A family is accusing their property association in Boca Raton of unfairly punishing them because they are members of the development’s growing Orthodox Jewish community.

The civil-rights lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, says that the Boca Grove Property Owners Association suspended the family’s rights to use the development’s facilities for 90 days after blaming the father for release of a video that showed a traditional Jewish prayer ritual.

The ritual, known as “wrapping tefillin,” was characterized in a complaint filed by the association as “outrageous religious conduct,” according to the lawsuit.

Issac Scharf said he was singled out for punishment because he invited a social media influencer, Jake Adams, to play the country club’s golf course and r

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