The mastermind of the Bridgegate lane closure scandal, which helped derail New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions, avoided a prison sentence on Wednesday, after U.S. prosecutors praised his help in their investigation. David Wildstein, 55, a former executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a high school classmate of…
(JTA) — (New Jersey Jewish News via JTA) — An 11-year-old boy attending a Jewish summer camp in New Jersey died after being hospitalized for what camp staff described as “gastrointestinal symptoms.” Daniel Beer of Norwood, New Jersey, was a camper at at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in Milford, Pa., when he died on July 10 at Bon…
Six more Jewish couples have been arrested in Lakewood, N.J., in connection with a massive public benefits scheme that is estimated to have stolen millions of dollars from the state, according to the Associated Press. Those arrested include a rabbi and the former leader of a religious school. The investigation is continuing, and more arrests…
The numbers in the public benefits fraud scam in the Orthodox enclave of Lakewood, New Jersey, are stunning. Fourteen arrests so far, and counting. More than $2 million in fraudulently obtained government funds. Hundreds of others scrambling to avoid prosecution for similar crimes. Law enforcement sources say that the schemes are both “widespread” and some…
A New Jersey rabbi and his wife were arrested with three other Jewish couples for underreporting their incomes to receive government benefits. The couples, including the rabbi’s brother and wife, were arrested Monday in raids that resulted from an investigation into Lakewood, a New Jersey town that is home to a large haredi Orthodox community. More arrests are expected,…
(JTA) — A New Jersey Holocaust survivor has received an unsolicited apology from the granddaughter of Nazi sympathizers who lived in his Nuremberg home after his family was driven out of Germany at the start of the Holocaust. Doris Schott-Neuse told Peter Hirschmann of Maplewood that she was “deeply ashamed” over what her fellow Germans “did to…
Through collaboration with the Teaneck Creek Conservancy and Amir Yechieli, founder of Israel-based “Yevul Mayim,” the Jack Flamholz Water Sustainability Project has successfully introduced water conservation curriculum and rainwater harvesting to Hawthorne Elementary School in Teaneck. This is the first project of its kind in New Jersey and will allow students to explore ideas on…
Additional charges were filed against Rabbi Menachem Chinn on May 2 in Mercer County after the second accuser, now an adult, told authorities that Chinn had inappropriate sexual contact with him between July 2010 and May 2011, the New Jersey Jewish News reported. The charges come with an additional count of endangering the welfare of a…
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