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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
An Orthodox woman pushes a stroller in Lakewood, N.J. in 2013. The population in the largely haredi Orthodox town has boomed in the past couple of decades, and haredi families are looking to move to neighboring towns. (Dennis Fraevich/Flickr via JTA)
March 30, 2020, 8:53 am
US man arrested after menacing Orthodox Jews for ignoring virus restrictions
New Jersey suspect, 43, charged with making terroristic threats during state of emergency; wrote to governor on Facebook to threaten Lakewood community with baseball bat assault
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative image of an anti-Semitic banner draped over a Holocaust memorial in Lakewood, New Jersey, July 2, 2017. (Courtesy ADL)
March 27, 2020, 8:29 pm
Coronavirus increases anti-Semitic activity in divided New Jersey town
Maps posted on Facebook show Lakewood, a NJ township with a large Orthodox population, as being a supposed source of infections; governor slams racism
By JTA
An Orthodox woman pushes a stroller in Lakewood, N.J. in 2013. The population in the largely haredi Orthodox town has boomed in the past couple of decades, and haredi families are looking to move to neighboring towns. (Dennis Fraevich/Flickr via JTA)
February 6, 2020, 1:40 pm
Facebook takes down New Jersey page accused of anti-Semitism
Rise Up Ocean County claimed it was mobilizing opposition to overdevelopment around Lakewood, home to large ultra-Orthodox community; attorney general found it ‘trafficked in hate’
By Ben Sales
A suspect can be seen slashing a tire on a car in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, on August 10, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 12, 2019, 7:00 pm
Tires slashed on over 50 cars belonging to Jews in New Jersey
Residents of Lakewood say they discovered vandalism during Shabbat; police treating incident as a bias crime
By TOI staff
The South Side Sandwich Shop in Lakewood, New Jersey. (Facebook)
May 13, 2019, 12:48 am
NJ Restaurant says kosher certification at risk for flying Israeli flag
Sandwich shop owner claims ultra-Orthodox Kashrus Council of Lakewood threatened to strip its accreditation for raising flag to mark Independence Day
By Marcy Oster
ILLUSTRATIVE - Swimmers at the Gordon Pool in Tel Aviv, September 11, 2014 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 23, 2019, 8:58 am
Appeals court nixes NJ condo’s coed swimming restrictions for Orthodox residents
Court overturns January ruling that said separate bathing hours in apartment complex with high percentage of religious homeowners was not discriminatory
By AP
A sign saying, "Don't Sell! Toms River Strong," is seen on a street Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Toms River, N.J. A housing crunch in the New Jersey shore town that’s home to one of the nation’s largest Hasidic populations has neighboring towns changing their own laws. Real estate agents and investors in the Lakewood area have been soliciting residents in several nearby neighborhoods, looking to find homes that fit the needs of the growing Jewish community. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
January 24, 2019, 2:24 am
Insisting it’s not anti-Semitic, NJ group launches anti-ultra-Orthodox campaign
Video that echoes Holocaust poem urges residents of the towns surrounding Lakewood not to sell to haredi Jews, warning they are taking over the area and harming ‘quality of life’
By Ben Sales
Holocaust memorial outside the Congregation Sons of Israel Synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey. (Screen capture: Google maps)
March 27, 2018, 3:33 am
New Jersey Holocaust memorial again defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
No arrests made in second incident at Lakewood synagogue in a year
By AP
Six Lakewood residents accused of benefits fraud appear in Ocean County Superior Court via video conference, June 28, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press video)
From the WebSeptember 28, 2017, 9:23 am
Lakewood fraud: Jewish leaders met with NJ officials before amnesty deal
NJ suspects to repay fraudulent benefits in exchange for dropping of charges, USA Today reports
Lakewood couple Shimi and Yocheved Nussbaum, arrested for benefits fraud on June 26, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press)
July 6, 2017, 9:43 pm
6 more Jewish NJ couples charged in benefits fraud probe
Prosecutors say those indicted Thursday received nearly $400,000 illicitly; scandal has led to anti-Semitic backlash in Lakewood
By AP
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