A religious Jew, Abe Hartberg, a lawyer with the prestigious law firm Peirce & Linwood is suing his company. His claim is that his company will not fire him.
The lawsuit lists numerous counts where Hartberg exhibited extremely "Jewish" acts in the workplace and wasn't subsequently fired. He is asking for a settlement of 5 million dollars. This amount is based on the fact that he would have settled for 3.5 million on a wrongful termination plus damages for humiliation of not being laid off.
Some of the many attempts at being laid off are chronicled below:
July 2-August 31; took off every Friday to be with wife and kids in mountains
September 23; took off for Erev Rosh Hashana Mikva trip
October 8-12; shook Lulav in conference room
December 5; lit Chanuka candles in his cubicle.
March 17; made all employees shut the lights for chometz hunt
Other issues that went unnoticed by the management were: wearing only white shirts, making his sons bris in the coffee room, eating only matzo on pesach. Another attempt was the time he brought in chickens for kapporros. This episode actually “boosted company moral, said a co-worker.
Chad Winford Martin III, VP of the firm, says he didn't even realize that Arthur was Jewish,” I always thought he might be Muslim with his skullcap, but I never left my corner office to find out".
His wife, Cheryl, spoke to our reporter via AOL instant messenger; "LOL…He always using Hebrew words when he tries to tell me something secret over the phone @ work and he always insists that I send Kreplach in his lunch….TTYL ".
One legal analyst we contacted said that while Hartburg’s suit comes at a great time for wrongful termination suits, “at the end it will be up to the jury”.
No word yet if the company will force Hartburg to remove the schach from above his cubicle.
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RELIGIOUS MAN STILL NOT FIRED
