(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…
(JTA) — A New Jersey township is settling with a former employee for $1.25 million over allegations he was repeatedly faced with anti-Semitic harassment by other workers. On Saturday, the Township Committee of Wall agreed to settle with Brandon Jacobs, a former employee in the shore community’s public works and tax collector’s office, the Asbury…
New Jersey Republican congressional nominee Seth Grossman said in April that “diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American,” Philly.com reported Monday. Grossman also called diversity “an excuse by Democrats, communists, and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal; that some people, if somebody is lesser qualified, they will get a job…
(JTA) — A bill that would ban teenagers under 18 from getting married in New Jersey has been stalled because of opposition from the state’s haredi Orthodox community. Agudath Israel of America, the national haredi organization, says it supports the bill but that its provisions are too strict. Citing child marriages that take place in…
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