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Tyler Oliveira interviews residents of Lakewood, New Jersey, in his YouTube video titled 'I Exposed New Jersey's Jewish Invasion...', February 2026. (Screenshot)
February 27, 2026, 10:03 am
As popular YouTuber targets US Orthodox communities, the right grapples with antisemitism
Tyler Oliveira releases ‘exposés’ about Haredi locales Lakewood and Kiryas Joel, relying on selective interviews, amplifying antisemitic tropes, and garnering millions of views
By Grace Gilson
Dion Marsh, convicted of hate crimes and carjacking for an antisemitic crime spree in New Jersey, in a photo released by the Lakewood police on April 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Lakewood Township Police Department)
July 26, 2024, 2:21 pm
New Jersey man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 antisemitic crime spree
Dion Marsh, 29, attacked four Orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood over the course of one day, stealing a man’s car and ramming it at others, one of whom he also stabbed
By JTA and ToI Staff
Dion Marsh, convicted of hate crimes and carjacking for an antisemitic crime spree in New Jersey, in a photo released by the Lakewood police on April 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Lakewood Township Police Department)
February 2, 2024, 11:48 am
New Jersey man pleads guilty to badly injuring 3 in series of violent antisemitic attacks
Dion Marsh, who went on a hate crime spree in April 2022, including trying to kill 4 Jewish people, admits to violating the Federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act
By ToI Staff
Police tape is seen in front of a utility police on which a grenade was taped, near a US Satmar synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey, November 19, 2023. (Screenshot X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 19, 2023, 11:44 pm
Bomb squad called to synagogue in Lakewood, NJ after grenade found nearby
US law enforcement says device placed near Hasidic house of worship ‘was found to be inert and nonexplosive’; ADL: Incident ‘stokes fear’
By ToI Staff
Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, New Jersey, September 9, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
August 30, 2023, 4:44 pm
NJ township to pay $575,000 in suit alleging discrimination against Orthodox Jews
After allegedly seeking to dissuade Haredim from moving in, Lakewood neighbor Jackson Township agrees to repeal discriminatory ordinances and work to protect religious freedom
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Amiram Ben Uliel in the Lod District Court on May 18, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Pool Photo via AP)
February 3, 2023, 3:00 am
US charity halts fundraising for Israeli group aiding Jewish extremists
New Jersey-based World of Tzedaka says it cut ties with Shlom Asiraich, which raises money for nationalist inmates convicted of hate crimes against Palestinians
By MIKE CATALINI and Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
Dion Marsh, convicted of hate crimes and carjacking for an antisemitic crime spree in New Jersey, in a photo released by the Lakewood police on April 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Lakewood Township Police Department)
April 21, 2022, 12:08 am
New Jersey man charged with federal hate crimes for alleged antisemitic attack spree
Dion Marsh faces life in prison for stabbing and running over Orthodox Jews in Lakewood two weeks ago; told investigators Jewish people ‘are the real devils’
By Luke Tress
Dion Marsh, convicted of hate crimes and carjacking for an antisemitic crime spree in New Jersey, in a photo released by the Lakewood police on April 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Lakewood Township Police Department)
April 10, 2022, 9:17 am
2 Jews critically injured in alleged antisemitic violent crime spree in New Jersey
Suspect steals vehicle, runs over two people and stabs a third in the chest in Lakewood Jewish community; ADL says he made antisemitic comments after arrest
By Luke Tress
Video footage captured the moment two Orthodox Jewish men were blasted by New Jersey snowplow driver Donny Klarmann as the pair were walking to a religious service on Saturday. (Screenshot)
February 5, 2022, 7:50 pm
NJ snow plow operator fired after blasting two ultra-Orthodox men
In video posted to Facebook, Donny Klarmann and a co-worker can be heard laughing as the religious duo are pelted while making their way to Shabbat during storm
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: School buses lined up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 24, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
August 19, 2021, 9:41 am
Census data shows Orthodox Jewish areas of NY, NJ are among fastest growing
In New Jersey, the heavily ultra-Orthodox town of Lakewood is growing at the highest rate of any city in the state
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Boys are dressed in costumes for Purim, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 2, 2021, 12:13 am
Haredi kids in New Jersey seen in racist Purim costumes
NAACP chapter seeks meeting with Jewish leaders in Lakewood after children photographed wearing blackface, Afro wigs and Black Lives Matter sweatshirts
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The study hall of Beth Medrash Govoha, the central yeshiva of Lakewood, New Jersey, before the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.bmg.edu via JTA)
February 17, 2021, 1:17 am
Flagship New Jersey yeshiva cancels Purim celebrations due to pandemic
For first time in 80 years, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood won’t host festivities surrounding the holiday, which last year sparked surge in local virus cases
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
An Orthodox Jewish woman is seen in a Brooklyn neighborhood on September 29, 2020 in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
February 8, 2021, 1:29 am
Vaccines, variants leave US ultra-Orthodox women confused and afraid
In community where pregnancy is prized, misinformation spreads over unclear recommendations by the World Health Organization
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: Investigators work at a crime scene Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, in Lakewood, N.J.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)
December 1, 2020, 1:28 am
Dead pig found outside home of New Jersey rabbi
Police in heavily Orthodox township of Lakewood investigating incident as a bias crime, say such acts will not be tolerated
By Ben Sales
Footage from the FAA Facebook page shows Rabbi Yisrael Knopfler being arrested in Lakewood, New Jersey, May 11, 2020. (FAA/Facebook)
May 13, 2020, 8:45 am
New Jersey rabbi arrested over Lag B’Omer gathering
Rabbi Yisrael Knopfler charged with resisting arrest, obstructing the law and violating the governor’s executive order banning gatherings
By Shira Hanau
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