MAHWAH, NJ – The Anti-Defamation League is pleased that the township repealed two controversial pieces of legislation that were the center of a civil rights lawsuit.
The state alleged the ordinances attempted to address a perceived “Infiltration” of Orthodox Jews into the town.
“Joshua Cohen, the league’s New Jersey regional director, said in a statement Tuesday that the township”made the right decision to comply with the law” and rescind the “divisive and discrimination ordinances.
Mahwah’s decision to permit the eruv comes after the New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino filed a lawsuit against the town, challenging the now-withdrawn ordinances.
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