A New York Supreme Court judge has adjourned hearings on a class-action suit against the Jewish National Fund of America until Oct. 26, lawyers for the JNF and the plaintiffs told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Four plaintiffs in the lawsuit are accusing the JNF of misleading American Jews into believing JNF allocates funds to Jews in all part of Israel, including the territories gained during the 1967 Six-Day War.
The four plaintiffs are supporters of the right-wing Tehiya party in Israel, which considers the territories part of the biblical Land of Israel. They are Jay Marcus, William Goldman, Morris Stillman and Martin Gallin.
State Supreme Court Judge Shirley Fingerhood decided Oct. 12 to adjourn hearings on a motion for a restraining order the plaintiffs are seeking against the JNF by two weeks, in order to give the four enough time to answer papers introduced Oct. 12 by JNF attorney Andy Brosnan.
The plaintiffs are requesting that the court restrain JNF from expending the thousands of dollars they claim to have contributed to the agency. But Brosnan argued that JNF records show that the plaintiffs only contributed $400.
JNF has said the plantiffs’ claim to have been misled is “totally without basis or merit.” Stuart Paskow, director of communications for the agency, said that he is “very, very satisfied” to let the case be decided in court.
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