A Stratford woman learned earlier this month that she will be allowed to keep her religious symbol on the door frame of her condo after a battle with the condo board. Now, a state senator has written legislation so residents across the state can display religious symbols.
State Senator Martin Looney's bill would protect residents’ rights to display mezuzah, according to a news release from the Anti-Defamation League.
Looney and the Connecticut Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League will hold a news conference on Tuesday morning at the Anti-Defamation League's Hamden office to discuss the legislation.
The issue started when board members at the California Condominiums told Barbara Cadranel that she would be fined $50 per day for the mezuzah she had attached to the frame of her door.
A mezuzah is a small prayer scroll in a clear plastic case. Jewish law commands that the symbol be affixed to a doorpost.
In March, Cadranel was told she would have to take down the mezuzah, because it was on the doorpost and not the door of her condo, which violated the condo association's policy prohibiting decorations in common areas.
The Anti-Defamation League, which came to Cadranel's defense, was happy with the decision.
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"We are extremely pleased and grateful that this matter has been resolved, that the California Condo Association has recognized its inappropriate handling of this matter and, most importantly, that Ms. Cadranel will be permitted to exercise her religion by keeping her mezuzah hanging on her doorpost, as is required by Jewish law," said Randi Pincus, Assistant Director at the Connecticut Anti-Defamation League.
Cadranel will also be at the news conference, according to a news release from the ADL.
