Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Rep. Jerry Nadler Visits The Munkatcher Rebbe Shlita

Representative Jerry Nadler visited the home of the revered Munkatcher Rebbe Shlita, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Rabinovich, where he was warmly welcomed by the Rebbe. The meeting served as opportunity to discuss various issues personally important to the Rebbe and to the community at large regarding criminal justice reform as it relates to the recently enacted First Step Act. The Congressman was accompanied by Ezra Friedlander, CEO of The Friedlander Group.

The discussion also focused on a bill that Congressman Nadler was the author of that protects individuals, houses of worship, and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning and landmarking laws known as RLUIPA-- Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act that protect individuals, houses of worship, and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning and landmarking laws that many frum communities have utilized when facing anti--Semitism.

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