Shalom,

This is a reminder about our next and last day in court in our civil lawsuit against Beer Sheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri, and against the Shas-related ‘counter-missionary’ organization, Yad L’Achim.

On Tuesday morning, March 9, in the Beer Sheva Magistrate’s Court Shalom (Room 44, 4th Fl), testimony will be heard by Rabbi Alex Artovsky of Yad L’Achim.  Following his testimony, the lawyers representing the parties will each give their oral closing arguments before the Judge, Iddo Ruzin.  The judge will have 30 days in which to render his verdict.

The case arises out of an illegal demonstration and trespass on to private [‘church-owned’] property, which developed quickly into a riot, requiring about 70 policemen to bring order after about 3 hours of disturbances preventing lawful assembly for the purpose of conducting lawful religious activities.  All this occurred over four years ago, on Dec. 24, 2005.  The police did not follow up with the case; we filed suit in February 2007.

We are represented by attorneys Marvin Kramer and Kevork Nalbandian.

“For the vineyard of YHVH of Hosts is the House of Israel, and the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.  He looked for justice (righteous judgment), but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.”  (Isaiah 5:7 Hebrew)

In the fear of God,
Howard