Judith Dinowitz2025-02-24T15:22:55-05:00May 7th, 2024|
Following a concerning situation involving a Shul in Harford County, Maryland, Agudah Maryland's advocacy efforts have resulted in a crucial legislative change to safeguard Shabbos [...]
Esther Evans2024-07-01T18:50:12-04:00March 5th, 2024|
A High EU Court Allows Effective Bans on Shechita By Rabbi Avi Shafran A legal challenge to two Belgian regions’ effective outlawing of shechita has [...]
Esther Evans2023-11-08T14:43:26-05:00November 7th, 2023|
Last week, Agudath Israel of America filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in favor of a coalition of Orthodox Jewish schools and [...]
Esther Evans2024-07-01T18:19:25-04:00October 31st, 2023|
Following seven years of litigation between Agudath Israel of America and the Jackson Township Council (the “Council”), Agudath Israel is pleased to announce that tonight [...]
Esther Evans2023-07-03T13:23:36-04:00July 3rd, 2023|
On Friday afternoon, the New York City Department of Education released long-awaited substantial equivalency determinations regarding eleven Orthodox Jewish schools, known as yeshivas. Before commenting [...]
Judith Dinowitz2023-06-30T15:34:14-04:00June 30th, 2023|
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that will have a profound impact on religious Americans. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, [...]
Esther Evans2023-06-30T13:04:18-04:00June 29th, 2023|
Agudath Israel of America is hailing the U.S Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that enhances the protection afforded to religious employees under Title VII of the [...]
Esther Evans2023-04-19T16:19:00-04:00April 18th, 2023|
Under federal law, an employer is required to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious practice unless that would impose an “undue hardship” on the employer. Today, [...]
Esther Evans2023-03-23T19:09:40-04:00March 23rd, 2023|
Following months of arduous litigation, the decision in the lawsuit challenging New York State Education Department Regulations regarding “substantial equivalency” of yeshiva education to that [...]
Esther Evans2023-01-08T18:00:05-05:00January 8th, 2023|
Agudah advocacy in accordance with 1971 (unpublished) teshuvah by Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt’l, on permanent DST The effort in the 117th Congress to permanently extend “daylight [...]
