A Republican Jewish candidate who said “diversity is a bunch of crap” is down big in his southern New Jersey House race, which is now set to elect a Democrat for the first time in 24 years, a recent poll shows. Seth Grossman trails State Senator Jeff Van Drew by 23 points in a district…
(JTA) — A homemade explosive device was found affixed to a headstone in a Jewish cemetery in New Jersey. The device was discovered on Sunday at the B’nai Abraham Cemetery during the Jewish Federation Cemetery Visiting Day, a public event organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest. The cemetery was evacuated following the discovery of…
NEW YORK (JTA) — An investigation into an allegedly anti-Semitic incident at Rutgers University is being reopened by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Kenneth Marcus, the department’s new assistant secretary for civil rights, wrote in a letter last week that a pro-Palestinian event at the New Jersey state school in January…
(JTA) — Four headstones were toppled at a Jewish cemetery in New Jersey. The toppled headstones were discovered on Sunday at the Congregation Agudath Achim Cemetery in Freehold Township in New Jersey. The headstones were pushed over sometime on Saturday or early Sunday morning, according to local reports. No other acts of vandalism were discovered…
The National Republican Campaign Committee pulled its support from New Jersey Republican congressional nominee Seth Grossman after Media Matters revealed that he had shared articles on social media from well-known white nationalist websites, The Weekly Standard reported Monday. “Bigotry has no place in society—let alone the U.S. House of Representatives. The NRCC withdraws our support…
New Jersey Republican congressional nominee Seth Grossman used his Facebook account to share articles from well-known white nationalist websites, Media Matters reported Monday. One article, published on the white nationalist website American Renaissance and shared in 2014, claimed that black people “are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as…
[JTA] – The federal government is suing a New Jersey borough over allegations that it improperly restricted an Orthodox Jewish congregation from expanding its house of worship. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil lawsuit against Woodcliff Lake, a Bergen County suburb about 20 miles northwest of New York City. As reported by NorthJersey.com, the congregation,…
As his new superhero film “Ant-Man and the Wasp” flies into theaters, Paul Rudd has still found time to process his Jewish upbringing with fellow Jew and comedian Marc Maron. Today is Paul Rudd day on @WTFpod! Wet Hot American Summer, Judd Apatow, Letterman, Carlin, Ant Man! Great talk! Do it up! https://t.co/TRZkCfIIIs — marc…
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