Klagsbrun v. Va'ad Harabonim of Greater Monsey

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• refusing to adjudicate defamation claim based on beth din’s publicly disseminated notice alleging that plaintiff had committed bigamy, failed to comply with order of rabbinical court, and failed to submit to the jurisdiction of rabbinical court
• The Establishment Clause precludes “excessive entanglement with religion” and, thus, “prohibits courts from determining underlying questions of religious doctrine and practice.”
• flyer distributed to organization of rabbis about Jewish parishioner’s failure to comply with orthodox divorce procedures not actionable defamation because truth or falsity of statements was grounded in religious doctrine
• flyer distributed to organization of rabbis about Jewish parishioner's failure to comply with orthodox divorce procedures not actionable defamation because truth or falsity of statements was grounded in religious doctrine
• “[T]he issue . . . is whether [one of the plaintiffs] engaged in bigamy within the meaning of the Orthodox Jewish faith, which by its very nature necessitates an inquiry into religious doctrine.” (emphasis omitted)

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