Daniel Grand, a devout Orthodox Jew from University Heights, Ohio, is petitioning the Supreme Court claiming he was effectively blocked from hosting an in-home prayer group by his local government.
In 2021, Grand sent an email to his friends inviting them to join him at his home for the “inauguration” of a shul that would host Jewish religious services, including prayer groups. That email was leaked to others in the town, who reported Grand to the city and asked them to “put a stop to this,” according to Alliance Defending Freedom. The next day, Grand received a cease-and-desist letter from the city’s law director ordering him to shut down his illegal “place of religious assembly.”
