Federal court backs synagogue in dispute with regional transit authority (Becket Fund)

In 2020, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Tampa sought to advertise its Hanukkah celebration on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority’s bus route; the transit authority, citing a policy against religious advertising, refused to publish the ad.

The synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, filed suit in 2021, and a federal district court has now halted enforcement of the transit authority’s policy.