The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that two Jewish prisoners’ religious rights were infringed upon when they were denied cheesecake on the Shavuot holiday.

A three-judge panel held that the Michigan Department of Corrections’ Kosher meal plan didn’t cut it for inmates Gerald Ackerman and Mark Shaykin, who sued the department for violating their religious dietary needs.

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