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DOJ cites law designed to protect abortion clinics in suit against pro-Palestinian synagogue protesters

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Justice Department has invoked the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, typically used to protect abortion clinics, to sue pro-Palestinian protesters at a New Jersey synagogue. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestPalestineSynagogueNew JerseyReligious FreedomLegalDojFace ActCongregation Ohr Torah

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West Orange, New Jersey, United States
"The lawsuit alleges that two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators engaged in threats of force, intimidation, and violent conduct against the congregants of Congregation Ohr Torah, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in West Orange, New Jersey, in November."
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
"Protests at synagogues hosting Israeli events have not been uncommon in recent years. In Teaneck, New Jersey, in March 2024, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated against an Israeli real estate fair at  Congregation Keter Torah."
Israel
"The protest was organized to counter an event to promote the sale of property in Israel and the West Bank being held at the synagogue, which also was hosting a memorial event for a rabbi, according to the 21-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey."

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