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Jackson township held Sabbath 'stake out' of Orthodox Jews, lawsuit states- A religious gathering of Orthodox Jews was the subject of a "stake out" urged by a township council member.
In the lawsuit, Pitney Lane resident Isaac Tawil alleges that Council Vice President Rob Nixon prompted township code enforcement officers to observe Sabbath prayer services at his home on Friday nights, an activity he described as harassment.
"The repeated presence of these officers had a chilling effect, was intimidating and became a form of harassment," Tawil's lawsuit states. "Mr. Tawil was being denied his right to pray at his home by the actions of the Jackson Township code enforcement.
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