(technically, "mezuzot" in the plural) are tacked to the lintels of his homes in Washington and Utah. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Last year, in another high-profile case, she joined a ruling that said Chicago residents could sue for religious discrimination over condominium rules prohibiting them from affixing mezuzot — boxes holding Jewish prayers — near their front doors. ❋ Nathan Koppel (2010)
My husband may or may not know there are mezuzot on our doors, but the children do. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Inga told me there are 300 mezuzot in her home alone." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Here, the hallway rule nominally applies to objects common to any unit-owner (such as shoes), but its enforcement against mezuzot would forbid Jews -- and not any other members of the association -- from complying with a religious obligation in their homes. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Having displayed their mezuzot for 30 years without incident, the unit-owners contend that they were baffled when the association removed their mezuzot. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But to the Jewish unit-owners, the mezuzot are not decorative choice, but a serious religious obligation, and the mezuzah ban was tantamount to an eviction. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The plaintiffs in the case are some condominium unit owners who have alleged that their condominium association repeatedly removed mezuzot, small unobtrusive objects that observant Jews place on their doorposts in fulfillment of Jewish law, from the doorways of Jewish unit-owners 'homes. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The association claimed that the mezuzot violated a standing rule banning objects like mats, boots, shoes and carts outside unit entrance doors. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Judge Wood concluded that there should be a trial because the association's reinterpretation of its hallway rule to prohibit mezuzot may have "transformed it from a neutral [rule] to one that was targeted exclusively at Jewish residents," wrote Judge Wood. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The unit-owners suit, alleges that the association's hallway rule as applied to mezuzot constituted unlawful, intentional religious discrimination in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. This mezuzah problem is not unique to this condominium association in Chicago. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Indeed, residents on Long Island, in Houston, and in California have recently reported that their homeowners 'associations have demanded the removal of mezuzot. ❋ Unknown (2009)
June 3, 2008 at 4:13 pm my latest project(s) are making chunky bracelets like on my flickr site or mezuzot (seen same place) and folding wax paper cranes for Judy Dunn. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The evidence from Qumran, the LXX, and other sources is surveyed, as is the use of passages in mezuzot and phylacteries, where writing from memory was allowed. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
Wisely, it appears that Chamitoff is not going to attempt to place the mezuzot on the outside of the space station hatch. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The mezuzot were designed by artist Laura Cowan; one looks like the Apollo spacecraft, and the other is shaped like the space shuttle. ❋ Unknown (2008)
My younger brother alerted me to the fascinating news that mezuzot will be going into outer space next month. ❋ Unknown (2008)
