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Landlord's 'No Mezuzah' Rule Sparks Lawsuit

JL;DR SUMMARY Arye Sachs, an Orthodox Jewish man from North Babylon, Long Island, is suing his landlord for insisting he remove a mezuzah from his apartment's doorway. 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 JewishLong IslandReligious DiscriminationMezuzahEvictionReligious SymbolsLandlord DisputeChristian ResidenceHolocaust SurvivorFamily Heirloom

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Arye Sachs of North Babylon on Long Island filed a lawsuit this week in Brooklyn federal court, the New York Post reported."
North Babylon, New York, United States
"An Orthodox Jewish man from suburban New York City sued his landlord for demanding that he remove the mezuzah from his apartments doorpost."

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