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Illustrative: A schoolbus in Lakewood, New Jersey (YouTube screenshot/NJTV News)
May 25, 2018, 10:45 pm
Rabbi accused of stealing school money pleads not guilty
Osher Eisemann rejects accusations he embezzled $1 million from institution he founded for children with special needs
By AP
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, center, carries a bouquet of roses toward the waterfront statue commemorating the 1940 Soviet massacre of Poles, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Porter)
May 17, 2018, 1:06 pm
Poland’s president meets with US mayor on Hudson River statue removal dispute
Andrzej Duda visits NJ sculpture honoring World War II victims, has 'straightforward and spontaneous' exchange with Jersey City leader Steven Fulop, who wants to move it
By David Porter
Buildings in Lower Manhattan provide a backdrop to a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, on May 4, 2018, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 14, 2018, 6:21 am
Deal reached in dispute over statue marking Polish massacre
Jersey City mayor, Polish government express satisfaction over agreement to move monument to another spot on waterfront across from NY
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Buildings in Lower Manhattan provide a backdrop to a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, on May 4, 2018, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 9, 2018, 6:30 pm
Dispute over Jersey statue commemorating Polish massacre heats up
Memorial to 1940 Katyn tragedy being moved for renovations amid fears the action is revenge for Poland's Holocaust bill
By David Porter and Vanessa Gera
A man walks in front of a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, Friday, May 4, 2018, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 5, 2018, 8:00 am
Polish officials clash with US city over WWII statue’s removal
Monument honoring victims of a 1940 Soviet massacre of Poles removed from Jersey City plaza, sparking war of words
By AP
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, the Pier Village development is seen in Long Branch, NJ. The federal government has been advising a beach town on the Jersey Shore on plans to build a pier and start a ferry service that would speed New Yorkers to the doorstep of a resort co-owned by Jared Kushner. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
March 10, 2018, 12:05 am
Jersey Shore town seeks ferry to dock next to Kushner resort
Federal government in awkward position of helping steer real estate deal that will financially benefit Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser
By GARANCE BURKE and Bernard Condon
BOSTON, MA - MARCH 02: Flooding along Long Wharf as high tide approaches during a large coastal storm on March 2, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
March 3, 2018, 1:42 pm
At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods and snow to US Northeast
Coastal flooding alerts issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts; government offices shuttered in Washington DC
By AFP
Illustrative: a gun control rally at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey, February 25, 2018. (Facebook via JTA)
February 26, 2018, 10:21 pm
Teen survivors of Parkland shooting draw 2,100 to NJ synagogue rally
Senator Robert Menendez, Florida student David Hogg, call for gun control, as Jewish federations debate supporting gun policies
By JTA
Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, and his New Jersey home where he ran a religious learning center. (YouTube screenshot/Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office)
February 21, 2018, 10:07 am
New Jersey rabbi arrested for paying teen prostitute for sex
Aryeh Goodman, 35, of East Brunswick, who runs a religious learning center from his home, served time for molesting youth at camp
By JTA
In this Dec. 20, 2016, file photo, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, center, is led into court in Elizabeth, NJ (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
February 14, 2018, 5:13 am
Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks
Ahmad Khan Rahimi does not show remorse for attacks that injured 30, portrays himself as a victim
By Larry Neumeister
Danske Bank's headquarters in Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, Denmark. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
February 2, 2018, 6:49 pm
New Jersey pension fund to divest from Danish bank over Israel
State Association of Jewish Federations said last year that Danske was refusing to do business with two Israeli defense companies
By AP
Detail from a painting owned by the Landau family of north New Jersey that turned out to be an original Rembrandt which sold for $1.1 million at auction. (Screenshot from Fox Business Network's series Strange Inheritance, screened January 15, 2018.)
January 17, 2018, 4:47 pm
NJ brothers learn painting stored under ping-pong table for years is a Rembrandt
Ned, Roger and Steven Landau expected piece to fetch a few hundred dollars at auction. It went for $1.1 million. And that's not the end of the story
By Sue Surkes
Danske Bank's headquarters in Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, Denmark. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
January 14, 2018, 11:23 pm
New Jersey divests from Danish bank to comply with state anti-BDS law
Investments in Danske Bank sold in response to its blacklisting of two Israeli defense companies
By JTA
Alan Sagner, right, with Israeli general Moshe Dayan, at a 1961 United Jewish Appeal dinner in West Orange, New Jersey. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of NJ/JTA)
January 13, 2018, 1:59 am
Alan Sagner, NJ developer who backed liberal and Jewish causes, dead at 97
Former chairman of the Port Authority was a strong advocate for progressive groups and Democratic political campaigns, and an early supporter of J Street
By JTA
Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel compete in the pairs short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
January 9, 2018, 2:07 am
US court sides with Olympic skater in dispute with Israeli federation
Judge says ice skating body cannot recover $540,000 in court fees after Andrea Davidovich sued to be able to compete for US
By AP
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