DOJ Sues California Coffee Shop for Allegedly Refusing to Serve Jews

The shop had also celebrated the first anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, introducing drinks with anti-Jewish names, the lawsuit says.

The Department of Justice building in Washington on March 10, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, and its owner, alleging that the shop had discriminated against Jewish customers, the agency said in a June 9 statement.

“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.