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MESHEL v. OHEV SHOLOM TALMUD TORAH

No. 03-CV-952.

869 A.2d 343 (2005)

David MESHEL, et al., Appellants, v. OHEV SHOLOM TALMUD TORAH, et al., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse A. Witten, Washington, with whom David Felsen was on the brief, for appellants.

David Epstein for appellees.

Nathan J. Diament filed an amicus curiae brief for The Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, in support of appellants.

Barton D. Moorstein, Abba Cohen, David Zwiebel, and Mordechai Biser filed an amicus curiae brief for Agudath Israel of America, in support of appellants.

Before SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and KRAVITZ, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

KRAVITZ, Associate Judge:

A provision in the corporate bylaws of an Orthodox Jewish congregation organized under District of Columbia law provides that any claim of a member against the congregation that cannot be amicably resolved shall be referred to a "Beth Din" of Orthodox Jewish rabbis for a binding decision according to Jewish law. Three members of the congregation invoked this provision and sought a Beth Din to resolve an internal dispute concerning the governing...

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