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“When Orthodox Jews were targeted for violence, the non-Orthodox belatedly responded with talk of solidarity. The pandemic and politics have put the lie to their pledges”

JNS One year after Jersey City attack, Jewish unity is on the rocks by Jonathan Tobin December 10, 2020 After a year of a pandemic and a hyper-partisan presidential election campaign, it seems like a lot longer than 12 months … Continue reading

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NJ school board member blames Jersey City Jews for kosher market murders

NEW YORK TIMES After Anti-Semitic Killings, Jersey City School Official Called Jews ‘Brutes’ by Ed Shanahan Dec. 17, 2019 Jersey City’s mayor called on Tuesday for a school board member to resign over a Facebook post in which she called … Continue reading

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Rabbi Niederman had a message for the non-Haredi Jews who form the vast majority of New York’s incredibly diverse Jewish community. “Don’t think that because you don’t have a kippa and you don’t dress like the Hasidim that you are safe”

TABLET MAG Jewish Blood on the Streets of Jersey City by Armin Rosen December 12, 2019 …Still, some of the locals who gathered around the crime scene on Wednesday had a slightly different view of things. “This neighborhood is not … Continue reading

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“Kosher store opened by Leah Mindel Ferencz, who was killed in attack, and her husband, was a foundation stone of new community of Hasidic Jews escaping Brooklyn’s high prices”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Orthodox Jews tried to build a home in Jersey City, the shooting won’t end it by Ben Sales and Laura E. Adkins December 11, 2019 Every Friday afternoon, Leah Mindel Ferencz would cook hot kugel and cholent … Continue reading

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