New Jersey

Hosts of at least 2 Jewish weddings arrested in Lakewood, NJ, for violating coronavirus rules

More than a dozen Lakewood, New Jersey, property owners have been ticketed for violating the 50 of fewer people order in recent days; on Saturday morning, New Jersey’s governor banned all gatherings as he put the whole state on lockdown.

Mayor of Teaneck, NJ, calls on all residents to self-quarantine

Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin said residents should go out only if they “absolutely have to,” but the self-quarantine is not mandatory.

Bill that would have removed religious exemptions for immunizations fails in NJ Senate

There weren’t enough votes to advance the measure as the two-year legislative session came to a close.

Culture

NJ man enlists Twitter to get grandmother’s lost Hanukkah gift to her grandson

United States

NJ library hosts public reading of ‘P is for Palestine’ over objections from Jewish community

United States

Fliers with anti-Jewish and anti-Israel messages left on cars in New Jersey township

United States

Jewish attorney working for Trenton, NJ, resigns over council president’s ‘Jew her down’ comment

United States

NJ teen accused of deliberately swerving car twice to hit Jewish men

United States

NJ man sues Costco after cashier makes anti-Semitic remarks about him and son

United States

Orthodox Jewish doctor loses challenge to New Jersey ‘assisted-suicide’ law

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