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Play Video Pause Unmute Current Time 0:06 / Duration 2:36 Loaded: 26.95% 0:07 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE Remaining Time -2:30 1x Playback Rate Chapters * Chapters Descriptions * descriptions off, selected Captions * captions off, selected * CC1 Captions * cc708_1 Captions Audio Track * default, selected Picture-in-PictureFullscreen This is a modal window. Jackson Township is set to vote tonight on ordinances impacting its growing Orthodox Jewish community. The votes come as part of a legal settlement that alleged antisemitic discrimination by municipal officials. The council will likely move forward on these matters as part of that agreement to accommodate the needs of a growing Orthodox Jewish population. The population of Jackson continues to expand and many folks are moving there to enjoy a quieter lifestyle away from urban centers. In just a few years the Orthodox Jewish population has grown tremendously - but the town – has not been so quick to embrace change. "People see a new group moving into the area and then they try to create ordinances which will stifle that growth time and time again. And it's been proven legally and socially it doesn't work. It's wrong and it doesn't work," said Uri Davidi, a member of the Orthodox Jewish faith who moved to Jackson two and a half years ago. After a series of ordinances seven years ago passed, litigation against the township was immediately filed - citing antisemitism as the driving factor behind those new rules. The town now looks to close this recent chapter of its history - and has already paid a hefty price. As part of the agreement to settle the three lawsuits, Jackson Township has paid a combined total of $4.35 million in restitution and fines to developers, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and to the Department of Justice. Ordinances tonight will clear the way to allow the construction of schools, ritual baths called “mikvahs,” wires for symbolic enclosures called “eruvs” and houses of worship. "We are not coming here to invade. We are coming here in a safe healthy way together with everybody else. I don't believe it's going to change things too much. I think it's just going to be done right," added Davidi. News 12 did reach out to the town for comment before the meeting but did not receive a reply by airtime. 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