New Jersey
New Jersey pizzeria fires manager who went on anti-Semitic tirade
Nicholas Bogan, 17, had been working for a short time at the pizzeria, when he asked to take off the first night of Rosh Hashanah.
NJ Senate avoids vote on bill to remove religious exemption from immunizations
There weren’t enough votes to advance the measure as the two-year legislative session came to a close.
In New Jersey, reported bias crimes increased by 65 percent in 2019
Preliminary figures show 944 bias incidents reported in New Jersey in 2019, the most violent of which was the shooting at a kosher supermarket.
New Jersey teen says his boss sent anti-Semitic messages after he asked off for Rosh Hashanah
The pizzeria manager sent messages that included references to burning Jews “like Hitler.
New Jersey NAACP suspends official for bashing Hasidic Jews at community forum
James Harris is also the chair of the New Jersey Association of Black Educators.
UPDATE: Suspect Published Anti-Semitic Posts Before Kosher Grocery Store Shootout That Killed Six
The grocery at the center of a protracted shootout sits next to a study hall and worship center, the Greenville Shul, in a Yiddish-speaking community.
New Jersey Neo-Nazi Charged With Ordering Vandalism Of Two Midwest Synagogues
Richard Tobin, 18, Tobin also confessed to driving to a New Jersey mall with a machete that he planned to use to kill black shoppers.
Jewish Groups Try To Silence Storytime Reading Of ‘P Is For Palestine’
“I is for Intifada. Intifada is Arabic for rising up/For what is right, if you are a kid or grownup!”
New Jersey City Council Defends Chair For Saying ‘Jew Her Down’
A colleague came to her defense, saying that the term to Jew someone down “is a verb.”
New Jersey Teen Accused Of Deliberately Swerving Car Twice To Hit Jews
Police charged the teen with harassment and bias intimidation.
