Tag: New Jersey
New Jersey town being sued over alleged discrimination against Orthodox Jews
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed a lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of the state against the Township of Jackson claiming that its zoning laws are discriminatory and have prevented Orthodox Jews from...
New Jersey town celebrates Israel with flag-raising, student performance
The Township of Livingston, N.J., less than 30 miles west of New York City, raised an Israeli flag over its town hall in celebration of Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, on Thursday.
The annual event is...
Children with special needs receive Hanukkah winter gifts from Friendship Circle
As her car pulled up to a stop at the door at LifeTown, Sharon Stoch rolled down her window and greeted the teen volunteers, who disappeared back into the building. From the backseat, her son,...
Trump fundraiser to be held at New Jersey home of late Syrian-Jewish leader
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a private fundraiser at the New Jersey home of Syrian-Jewish leader Stanley Chera on Aug. 9.
Chera, a real estate developer and friend of the president, died in...
‘New Jersey Jewish News’ prints final hard-copy edition
The New Jersey Jewish News announced that its issue this week would be the last one in its 74-year-old history.
In a July 29 piece on its website, NJJN editor Gabe Kahn announced the closure, citing numerous factors.
“It’s news...
Justice Department files suit against New Jersey township for ‘religious discrimination’ towards Orthodox Jews
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Jackson Township in Ocean County, N.J., accusing its planning board with “religious discrimination” and “antisemitic conduct” towards Orthodox Jewish...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida
It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals.
What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...
Neo-Nazi youth taunt Jewish student in New Jersey
The brief chant erupted from the New Jersey Transit train car crammed with raging white teens: “Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!”
A few years ago, I boarded the northbound New Jersey Transit’s Coast Line train at...
A dozen Orthodox day schools shutter across northern New Jersey over coronavirus
Twelve Orthodox Jewish day schools in Bergen County, N.J., are closed until at least Friday, March 20, in an effort to stem the number of cases of the coronavirus there.
At least 15 people in...
A dozen-plus JCCs in New York, New Jersey evacuated due to bomb threats
A Jewish community center in Albany, N.Y., and another in West Orange, N.J., were among as many as 19 JCCs that reported bomb threats on Sunday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Sidney Albert...