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Sally Friedman, a New Jersey columnist and the mother of my close friends died at 86 after years of debilitating dementia
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When Jews complained that an imam's anti-Israel posts included antisemitic tropes, the town disbanded the program rather than deal with the problem
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Fast Forward Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor
Gottheimer, 49, is a moderate, pro-Israel Democrat who was just elected to his fifth term in the U.S. House
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Fast Forward TikToker arrested for ripping down NJ restaurant’s Greek flags she thought were Israeli
Amber Matthews accosted the staff of Efi’s Gyro back in March, but was only caught after posting the video this month
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Culture The woman who stared down Chris Christie is the star of a new movie — you can stop calling her ‘a feisty Jewish grandmother’
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Politics Why Doug Emhoff took the bus to Hebrew school — and more about his childhood synagogue
The history and philosophy of the New Jersey synagogue where the second gentleman had a bar mitzvah
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Fast Forward New Jersey high school yearbook ‘error’ deemed not antisemitic after investigation
An independent attorney found that the swap of a Jewish student group photo for a Muslim one was not done out of malice
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Opinion Why I (finally) took down my ‘We Stand With Israel’ sign
Not because I don’t support the Jewish state. Because not everything can be summed up in a slogan
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