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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

New Jersey

Freed hostage Edan Alexander given jubilant welcome as he returns home to New Jersey
By Luke Tress
IDF soldier who Hamas released from captivity last month as gesture to Trump is welcomed by crowd of hundreds in his hometown of Tenafly
Former Hamas hostages Edan Alexander returns to his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, June 19, 2025. (Liri Agami/Flash90)
June 20, 2025, 3:11 am
Freed hostage Edan Alexander given jubilant welcome as he returns home to New Jersey
IDF soldier who Hamas released from captivity last month as gesture to Trump is welcomed by crowd of hundreds in his hometown of Tenafly
By Luke Tress
Oheb Shalom Congregation, pictured in 2021. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 28, 2025, 7:36 am
New Jersey synagogue defaced with ‘terrorists’ graffiti for hosting IDF soldier
Protesters outside Oheb Shalom congregation call passersby ‘baby killers,’ spray-paint ‘Terrorists This Way’; officials line up to condemn act
By Ben Sales
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, testifies at the "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos" hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images via JTA)
January 3, 2025, 12:30 pm
Rutgers, feds reach agreement on likely discrimination amid Gaza war protests
US Department of Education says New Jersey university likely failed to protect students, and school must review its anti-discrimination policies
By JTA and ToI Staff
US Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
December 15, 2024, 11:12 pm
Mystery drone sightings over New Jersey show gaps in US security, says Trump adviser
Mike Waltz, whom Trump has tapped to be national security adviser, urges ‘Iron Dome for America,’ as White House plays down reports of unexplained UAVs, to some Democrats’ chagrin
By Phil Stewart, Kanishka Singh and Sarah N. Lynch
Rep. Josh Gottheimer speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
November 16, 2024, 1:17 am
Jewish Democrat Josh Gottheimer declares bid for New Jersey governor
A pro-Israel moderate, US House member pledges that he would use law enforcement ‘against the antisemites who are harassing Jewish or any other communities all over this state’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Israelis from Gaza-area communities welcomed in New York on Nov. 10, 2024, for 'Thanks4Giving' mega-mission of Project 24, an Israeli NGO founded in aftermath of Oct. 7 attacks (Mid Island JCC)
November 12, 2024, 9:21 pm
Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes
‘Project 24’ initiative says thanks by flying 185 members of emergency teams and their families to Jewish communities in New York area and south Florida for some R&R and more
By Matt Lebovic
Greek flags torn down by a woman who mistook them for Israeli flags at Efi's Gyro in Montclair , New Jersey, in March 2024 (Screen grab/Tiktok used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 25, 2024, 4:45 pm
TikToker charged for tearing down Greek flags she thought were Israeli at NJ eatery
Restaurant owner had filed a complaint after the incident in March, but police only acted after Amber Matthews, 23, incriminated herself by posting vandalism video that went viral
By ToI Staff
Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey stumps for then-US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (not pictured) at the at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey, on May 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
August 22, 2024, 9:05 am
Bill Pascrell, NJ congressman who played balancing act on Israel, dies at 87
Democrat, whose district included ‘Little Ramallah,’ had weathered pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian primary challengers in his 14 terms: ‘I’ve tried to get the communities together’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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
US Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, leaves federal court in New York on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
July 23, 2024, 11:59 pm
New Jersey’s Menendez resigning from US Senate following corruption conviction
Democratic lawmaker informs state governor he will leave post next month, insists he’s ‘never, ever been a foreign agent’ despite being found guilty of acting on Egypt’s behalf
By MIKE CATALINI and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Illustrative - A police command center in Sayreville, New Jersey (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
July 12, 2024, 8:42 pm
Prosecutors: New Jersey white supremacist’s ‘ultimate dream’ was synagogue attack
Justice Dept. says Andrew Takhistov, arrested en route to joining pro-Russia unit in Ukraine amid plot on electrical substation, wanted to attack synagogue with Hamas-style rocket
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Illustrative: School buses drive from the campus of East Brunswick High School after the school day on East Brunswick, New Jersey, February 22, 2018. (DOMINICK REUTER / AFP)
June 20, 2024, 3:32 pm
Officials say carelessness behind Jewish student group’s absence from US school yearbook
Probe finds yearbook advisor at East Brunswick Public Schools in New Jersey rushed and inserted wrong image on page by mistake
By Michael Rubinkam
Illustrative: School buses drive from the campus of East Brunswick High School after the school day on February 22, 2018, in East Brunswick, New Jersey. (DOMINICK REUTER / AFP)
June 8, 2024, 11:50 pm
Probe launched after Jewish group removed from New Jersey school yearbook
Jewish students’ names were omitted from page while photo of them was replaced with picture of a group of Muslim students; East Brunswick mayor denounces ‘blatant antisemitic act’
By Michael Rubinkam
Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on May 11, 2024. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
May 12, 2024, 6:35 pm
Trump: Biden ‘surrounded by fascists,’ weapons delay to Israel ‘shocking’
At New Jersey rally, presidential candidate calls fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter ‘wonderful man,’ compares himself to Al Capone, recites entirety of Oscar Brown’s ‘The Snake’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rabbi Fred Neulander, incarcerated for hiring two hitmen to murder his wife Carol in 1994, is shown here in prison uniform from undated, unlocated footage in prison uniform, escorted by police. (Screen capture: Youtube/6ABC Philadelphia, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2024, 8:40 am
Rabbi who arranged wife’s murder to pursue affair dies in New Jersey prison at 82
Fred Neulander, founder of Reform M’kor Shalom congregation in Cherry Hill, avoided arrest for almost four years after hiring two hitmen to kill spouse Carol in 1994
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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