Litigation
he Klau Library on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Credit: Klau Library/Wikipedia)
April 15, 2026, 1:38 pm
Ohio attorney general sues Hebrew Union College again
“We’re suing to keep these assets in Cincinnati where they belong,” the state prosecutor’s office said of the school’s shuttering Cincinnati campus.
By Mike Wagenheim
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
October 29, 2025, 8:57 am
ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for antisemitism cases
The growing focus on filing lawsuits represents a shift in tactics in the group’s fight against antisemitism.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Israelis protest against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency outside one of its offices in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2025, 8:35 am
Hamas victims sue UNRWA
“UNRWA must be held accountable for teaching hate, encouraging hate, fostering hate and praising those who commit maiming and murder."
By Andrew Bernard
Cohon Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
December 22, 2024, 9:38 am
Court allows student’s suit to move forward at Carnegie Mellon
Yael Canaan’s submission of a Jewish-related architecture project resulted in a professor saying that she should have explored “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.”
By JNS
A Boeing 747-8I and Airbus A380-800 of Lufthansa at Frankfurt Airport. (Credit: Kiefer/Wikipedia)
October 15, 2024, 3:29 pm
US issues record $4 million bias fine to Lufthansa, which ‘strongly disputes’ being guilty of Jew-hatred
"No one should face discrimination when they travel, and today’s action sends a clear message to the airline industry," stated U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
By JNS Staff
A press briefing with UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini on June 12, 2023. (Credit: United Nations Information Service Vienna)
June 24, 2024, 11:52 am
Oct. 7 survivors sue UNRWA
The U.N. agency has participated in a fraud and corruption scheme to benefit Hamas going back more than a decade, according to the lawsuit
By Mike Wagenheim
Channa Newman (Photo by Thomas Mullane)
August 4, 2022, 11:59 am
Newman case against Point Park settled
Jewish professor and Point Park University come to terms through mediation
By Toby Tabachnick
Libra Max, the daughter of famed artist Peter Max, is fighting to free her father from what she claims is an 'irrational' guardianship case. (Courtesy)
July 13, 2022, 2:25 pm
Artist Peter Max’s court battles are a clash between children of Holocaust survivors
A 20th-century Jewish artist whose candy-colored psychedelia spoke to hippies and squares alike in the 1960s and ’70s.
By Jacob Henry
Kof-K sued JetBlue for allegedly selling a food product with their kosher certification symbol. (Getty Images)
June 28, 2022, 4:11 pm
Kosher certification agency sues JetBlue, saying they lied about a kosher snack
In a lawsuit filed last Thursday, the agency said JetBlue put its hechsher, or rabbinical approval symbol, on an artichoke snack that the agency never certified as kosher.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A screenshot from Camp Ramah New England's Facebook page shows Rabbi Ethan Linden (center) two days after the lawsuit against him was filed.
May 10, 2022, 9:08 am
Lawsuit alleges mishandling of sex assault allegation at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires
Plaintiff claims that Rabbi Ethan Linden did not immediately report the assault to authorities or remove the accused male camper from camp
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Tree of Life building was the site of a deadly shooting on Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
April 7, 2022, 11:41 am
Defense in 10/27 case says it won’t be ready for trial until late 2023
Prosecutors say they will be ready for trial this fall.
Airplane interior (Image by Sourav Mishra via Pexels)
March 31, 2022, 11:14 am
Orthodox women sue airlines after being grounded on flight home to New York
The group of young women and their chaperones were prevented from boarding a flight traveling from Amsterdam to New York allegedly for eating outside of designated mealtimes.
By Julia Gergely
Cliff Levine (Photo courtesy of Cliff Levine)
November 13, 2020, 12:16 pm
Local attorney for Democratic Party talks election litigation
Cliff Levine's biggest legal battle right now pertains to the state supreme court's decision to extend Pennsylvania's vote-by-mail deadline.
By Kayla Steinberg
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