New Jersey

Israeli woman sues New Jersey rabbi for sexual assault, defamation

Avraham Appel, of Jackson, abused his position as a trusted community leader to sexually assault and exploit the woman, an Israeli immigrant who came to him as a single mother, the lawsuit said.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.
 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

New Jersey man charged for attempting to aid ISIS, planned US attack on synagogues

Mark Levenson, Co-Chair, New Jersey-Israel Commission

Co-Chair of New Jersey-Israel Commission speaks at Jpost Conference

Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an AFP interview after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in Washington D.C., June 14, 2024.

NJ-12 candidate Adam Hamawy decries antisemitism amid scrutiny of his Israel views


New Jersey man indicted for threats against NYC Jewish organization

The Jewish group reportedly feared for their safety upon receiving the emails attributed to 34-year-old Newark resident Cameron Patterson.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

Flotilla arrest highlights connections between banned NJ terror front, new NGO - exclusive

New Jersey resident Amrou Ibrahim was named by Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) NJ in a Friday press statement as one of the Gaza flotilla activists that had been detained.

Activists greet as a boat taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, departs from a port in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026.

Company invests in hub to make New Jersey 'new Silicon Valley' for foreign start ups

SOSA and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority launched NJ BASE, a new innovation center aimed at bringing global technology companies into the state and accelerating foreign investment.

NJEDA and SOSA inagurated New Jersey's latest innovation center.

Three wounded in Grand Central Station machete attack, Mamdani confirms

In a separate incident on Saturday evening, several people were wounded, and one person was killed during a shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey.

A law enforcement officer walks at the crime scene where three people were attacked inside the subway system at Grand Central Station in New York City, US, April 11, 2026.

After AIPAC-backed primary loss, Tom Malinowski endorses rival who says Israel committed genocide

Analilia Mejia has been harsher in her criticism of Israel and, unlike Tom Malinowski, refers to its war in Gaza as a “genocide.”

Tom Malinowski participates in a get-out-the-vote event ahead of midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

Netivot shows how Israel’s periphery can become its center - opinion

Netivot merges innovation and faith, turning Israel’s periphery into a thriving hub.

Carol Ann Schwartz, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, at the inauguration.

Teen charged in Teaneck 'Israel or Palestine' pellet‑gun incident

The victim was fired upon after ignoring a question from the perpetrator, who asked him if he supported Israel or Palestine.

A New Jersey State Police logo.

Isolationism endangers the US as radical ideologies rise internally and abroad - opinion

Ignoring rising radical ideologies abroad and at home puts the US's freedom and security in danger.

Demonstrators protesting against the attacks on Iran step on a poster of US President Donald Trump, in Turkey.

Love at 88, 96: Rosh Hashanah romance that began at shul

A Rosh Hashanah moment in shul sparked a late-life romance in Jerusalem’s French Hill.

Rabbi Hayyim Halpern and Margie Tutnauer

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said.

DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.