India, June 10 -- The U.S. Justice Department is suing a coffee house for refusing to serve its Jewish customers.
The Justice Department announced Monday that it filed a lawsuit against Fathi Abdulrahim Harara and Native Grounds LLC, the owners of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants discriminated against Jewish customers, in violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation.
"It is illegal, intolerable, and reprehensible for any American business open to the public to refuse to serve Jewish customers," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justi...