be careful, not to taunt other people, by putting the religious activities into their faces. It’s just Human Decency.
We also hope that all the Muslims surrounding our neigborhood in B.P. should also be sensitive to this.
Maybe by, Middoh Kneged Middoh, Hashem will inspire them not to put their religious activities into our face.
Do they not arrest stalkers in Canada?
love the magen dovid scarf motif
Satmar are Misgarim B’umois, and oiver on the 3 Shvous.
Mechy Rosenberg is one of the finest people in Montreal and it’s a travesty what these French anti-semites get away with. In the name of decency lets hope he wins.
Barking up the wrong tree, I hope he wins but doubt it. He should take the City of Outremont and Forget to court on a class action suit, better chances.
What is this guy’s problem? Is he against ALL religion or just the Jewish religion????