EXCLUSIVE: Jewish physician wins religious exemption from union membership and fees over Israel stances

A Jewish doctor has been granted an exemption from union membership and fees after he challenged a requirement to financially support a union that he said violated his religious beliefs.

Dr. Jacob Agronin, a physician at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, secured the accommodation after America First Legal (AFL) brought the matter to the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1957, demanding that the union exempt the doctor from membership and fees.