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How Jewish can you be in a Boca country club? Wrapping tefillin got a family suspended, lawsuit says

JL;DR SUMMARY In Boca Raton, Florida, the Orthodox Jewish Scharf family faces a legal battle with Boca Grove's country club over religious expression after being suspended for wrapping tefillin in the clubhouse, a practice documented in a viral video by a Jewish comedian. 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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Orthodox JudaismChabadCivil RightsReligious DiscriminationTefillinBoca RatonReligious AccommodationCommunity ConflictCountry ClubBoca Grove

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Boca Raton, Florida, United States
"The golf course at the Boca Grove neighborhood in Boca Raton, Florida."

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