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Priests gather at the garden of the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, northern Israel, on August 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 14, 2026, 7:02 pm
Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment
Many Christians, who make up less than 2% of the country’s population, feel the government isn’t doing enough to protect them
By AP
Illustrative: An Apple logo adorns the facade of the downtown Brooklyn Apple store on March 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
August 13, 2026, 11:45 pm
Apple to pay $150,000 to settle lawsuit after firing Shabbat observant employee
Apple Store worker claims his manager refused to give him Fridays and Saturdays off, told him not to bring up politics after Oct. 7 and fired him after he complained about antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni attends a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, August 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2025, 4:46 pm
Haredi MK complains Sephardic students are ‘crowding’ into Ashkenazi girls’ schools
UTJ party’s Moshe Gafni laments there is ‘no room’ in high schools in Beit Shemesh, demands Shas party open more institutions for Sephardim
By Sam Sokol
Snow covers the hills around Davos, Switzerland, on January 19, 2020. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber, File)
July 31, 2024, 9:57 pm
Swiss ski store fined over antisemitic discrimination
Sign placed in shop window in February informed customers that it would no longer rent equipment to ‘our Jewish brothers’ due to various incidents, including theft of a sled
By AFP
The newly renovated Bahai Shrine of the Bab is seen in Haifa, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
In Iran, Baha’i minority faces persecution even after death
Grave desecrations represent a new attack against Iran’s biggest non-Muslim religious minority
By Stuart Williams
Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, New Jersey, September 9, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
August 30, 2023, 4:44 pm
NJ township to pay $575,000 in suit alleging discrimination against Orthodox Jews
After allegedly seeking to dissuade Haredim from moving in, Lakewood neighbor Jackson Township agrees to repeal discriminatory ordinances and work to protect religious freedom
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram (Courtesy American United)
August 26, 2023, 7:52 am
Jewish couple in Tennessee cleared to sue adoption agency for alleged religious bias
Appeals court reverses earlier ruling blocking lawsuit by Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram against state agency that refused to work with them because they’re Jewish
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Aerial photo of Miami Beach. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 8, 2023, 3:18 am
Miami Beach to pay $1.3 million to settle Jewish congregation’s discrimination suit
Orthodox synagogue accused city of prejudice by sending inspectors more than once a week on average, for two years; congregation agrees to change noise, parking practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
MK Orit Strock attends a Knesset Arrangements Committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 25, 2022, 2:41 pm
Far-right MK says doctors could deny treatment on religious grounds, sparking uproar
Netanyahu condemns comments by Religious Zionism MK Orit Strock, who is set to be a minister in his government, vows that Likud will not allow discrimination against LGBT community
By Jeremy Sharon
Students walk on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Califorbua, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
October 13, 2022, 10:39 pm
Stanford apologizes for acting to limit Jewish enrollment in 1950s
Investigation finds admissions office discriminated against Jewish applicants but publicly denied doing so, confirming long-held suspicion of unequal treatment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram (Courtesy American United)
July 6, 2022, 1:02 am
Tennessee judges dismiss Jewish couple’s lawsuit alleging religious bias in adoption
Americans United for Separation of Church & State plans to appeal 2-1 ruling which states that law in question ‘does not single out people of the Jewish faith’
By JONATHAN MATTISE
Illustrative: Delta planes sitting on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 22, 2017. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via JTA)
March 31, 2022, 8:05 am
Orthodox women sue airlines for discrimination after being booted from flight to US
Group of Hasidic Jews say they were unfairly barred from Amsterdam-New York journey by Delta Airlines and KLM over alleged mask violations on earlier connecting leg
By julia GERGELY
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram went to court after an adoption agency disqualified them for being Jewish. (Courtesy of Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram/via JTA)
February 2, 2022, 3:23 am
Disqualified by a Christian adoption agency, a US Jewish couple talks about identity
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram say they were outspoken about their Jewishness, though they suspected it might be an issue – but that didn’t stop the discrimination from hurting
By Asaf Shalev
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in December 2019. (Laura E. Adkins / JTA)
April 29, 2021, 4:15 pm
New Jersey town sued for 2nd time over discrimination against Orthodox Jews
Lawsuit alleges Jackson Township ‘weaponizing’ the law to marginalize community, as some residents decry town’s changing character
By Asaf Shalev
Border Police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against the closure on the Romema and Kiryat Belz neighborhoods of Jerusalem, on July 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 14, 2020, 9:11 pm
Police suspend officer filmed shoving unsuspecting Haredi man at protest
Investigation opened into case of apparent excessive force comes days after another incident caught on tape in which officer whacked protester who told him to wear a mask
By ToI Staff
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