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U.S. News - Condo association tries to force owner to remove Jewish mezuzah (http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/29/10927080-condo-association-tries-to-force-owner-to-remove-jewish-mezuzah)

STRATFORD, Conn. -- A Stratford condo association has ordered a resident to take down a religious artifact that adorns most Jewish homes or face a penalty of $50 a day.


Barbara Cadranel said the controversy began earlier this year when board members at the California Condominiums asked her to take down her mezuzah, a prayer scroll in a small clear plastic case, that she has affixed to the doorpost of her home – as Jewish law commands.


"I'm bullied and I'm saddened and it's changed my whole existence here," Cadranel said.

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U.S. News - Condo association tries to force owner to remove Jewish mezuzah (http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/29/10927080-condo-association-tries-to-force-owner-to-remove-jewish-mezuzah)

STRATFORD, Conn. -- A Stratford condo association has ordered a resident to take down a religious artifact that adorns most Jewish homes or face a penalty of $50 a day.


Barbara Cadranel said the controversy began earlier this year when board members at the California Condominiums asked her to take down her mezuzah, a prayer scroll in a small clear plastic case, that she has affixed to the doorpost of her home – as Jewish law commands.


"I'm bullied and I'm saddened and it's changed my whole existence here," Cadranel said.

When you belong to any homeowners/condo association you are required to follow their rules and regulations that dictate what you can do and cannot do with your own property. Need to read the contracts thoroughly.

When you belong to any homeowners/condo association you are required to follow their rules and regulations that dictate what you can do and cannot do with your own property. Need to read the contracts thoroughly.

Judging from the walls, doors, and the entrance of that building, their condo rules dictate that anything can go up except for a mezuzah. Got it!

Love the quote from the lady who has an elaborate Easter display about how religious displays shouldn't be allowed. :rolleyes:

Not requiring any of the Easter displays to be removed, but stating a mezuzah (which are very discreet) must be removed is like saying - Go away Jew you can't live here. I hope she sues their pants off.

Normally, I find the complainants in such cases to be whiners, or that the HOA is right, if only in the fine print. But in this case the HOA looks like a bunch of idiots. The gardens at the entrance and the lobby are not common areas? Ridiculous.

A silly technicality, but those things have gotten murderers off free.

Will have to wait this one out, for sure. If the doorpost is considered common areas, so be it. The decorations on the other doors themselves would be in compliance with the stupid rule.

Judging from the walls, doors, and the entrance of that building, their condo rules dictate that anything can go up except for a mezuzah. Got it!

Got it. Laws, including Rules & Regulations are subject to loopholes whereby they may revert to a "double standard" at the discretion of those in charge. We all know that! :whistle: