Schism and Suspension from Religious School
From RB v. Bais Yaakov D’Chassedei Gur, decided last Monday by New York trial court judge Peter Sweeney:
… [Plaintiffs allege] that the defendant Bais Yaakov D’Chasidei Gur (“the School”) improperly disciplined the infant plaintiff through alleged suspension because of her “family’s allegiance to Rabbi Shaul Alter”, who the defendants considered to be an illegitimate rival to the established Rabbi of Gur, Rabbi Y.A. Alter. The School is operated by the adherents of Rabbi Y.A. Alter.
The lawsuit claims the defendants’ actions constituted statutorily prohibited religious discrimination and negligently inflicted emotional distress, but the court disagreed:
In support of the motion, the defendants submitted the affidavits of Abraham Schmidt and Yehuda Segal, both of whom sit on the educational board of Bais Yaakov, explaining the reasons for the infant plaintiff’s suspension. They both state that Bais Yaakov is an educational institution of the Ger Community whose educational philosophy is premised upon the importance of teaching their students in the religious teachings and tenants of the Ger movement. They state that one of these tenants is respect and reverence for the one and only Ger Rabbi, Rabbi Y. A. Alter, who they claim is the one true spiritual leader of the Ger movement and who is recog
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