Posts Tagged: New Jersey
How a Hearing in the New Jersey Legislature Turned Into a Hate-Filled Rant Against Jews
After 16 months of delays, Jewish community leaders from across New Jersey traveled to Trenton last week, prepared to testify before the Assembly Community Development...
Monroe Milsten, Founder of Burlington Coat Factory, Dies at 98
Monroe Milstein, the enterprising businessman who transformed a modest New Jersey coat store into the national retail powerhouse Burlington Coat Factory, passed away earlier this...
New Jersey Man Inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7 Attack Pleads Guilty to Assisting Al Shabaab Terror Group
Karrem Nasr, a 24 year-old man from New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to al Shabaab, a US-designated terror group,...
Los Angeles County Records Record High Number of Antisemitic Hate Crimes
Los Angeles County in California has experienced an all-time high number of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community, according to figures compiled by a local...
Pentagon Rebuffs Allegations Iran Behind Mysterious Drones Flying Over New Jersey
The Pentagon batted down claims by US Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) on Wednesday that Iran has spy drones flying over the state of New...
Jewish US Rep. Josh Gottheimer Announces Run for New Jersey Governor
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced on Friday that he will launch a campaign to become the next governor of New Jersey. Gottheimer, who is Jewish,...
Olympian Who Smeared Jewish Teacher Loses Challenge to Defamation Suit
A New Jersey appellate court last month rejected a challenge to a defamation lawsuit brought by a Jewish public school teacher who said she was...
10,000 Antisemitic Incidents Targeted Jews After Oct. 7, ADL Report Says
A punishing wave of over 10,000 antisemitic incidents has hit the American Jewish community since Oct. 7, according to a new report published by the...
Anti-Israel Activists Organize ‘Vote Uncommitted’ Campaign in New Jersey Democratic Primary to Pressure Biden
Anti-Israel activists are encouraging New Jersey residents participating in the Democratic primary for this year's US presidential election to vote "uncommitted" in support of "justice...
Antisemitic Hate Incidents in US Soar 140 Percent, ADL Reports in Shocking Audit
Antisemitism in the US surged to catastrophic and unprecedented levels in 2023, rising a harrowing 140 percent, according to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) annual audit...
‘Arteries of Capitalism’: Anti-Zionist Groups Planning Major ‘Blockade’ of Ports Around the World
Far-left anti-Israel activists are launching a mass demonstration to block the "arteries of capitalism" on Monday by staging a blockade of commercial shipping ports across...
New Jersey Town Reaches $575,000 Settlement With State Over Antisemitism Lawsuit
Jackson Township in Ocean County, New Jersey will pay up to $575,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Division of Civil Rights (DCR) in...
New Jersey Town Nearing Settlement With State Over Antisemitism Lawsuit
Jackson Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, is preparing to settle with the state Attorney General's Office a lawsuit alleging that it used zoning codes...
New Jersey Teenager Who Planned Synagogue Attack Pleads Guilty
A teenager whom the Department of Justice charged with communicating a threat to attack synagogues in New Jersey has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced later...
