OTC sues for religious discrimination

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Torah Center, located in Southwest Orlando, filed a federal lawsuit July 31 against Orange County and its Board of County Commissioners after they unfairly denied the synagogue’s application to expand.

Early in July, Rabbi Menachem Zev Kramer of OTC addressed the Orange County commissioners asking for special consideration and a waiver of zoning rules to build a 9,300-square-foot expansion plan for its worship center.

“This is not just a request about bricks and mortar, this is about space,” Kramer said during the 2 ½ hour hearing. He continued, “Right now we are cu...