A vandalized PVC pipe, marking an eruv, on Airmont Avenue in Mahwah.
On Tuesday, the state Attorney General’s office waded into the emotion-filled controversy that has vexed Mahwah in recent months regarding ordinances and actions by town officials that have, in effect, served to discriminate against Orthodox Jews.
One ordinance in question banned non-New Jersey residents from using Mahwah’s public parks and another banned the posting of “Lechis,” or little plastic strips, denoting the boundary of an eruv.
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