Brothers’ religious discrimination suit settled

Published on March 18, 2010

A nationwide staffing company settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Jewish employees who were subjected to religious discrimination.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had sued Texas-based Administaff, Inc., which provides human resource teams for small- to medium-sized companies, and Conn-X, a Florida-based cable service provider, after brothers Scott and Joey Jacobson were harassed for approximately two years at the Conn-X office in Edgewood, Md.

Poway resident’s soccer and shul dream hits roadblock

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 5, 2007

As a child in Israel, soccer was Menachem Shoval's religion and Torah was his playbook. Devoutly committed to both, he eventually wanted to own enough land to build his own soccer field and, if possible, a synagogue in the Orthodox fashion of his native Yemen.

Briefs: Hier scolds Carter, and vice versa; StandWithUs distributes “Israel 101”

Published on February 8, 2007

Briefs

Goodman Quits Team

By The Baltimore Jewish News
Published on December 20, 2001

Star basketball player Tamir Goodman ended his career at Towson University in Baltimore last week, when the school took the side of the head coach in a dispute that ended with Goodman's resigning from the team.

Santa Monica Gets A Clue

By Mike Levy
Published on September 27, 2001

Hostile Takeover

By Julie G Fax
Published on January 27, 2000

Los Angeles Conservative leaders are outraged and dispirited after an administrative dispute led United Synagogue, the umbrella organization for Conservative synagogues, to dismiss the officers of the Pacific Southwest regional board and attempt to freeze the region's bank accounts and close its Encino offices.

Family

By Judith Flesch Rose
Published on September 25, 1997

My Aunt Illa, a woman capable of great charm and vast intrigues,was hated by both my mother and father.

By Father, because he believed that Illa was so jealous of the love between his brother Zoltan and himself that she prevented her husband from the frequent contact the brothers wanted. And my mother-- well, because of the usual animus she held against the women in Father's family.

Guilt and Responsibility

By Yoram Ben Ze
Published on August 14, 1997

Since the barbarous July 30 bombings that claimed the lives of 13innocent Israelis, we have heard and read the following claim: Notonly was the atrocity predictable, but it was also a direct result ofIsrael's recent actions. I strongly take issue with this.