Tag: New Jersey
Rutgers releases set of guidelines to curb tent encampment protests
Rutgers University has released a new set of “guidelines for free expression on campus” that would limit the large anti-Israel demonstrations seen on campus during the previous academic year.
The public university announced the new rules on Tuesday, which include a ban...
NJ woman charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from shul
Stacy Margaritondo, 51, allegedly embezzled more than $350,000 from a synagogue in Union County, N.J., the U.S. Justice Department said last week without revealing the name of the religious institution.
The defendant allegedly stole the funds between...
NJ man, who made ‘vile’ anti-Jewish threats, sentenced to 26 months
Nikolay Levinson, of Palisades Park, N.J., was sentenced to 26 months in prison and three subsequent years of supervised release on Wednesday for sending more than 40 threatening messages, including to synagogues.
The 41-year-old “sent...
NJ man, who allegedly encouraged anti-Jewish violence, arrested for targeting energy facility
Law enforcement authorities arrested an 18-year-old man from East Brunswick, N.J., on Wednesday for “allegedly soliciting another individual to destroy energy facilities,” the U.S. Justice Department said.
“Andrew Takhistov was allegedly on his way to Ukraine...
NJ school ‘at best careless’ in missing photos of Jewish students, review finds
The omission of a photo of the Jewish Student Union in a yearbook at East Brunswick High School in New Jersey was “not purposeful, but rather was a highly unfortunate error,” an independent review of the...
Removal of Jewish students from NJ high school yearbook under investigation
After the names and faces of members of the Jewish Student Union at East Brunswick High School were replaced with pictures of Muslim students, the New Jersey public school district hired a law firm...
NJ mayor apologizes for Jew-hatred but says lawsuit is hit job
Derek Armstead, the mayor of Linden, N.J., was caught on tape saying he wanted to prevent Chassidic Jews from taking over the neighborhood. He claims that he is the victim of extortion ahead of...
Rep. Kean leads communal roundtable discussion to counter hate in New Jersey
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) led a meeting of Jewish leaders, elected officials and students on May 13 in an effort to develop plans to counter rising antisemitism.
Kean invited constituents from the state’s 7th Congressional District.
“There...
Law enforcement in Teaneck wrangles pro-Palestinians who mobbed real estate event
The police department in Teaneck, N.J., led multiple law-enforcement agencies in responding to a planned protest at an Israeli real estate fair on Sunday afternoon at a synagogue in Teaneck. More than 750 anti-Israel protesters were...
NJ: ‘Geopolitical conflicts,’ including in Gaza, pose ‘threats’ in state in 2024
Anti-Israel activists, both cyber and other criminals, are likely to target Jews and pro-Israel and pro-Jewish people and organizations in New Jersey, per a nearly 70-page “2024 Threat Assessment” published by the state’s Office...