NJ Town Comes Together In Fear of Haredi ‘Invasion’
Every home is big on glass in a Toms River, New Jersey, neighborhood called North Dover. Windows let in the sun, or show off chandeliers in multistory entrance halls.
NJ State Troopers Deliver Lakewood Couple’s Baby On Garden State Parkway
A police dash-cam video captured two New Jersey state troopers deliver a baby girl in the back seat of a car along the Garden State Parkway this week.
NJ Orthodox Synagogue Announces Hire of Woman Using ‘Rabbi’ Title
An Orthodox synagogue in New Jersey has hired Lila Kagedan, the first Yeshivat Maharat graduate to go by the title “rabbi.”
NJ – Orthodox Plaintiff In ‘Gay Conversion’ Suit Tells Of Therapy Methods
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — One of four plaintiffs who sued a nonprofit that promised to turn them from gay to heterosexual wept on the witness stand Wednesday as he described cutting off contact with his mother after being told she was the cause of his homosexuality.
Newport, RI – A Bitter Battle For Control Of Oldest Synagogue In The US
NEWPORT, R.I. — A bitter struggle for control over the nation’s oldest synagogue goes to trial this week, with lawyers saying they may use more than 1,000 exhibits dating as far back as 1733.
New York ultra-Orthodox welcome ostracized Israeli rabbi
ASHDOD, Israel — American ultra-Orthodox Jews are celebrating the visit to Brooklyn of Israeli Rabbi Shaul Alter, a former senior Gur figure. The Gur sect is the largest Hassidic group in the world, with two main centers in Israel and in the United States. It wields a lot of influence over Jewish life in the…
DetailsNew York – Starbucks Cholov Yisroel Test In Ten Stores Greeted With Enthusiasm
New York – Ten days after the changeover to exclusively Cholov yisroel products at ten Starbucks locations in the metropolitan New York area, stores are reporting that it is business as usual at the popular chain, with positive feedback coming in from coffee lovers.
New York – Rebbetzin Esther Jungries Dies At Age 80
New York – Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, a well known figure in the world of Jewish outreach and the founder of Hineni passed away today at the age of 80 after suffering a serious illness.
New York – Jewish Community Extends Consolation And Support To Members Of Charleston Church
New York – Hours after the horrific killings in Charleston which took the lives of nine people worshipping in one of the oldest black churches in south, the Jewish community is expressing its solidarity with members of the Emanuel AME Church.
New York – DOE Probe Into Brooklyn Yeshivas Over Secular Schooling Draws Skepticism From Local Groups
Brooklyn, NY – Local watchdog groups are expressing skepticism over the DOE’s plan to rely solely on data provided by 39 Brooklyn-area yeshivas currently under investigation in determining whether or not the schools are meeting state requirements regarding secular education for students.