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January 2021
Baltimore County settles religious discrimination lawsuit after U.S. appeals court ruling – Baltimore Sun
And in September, a U.S. District Court judge denied an appeal challenging the dismissal of another land use-related religious discrimination lawsuit filed against Baltimore County by Friends of Lubavitch, an organization that operates a Jewish [...]
September 2020
U.S. judge denies Towson Chabad house appeal for religious discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore County – Baltimore Sun
A U.S. District Court judge denied an appeal challenging the dismissal of a religious discrimination lawsuit filed against Baltimore County by Friends of Lubavitch, the organization that operates a Jewish outreach program in Towson. The [...]
November 2019
Judge dismisses religious discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore County brought by Towson Chabad – Baltimore Sun
A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a religious discrimination lawsuit brought against Baltimore County by Friends of Lubavitch, the organization that operates a Jewish outreach program in Towson.In December, the group claimed Baltimore County [...]
January 2019
Maryland Chabad’s expansion leads to battle over belief, beauty – Diaspora – Jerusalem Post
The Chabad House in Towson, Maryland, is “in limbo” on whether its $800,000 expansion will be razed, according to famed attorney Nathan Lewin. Friends of Lubavitch, Inc., which owns the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center at [...]
David Plymyer: Time for this case to end – Maryland Daily Record
Rabbi Menachem Rivkin and Friends of Lubavitch, Inc. (Lubavitch) have tried to convince Baltimore County officials that the expansion of the Towson Chabad House was nothing more than a “residential addition.” They now want to [...]
‘Towson Crisis’: How a zoning lawsuit against a Chabad House became a discrimination flashpoint – Baltimore Sun
To hear Robin Zoll tell it, the story of the Chabad House next door comes down to one sentence, spoken by Rabbi Menachem “Mendy” Rivkin, which she relayed under oath in court: “I was as [...]
Judge puts demolition of Towson Chabad on hold pending appeal – Baltimore Sun
A court order to raze a Towson outreach center for Jewish students was placed on hold Thursday when a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge granted a request to defer demolition pending an appeal. The decision [...]
December 2018
Towson Chabad files federal lawsuit against Baltimore County, alleging religious discrimination – Baltimore Sun
The operators of a Jewish outreach program in Towson have filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore County, claiming the county discriminated against them when it ruled an expansion of their Chabad house was illegal and [...]
Friends of Lubavitch “Discrimination” campaign
PRESS RELEASE Re: Friends of Lubavitch “Discrimination” campaign From: Neighbors of Aigburth Manor, Towson December 7, 2018 A group of Maryland residents, as well as the judiciary, are facing vicious attacks as anti-Semites for attempting [...]
The neighbors of the Chabad House of Towson are victimized once again. – InsideOutsights
14 Aigburth Road Well, it looks like the neighbors of the Chabad House of Towson and Goucher in Towson are being victimized again, this time by accusations of religious prejudice for pursuing their [...]
November 2018
House or religious center? Debate over Chabad of Towson facility spans more than 4 years – Baltimore Sun
Controversy over expansion of a residence in the Aigburth Manor community Towson — used in part as a religious center for students from Towson University and Goucher College — has been ongoing for more than [...]
Chabad launches fundraising effort to save Towson outreach building in land use case, citing ‘discrimination’ – Baltimore Sun
A student Jewish outreach organization in Towson has launched an online fundraising effort accompanied by a video, alleging a legal ruling ordering its building to be torn down is “discriminatory” – something the plaintiffs in [...]
September 2018
Raze Towson Chabad building – or move it backward? A judge will decide – Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge heard testimony Wednesday on two proposals for what to do about the Chabad of Towson University and Goucher College, a structure in Towson’s residential Aigburth Manor neighborhood that a [...]
May 2018
Receiver appointed to carry out Chabad teardown order – Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has appointed a receiver to carry out a 2017 court order to demolish a building addition in Towson, court documents show. The building, owned by Jewish group Chabad-Lubavitch, has [...]
April 2018
Judge won’t delay teardown order for Towson Chabad, but building still stands – Baltimore Sun
One month after a court-imposed deadline to tear down a building addition at 14 Aigburth Road, the Chabad of Towson and Goucher is continuing the legal battle to keep it standing. Hasidic Jewish organization Friends [...]
March 2018
Baltimore County: Under-told stories. – InsideOutsights
Let’s just say that if my pet peeves were pet dogs I’d have to buy a kennel. One of them is what I consider to be the inadequate news coverage of Baltimore County by the [...]
Jewish group files for extension to keep Towson Chabad house standing – Baltimore Sun
In April 2017, a Circuit Court judge ruled that an addition to a building associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch of Towson, violated setback covenants and would have to be torn down by March 1, 2018. But [...]
September 2017
Board rules building connected with religious organization in Towson is a community center and not a residence – Baltimore Sun
A long-running neighborhood dispute over the status of a building connected with a religious organization in Towson’s Aigburth Manor neighborhood moved a step closer to a resolution this month when the Baltimore County Board of [...]
May 2017
Towson Chabad Files Appeal on Controversial Structure
The Chabad Jewish Center of Towson University and Goucher College is seeking to overturn a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge’s ruling that calls for the removal of a 6,614-square-foot structure in a residential Towson neighborhood [...]
April 2017
Judge rules that religious organization must remove structure it built in Towson neighborhood – Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has ordered that a controversial 6,614-square-foot structure a religious organization built in a residential neighborhood in Towson must come down within the next year. The decision is the latest [...]