Posted on 08/30/2023 5:40:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA
A German company has been accused of adopting a “systematic policy” to block strictly Orthodox Jews from renting holiday homes that it manages.
E&P Reisen, a Cologne-based firm that operates ski holidays across Europe, allegedly told two Jewish families they would not be allowed to stay in their properties due to their faith.
Earlier this year, Channah Feldinger, 32, tried to book a large house in eastern Switzerland that was advertised on the company’s website.
E&P Reisen declined her request, explaining it would not rent the property to Charedim, because previous guests had damaged its houses.
“Unfortunately, our houses do not meet the requirements of strictly Jewish-Orthodox groups and ‘Abitur groups’ [of school graduates],” it said in an email seen by the JC.
“Since we do not want to prevent anyone from practising his/her faith and because of our experience in dealing with our houses (damage and complaints), we unfortunately cannot make you a rental offer.”
Her uncle, Manny Feldinger, 42, said he was shocked as he had rented the same property previously.
... When Swiss newspaper Blick contacted E&P Reisen, a managing director reportedly confirmed that the company would not rent to Charedim.
“The damage is often so great that we cannot repair it for the following group and therefore cannot guarantee [those guests] the quality which they have booked,” he wrote.
“We are only leaseholders of the houses and our landlords contractually oblige us to treat the furniture with care.”
The Feldingers’ experience is the latest in a series of clashes between Swiss nationals and strictly Orthodox holidaymakers in a region popular with frum tourists during the cheaper off-season.
In 2017, a sign written in English at a hotel in the mountain resort of Arosa specifically instructed Jewish guests had to shower before using the swimming pool, ...
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It’s like the 1930s all over again, sadly.
ROFL
I remind you that much of Europe was deeply, openly antisemitic long before the 30s.
In the teens and 20s there were “Jews Forbidden” signs all over Germany and many other countries.
My own family got out of Russia in 1903 for this reason.
There is much about this, and plenty of pictures, in Daniel Goldhagen’s seminal book.
It is a very enlightening and well-researched read.
It’s called “Hitler’s Willing Executioners.”
Either that or there’s more to the story.
Got to be. I'm not familiar with the practices of Orthodox Jews. Are they sacrificing lambs on the dining room tables or something? Not really trying to be sarcastic but it's got to be something WAY out of the ordinary.
In the 30s and 40s certainly, but I don't know about before that. People could be anti-Semitic without putting up a lot of signs. Recall that the Nazis temporarily took down those signs during the Berlin Olympics. If they'd been common in Europe, they wouldn't have felt the need.
ROFLMAO - that's what I'm talking about ... LOL !!!
Or are they hotel stealing pillows and leaving their old ones ??? Had a neighbor do that once - and the hotel charged them ... LOL !
Can I pay on the Sabbath for renting one today?
I don't know the full extent of what Orthodox Jews do to their homes but it sounds as if at the very least, mezuzahs have to be removed and the door frames repaired after they occupy a rental.
Might require automatic light switches and plumbing fixtures so that no “work” is performed on the Sabbath.
Seriously....like the elevators in Israel stopping at every floor.
I think you nailed it ...
“Either that or there’s more to the story.”
I think there is probably more to the story.
I accidently got on one of those elevators in my Tel Aviv hotel because the doors were open when I got to the elevators. After a couple of floors, I figured it out—and I was on 10...
[shrug] “Who knows?”
Well, ya gotta ask, right? I mean, a lot of that going on in the Old Testament. ;O)
But that’s only for one day.
Strange.
I did, however, notice that when I flew ElAl to Israel...we had Orthodox on our plane. When we arrived to Tel Aviv..the plane was littered with trash on the floor. I just shrugged and thought they weren’t to interact with stewardesses coming around to collect trash.
I think we have FReepers who are Orthodox who may can answer.
Mezuzah not required for a temporary rental unless it is for more than 30 days. Mezuzahs can be affixed without permanent damage.
More likely, the complaints are directed at large hareidi families with overly indulgent parents, a not unusual occurrence.
I see what you did there.
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