Roosevelt, NJ - Yeshiva Will Sue if Borough Does Not Rezone Property

Roosevelt, NJ - The local yeshiva wants to establish an amicable relationship with its neighbors and the borough, but if it doesn't get what it wants, there will be litigation.

Yeshiva Me'on Hatorah's attorney, Bruce Shoulson, expressed those sentiments in a letter to Borough Attorney Ira Karasick. The yeshiva operates now out of the Homestead Lane synagogue.

Congregation Anshei Roosevelt began leasing the synagogue to the yeshiva on Aug. 15, 2005. The yeshiva is paying the congregation a rental amount of $1 per year. 
The yeshiva wants to expand the use of the synagogue to accommodate as many as 150 live-in students per year, with kitchens, a dormitory and more classrooms, according to Ellentuck's summary.

In order to expand the facility's use, the recent letter sent to Karasick states that the yeshiva wants the borough to rezone the synagogue property.
The letter warns that the alternative is "an ongoing process of hearings before local boards, followed by legal actions instituted in state or federal courts if the yeshiva should be denied on the local level."