The federal government has filed a civil right lawsuit against a New Jersey borough, alleging that it unlawfully blocked an Orthodox Jewish community from building a synagogue.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday filed the suit against Woodcliff Lake, a suburban community located in Bergen County, about 20 miles northwest of Manhattan and closer still to New York’s Rockland County to the north.

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