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NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- An Orthodox Jew is suing his employer in New York for religious discrimination because he couldn't get kosher food at his office Christmas party.
Moshe Marc Cohen, a former supervisor at Nationwide Provident, also said in his federal suit he was fired because of his religious beliefs, the New York Post reported Thursday.
The suit was filed on the eve of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights.
Cohen alleged his company reneged on an agreement to reimburse him for providing his own kosher food at a holiday party three years ago.
Regional Vice President Tom Brennamen told Cohen he wouldn't pay because, "It's your religion, not mine," the suit said.
Cohen also said Brennamen made discriminatory remarks about his yarmulke, and that he didn't like how "my people do business."
The suit said Cohen was one of several Jewish managers fired between September 2001 and autumn 2003.
Cohen is seeking unspecified back pay, benefits and compensatory and punitive damages.
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