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27 Feb 2015

Litigation v. Conversation: Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on Discrimination in the Workplace

Odyssey NetworksFebruary 27, 2015No commentsFaith on the Record abercrombie, conversation, court, discrimination, Faith on the Record, fitch, hijab, litigation, look policy, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Religious Freedom, rights, samantha elauf, violation, workplace

This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a young Muslim woman and Abercrombie and Fitch. Samantha Elauf’s attorneys claim she was discriminated against when she was not hired because she wore a hijab, which violates the retailer’s “Look” policy. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, says that maybe what we...

18 Jul 2014

Ironic Victory in Greece, NY

Odyssey NetworksJuly 18, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Brad Hirschfield, Faith on the Record, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court

“This week, fanatical religion and absolutist atheism lost and the rest of us won” says Brad Hirschfield, President of Clal and co-Founder and Executive Editor of TheWisdomDaily.com. Their town meeting opened with an invocation by local atheist Dan Courtney. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recently ruled in the case of Galloway v. Greece, NY that prayer was acceptable in public...