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D.C. Synagogue
May Challenge
Court Decision

Washington (JTA) — A Wash-
ington suburban synagogue is
deciding whether to challenge an
appellate court ruling that
would effectively deny Jewish
groups the protection of US civil
rights laws. In a 2 to 1 ruling
last week, the 4th Disctrict
Court of Appeals found that the
civil rights statutes enacted
following the American Civil
War for the protection of Black
Americans could not be applied
to Jews because they do not con-
stitute a race.
The decision confirmed an
earlier ruling on the case about
a year ago by a Federal district
court in Maryland that attacks
on the property of Jewish
groups do not fall within the
scope of the civil rights laws.
The suit was filed by the
500-member Conservative
Shaare Tefila Congregation of
Silver Spring, Maryland, some
two years after members found
the outside of their temple
spray-painted with swastikas,
Klu Klux Klan symbols, a skull
and crossbones and an array of
anti-Semitic slogans.
Charges were pressed in crim-
inal court against eight men, one
of whom was convicted of
destroying property.
But the synagogue decided to
pursue the case further by filing
for damages under two federal
civil rights statutes enacted in
the last century.
One of the laws prohibits any
attempt to interfere with the
lawful activity of another person
or to deny someone the benefits
of law on account of race. The
other affords protection of pro-
perty rights "as is enjoyed by
white citizens."
According to George Mernick,
an attorney with Hogan & Hart-
son, the firm representing
Shaare Tefila, the suit had
rested on the argument that
whether or not Jews constitute
a distinct race is irrelevant as
long as those who violate their
rights are motivated by racial
prejudice.
A brief prepared by Hogan
and Hartson together with an
attorney from the Jewish Ad-
vocacy Center, formed several
years ago to press cases involv.-
ing anti-Semitic incidents, drew
on precedents in which the
statutes were found applicable
for Hispanic citizens, Mernick
said.

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