Religious Discrimination 'Mezuzah Case' Gets New Life

Chicago Sun-Times:

A federal appellate court today revived a Jewish family's lawsuit against a Chicago condominium association that repeatedly removed a mezuzah from the family's doorpost.

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Comments

[enoughalready13]

People are so stupid. The mezuzah is for good luck. It wasn't hurting anyone. I hope this family wins the lawsuit.

[mamala4]

The mezuzah is not for good luck - rather it is a blessing for each and every doorpost in a house.
Jewish law requires a mezuzah on every doorway in the home apart from bathrooms, and closets too small to qualify as rooms; but many families only place one in the front doorway.

[TXfemmom]

I just Googled the Edward Frischholtz in this story and only got two things on it, with one being a brief on the lawsuit.

The other story was about Edward J. Frischholtz of Chicago, the city in question, and if it is the same guy who was the President of the Homeowners Condo Association, the guy is a Ph. D. PSYCHOLOGIST. Isn't that just great? Someone gets in what was obviously a vendetta against a Jewish family, and he is a clinical psychologist Ph. D. with a practice in Chicago.

I have known a lot of Ph. D. psychologists and some of them are great, but some of them are psycho. Therapists have tremendous power within the treatment relationship and they are accustomed to wielding that power in an unquestioned manner, and this guy may well be a power and control freak, who is an anti-Semite to boot. Would be interesting to see whether the Board of Psychology in Illinois has reviewed his behavior in this case.

[TXfemmom]

Since the condo association went to the lengths it did, such as permitting coat racks and sport decorations, but removed the small, religious insignia, then held all the meetings on Fridays, and the condo President yelled at Mrs. Bloch and told her to leave, and then again moved it while the family was attending the Father's Funeral, when they would be returning to sit shiva (forgive me if that is not the right word, gentile that I am) or the days of mourning in their home, and they would be presumed to have many Jewish friends and family visiting, it would be clear to anyone other than an avowed anti-Semite that the condo President led a condo board which discriminated against the Bloch's for a religious reason.

I wonder how the condo members feel now, if they have to foot the legal bills because of this guy and the board he, apparently, led around by the nose? They do probably have insurance to cover the board, however, or they would have considered it long and hard before they got involved in this

[al343806]

You were right in using the word shiva

[Tunghoy]

Judge Tinder said the case "is not a slam dunk", but I have to disagree. The condo association permitted other decorations, like sports insignia and a coat rack. You can't allow some decorations and prohibit specific religious ones without being discriminatory.

Since it's now an established fact that the condo association's president scheduled meetings on Friday evenings because he knew that observant Jewish families couldn't attend, it further indicates that he intended to discriminate.

[VOTER]

I believe the judge had to offer a neutral statement regarding the case.
I, also, agree with your points, 100%.

Any bets that Mr. Frischolz and the Condo Association are really "looking forward"
to presenting their case? LOL

I DON'T THINK SO ...................

[TXfemmom]

The Judge could not come out and say this is a slam dunk, it would be unethical. However, if that Board didn't have insurance to cover their legal bills in such matters, the owners of those condos may find a very nasty increase in their condo fees and not be too happy with this guy and the other members.