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Fair Lawn NJ, Fair Lawn High School and local authorities are investigating after antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika, was discovered in a student restroom. The disturbing incident has prompted a swift response from both school officials and law enforcement.
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Trenton NJ, an anonymous tip has brought serious allegations against Lt. Col. Sean Kilcomons, the second in command of the New Jersey State Police, sparking a formal investigation by the state’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability. The tipster claims Kilcomons made an “inappropriate and discriminatory comment” about Attorney General Matt Platkin during the annual Take Your Child to Work Day in April.
Apparently its No Jews Allowed in East Brunswick
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East Brunswick NJ, a yearbook photo controversy is causing a stir at a New Jersey high school and its surrounding community. The names of members of a Jewish student group were omitted from the yearbook, and their group photo was replaced with one showing Muslim students.
Continue reading Yearbook Antisemitism Photo Controversy Shakes New Jersey High School
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Ridgewood NJ, at the April 23, 2024 Ridgewood Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting,in the matter of the Outfront Media LLC application to place an electronic billboard at 500 Route 17 South, there was a packed courtroom . Residents raised quality of life concerns over the billboard , but something else to look forward to , Anti-Semitic messages .
Senator Robert Singer (R-30) and Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-30) released the following statements condemning the Pro-Palestine billboard on Route 9 in Howell, NJ:
Continue reading Will Anti-Semitic Messages Appear on Ridgewood’s New Proposed Electronic Billboard?
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New York NY, Antisemitism has soared both nationally and globally since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with U.S. colleges in particular taking heat for their handling of the situation.
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New Brunswick NJ, the House Education Committee declared on Wednesday that it has dispatched a letter to Rutgers University, seeking information concerning its handling of antisemitism on campus, marking it as the fifth college under scrutiny by the panel for this issue.
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Continue reading Glen Rock Detectives Continue to Investigate Antisemitic Incident at Starbucks
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Lakewood NJ, an Ocean County, man today admitted committing a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced.
Continue reading Ocean County Man Admits He Committed a Series of Violent Assaults on Orthodox Jews
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Franklin Lakes NJ, Franklin Lakes grade school officials alerted families on Thursday via text that a swastika was discovered in a bathroom at Franklin Lakes Middle School earlier that day.
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Teaneck NJ, on Friday, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed the initiation of a federal civil rights investigation into Teaneck schools, making it the third educational institution in New Jersey to undergo such scrutiny since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Rutgers University was added to the list on Dec. 12, and the Newark School District on Dec. 21. Nationwide, 44 institutions, including Brown University in Rhode Island most recently on Tuesday, are currently under investigation since the mentioned attacks. Teaneck School District was included on Jan. 5 in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights list for open Title VI Shared Ancestry Investigations, encompassing both institutions of higher education and K-12 schools. The investigation stems from the controversy surrounding a high school student walkout in support of Palestine on Nov. 29, 2023, and subsequent handling by School Superintendent Andre Spencer and the Board of Education’s management of public speakers addressing the topic at its meetings.
Continue reading U.S. Department of Education to Probe Teaneck Schools Following Student Walkout
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New Brunswick, NJ, Marvin and Eva Schlanger are taking a stand by withholding their financial support from Rutgers University. Both proud Rutgers alumni, the couple, who contribute to various educational institutions through their Florida-based nonprofit, the Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation, has donated over $130,000 to Rutgers. However, they have decided to cease contributions due to what they perceive as the university’s inadequate response to antisemitism following the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Continue reading Rutgers University Benefactors With Hold Support Over Over Antisemitism on Campus
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Manchester Township NJ, General Matthew J. Platkin and Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer today announced an ongoing investigation after several residential properties were spray-painted with swastikas and a suspicious house fire ignited in Manchester Township in a suspected bias incident on Tuesday.
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Ridgewood NJ, yesterdays Ben and Jerry’s story gathered some interesting comments , oddly the same company boycotting Israel will sell ice in Iran were gays are hung for being gay . And for those who “really care about the Palestinians, they have more rights in Israel than any Arab country by far.
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Teaneck NJ, thousand of supporters marched in support of the state of Israel for several hours on Sunday, transforming Teaneck’s leafy streets into a vast landscape of blue and white, the colors of the Israeli flag.
Continue reading Bergen County Unite for Israel Parade in Teaneck Draws Massive Crowd
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Ridgewood NJ, the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer was a flash-point for US race relations, setting off massive protests that spread around the world, including Ridgewood .
The demonstrations endorsed the simple messages that “black lives matter”, that the blood of minorities is not cheap and the injustices they face, past and present, must be addressed much more vigorously.
Continue reading Black Lives Matter Promotion of Antisemitism Unsettles Ridgewood Residents
