Orthodox judge refuses to recuse himself from sorcery lawsuit

The case involves a suit brought by Eti Cohen, who is demanding her money back from Sana Koma, whom Cohen paid to lift a curse.

Koma said Klein should recuse himself because Orthodox Judaism, which he follows, prohibits the act of sorcery.

In his decision, Klein wrote that people could not "shop" for another judge just because the judge assigned has a different way of life.

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