Jonathan Danilowitz
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Jonathan Danilowitz (born January 13, 1945 ) worked as a Senior In Flight Service Manager for El Al Israel Airlines, based in Tel Aviv.
When the airline refused to recognize his same-sex partner as his common-law spouse (as is commonly done in Israel with opposite-sex partners) he sued the airline (in 1989). One of the 1990s' most publicized civil-rights cases, his action went through three court sessions including the Israeli Supreme Court (1995) which concurred that the discrimination was illegal and obliged the airline to grant partner benefits.[1][2] The Supreme Court ruling is considered to be one of its most important decisions, and is featured in the Museum of the Court in Jerusalem.
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- ^ Sumakaʼi Fink, Jacob Press (1999). Independence park: the lives of gay men in Israel By Amir. Stanford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780804738545. http://books.google.com/books?id=yXzEStWQV-wC&pg=PA9&dq=%22Jonathan+Danilowitz%22&hl=en&ei=MwgHTczxMYb4nAf__pzzDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Jonathan%20Danilowitz%22&f=false. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ "A court without Dalia Dorner". UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. http://www.jewishtoronto.net/page.aspx?id=58723.
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