The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit Monday against a coffee house in Oakland, California, for discrimination against Jews. The suit alleges that the Jerusalem Coffee House violates the Civil Rights Act.

The suit names the establishment and owner as defendants in the case filed in federal court in California’s Northern District.

DOJ attorneys said the coffee house not only refused to sell products to a visiting Los Angeles Jewish resident, but also got involved in a verbal assault against him due to his being Jewish, and followed him outside and continued their verbal assault against him.

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