New Jersey
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.
AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires
'Cheap Jew': NJ police officer punished for reporting antisemitism, lawsuit says
NJ church deletes video of antisemitic pageant, says critics took it ‘out of context'
New Jersey A-G temporarily shuts down polling stations following bomb threats
After local law enforcement secured the scenes and conducted sweeps of the locations, New Jersey Lieutenant Governor announced that there are "no credible threats at this time."
US elections: New Jersey, Virginia, NYC mayoral race test voter sentiment on Trump’s presidency
With high stakes in New Jersey, Virginia, and NYC, Tuesday's races could signal the direction of US politics in the Trump era.
Trump calls on Orthodox Jewish voters in NJ to vote for Republican gubernatorial candidate
Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli received a joint endorsement from Orthodox Jewish leaders in Lakewood last week.
NJ Republican nominee aide said he wouldn't take 'money from Jews'
The Republican nominee for New Jersey governor has come under scrutiny after one of his aides said he wasn’t “taking money from Jews” at a campaign event.
New Jersey rabbi assaulted, residents step in to stop attacker
Rabbi Avraham Wein was assaulted in Bergenfield New Jersey on Sunday. Locals helped detain the suspect, who police say was not a local. Authorities called the attack a “disgraceful act of violence."
DOJ cites law designed to protect abortion clinics in suit against pro-Palestinian protesters
The lawsuit alleges that two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators engaged in “threats of force, intimidation, and violent conduct” against the congregants of a New Jersey synagogue.
New Jersey town fired me because I’m Jewish, lawyer says
Stuart Platt filed suit in NJ Superior Court, accusing Franklin Township, two current township committee members, and a former committee member of violating New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination.
Lockdown lifted following reported active shooter situation at New Jersey air force base
The lockdown was implemented following a possible active shooter situation on base, KAN reported.
Rabbi and family safely escape fire at historic New Jersey synagogue
The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 2:45 a.m. at Congregation Beth El Chabad. Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, his wife, and four of their children were sleeping in an apartment inside the synagogue.
Earthquake rocks New York City, New Jersey with 3.0 magnitude recorded
The epicenter was just north of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, approximately 10 kilometers below the surface, according to ABC News.