Justice Department Sues Coffee House for Refusal to Serve Jewish Customers
司法部起诉咖啡店因拒绝服务犹太顾客
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The Justice Department announced today 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.
司法部今日宣布，已对 Fathi Abdulrahim Harara 和 Native Grounds LLC 提起诉讼，他们是加利福尼亚州奥克兰耶路撒冷咖啡厅的所有者。诉讼指控被告歧视犹太顾客，违反了 1964 年民权法案第二编，该法案禁止在公共场所基于种族、肤色、宗教或国籍歧视。
“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 Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Through our vigorous enforcement of Title II of the Civil Rights Act and other laws prohibiting race and religious discrimination, the Justice Department is committed to combatting anti-Semitism and discrimination and protecting the civil rights of all Americans.”
“任何面向公众的美国企业拒绝服务犹太顾客都是非法的、不可接受的，也是应受谴责的，”司法部民权司助理司法部长 Harmeet K. Dhillon 表示。“通过我们坚决执行民权法案第二部分及其他禁止种族和宗教歧视的法律，司法部致力于打击反犹太主义和歧视，并保护所有美国人的民权。”
The lawsuit, filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that defendants discriminated against Jewish customers through policies and practices that denied them the full and equal enjoyment of the Jerusalem Coffee House’s services, accommodations, and privileges. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that on two separate occasions, Harara ordered Jewish customers — identified because they were wearing baseball caps with Stars of David on them — to leave the coffee house. During one incident, an employee told a Jewish customer who was trying to make a purchase, “You’re the guy with the hat. You’re the Jew. You’re the Zionist. We don’t want you in our coffee shop. Get out.” During another incident, Harara accused another Jewish customer who was with his five-year-old son of wearing a “Jewish star,” being a “Zionist,” and supporting “genocide.” Harara repeatedly demanded that the customer and his son leave and falsely accused them of “trespassing” to the Oakland police. Neither customer stated anything about their political views to Harara or any other employees while at the coffee house.
这起诉讼于今日在美国加州北区地方法院提起，指控被告通过政策和行为歧视犹太顾客，剥夺了他们享受耶路撒冷咖啡屋服务、住宿和特权的完全平等权利。具体而言，诉讼指控哈拉拉在两次不同场合，命令佩戴大卫之星棒球帽的犹太顾客离开咖啡屋。在一次事件中，一名员工告诉一名试图购物的犹太顾客：“戴帽子的就是你。你是犹太人。你是犹太复国主义者。我们不希望你待在我们咖啡店里。滚出去。”在另一次事件中，哈拉拉指责一名带着五岁儿子的犹太顾客佩戴“犹太之星”，是“犹太复国主义者”，支持“种族灭绝”。哈拉拉反复要求该顾客和他的儿子离开，并错误地向奥克兰警察指控他们“非法侵入”。在这两次事件中，两名顾客均未向哈拉拉或任何其他员工提及他们的政治观点。
The lawsuit also alleges that, on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, the Jerusalem Coffee House announced two new drinks: “Iced In Tea Fada,” an apparent reference to “intifada,” and “Sweet Sinwar,” an apparent reference to Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of Hamas who orchestrated the attacks on Israel. The lawsuit further alleges that the coffee house’s exterior side wall displays inverted red triangles, a symbol of violence against Jews that has been spraypainted on Jewish homes and synagogues in anti-Semitic attacks.
该诉讼还指控，在 2023 年 10 月 7 日哈马斯对以色列发动恐怖袭击一周年之际，耶路撒冷咖啡屋推出了两款新饮品：“冰镇法达茶”（明显影射“起义”），以及“甜味辛瓦尔”（明显影射哈马斯前领导人亚亚·辛瓦尔，他策划了对以色列的袭击）。诉讼进一步指控，该咖啡屋的外墙侧墙上展示着倒置的红三角形，这是反犹暴力行为的象征，在反犹袭击中曾被喷绘在犹太人的住宅和犹太教堂上。
Under Title II, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division can obtain injunctive relief that changes policies and practices to remedy the discriminatory conduct. Title II does not authorize the division to obtain monetary damages for customers who are victims of discrimination.
根据第二标题，司法部的民权司可以获取禁令救济，以改变政策和做法来纠正歧视行为。第二标题并未授权该部门为遭受歧视的客户获取金钱损害赔偿。
More information about the Civil Rights Division and the laws it enforces is available at http://www.justice.gov/crt. Individuals may report discrimination in places of public accommodation that violates Title II by calling the Justice Department at 1-833-591-0291, or submitting a report online.
有关民权司及其执行的法律的更多信息，请访问 http://www.justice.gov/crt。个人可以通过拨打司法部电话 1-833-591-0291，或在线提交报告，举报违反第二标题的公共场所歧视行为。
Updated June 9, 2025
更新于 2025 年 6 月 9 日
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