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A school bus carrying third grade Jewish students after a rock smashed its window, on January 7, 2026. (New Jersey Police)
January 9, 2026, 9:24 pm
Child seriously hurt after rock thrown at bus of Jewish third graders in New Jersey
8-year-old undergoes surgery for fractured skull after rock smashes window on New Jersey Turnpike; police probing incident as aggravated assault
By Michael Horovitz
Rabbi Avraham Wein of Teaneck, New Jersey is seen in a video uploaded September 17, 2021. (Screen capture via YouTube)
October 6, 2025, 12:02 pm
New Jersey rabbi assaulted outside his home, helped by bystander; both lightly hurt
40-year-old man arrested and charged with two counts of simple assault after attack on Teaneck Rabbi Avraham Wein; officials denounce antisemitism, though motive not established
By ToI Staff and Luke Tress
Rawda Elbatrawish (R) and Liora Pelavin speak during an interview at Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey, on January 19, 2024. (KENA BETANCUR / AFP)
February 11, 2024, 10:21 am
Two US teens seek Jewish-Muslim dialogue in strained New Jersey community
Rawda Elbatrawish, 17, and Liora Pelavin, 15, organized Teaneck gatherings where participants can talk against background of war; now other communities want to follow their lead
By AFP and ToI Staff
This handout photo from the UnXeptable movement shows Israeli expats and American Jews protesting outside Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey, as Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman was speaking inside, June 1, 2023. (Iliya Magnes)
June 2, 2023, 10:36 am
Rally held outside New Jersey synagogue during speech by overhaul architect Rothman
Israeli expats, American Jews chant ‘shame on Rothman’ as he addresses Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, which will also host an opposition MK this weekend
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Rabbi Shlomo Adelman resigned abruptly as the head of school at Torah Academy of Bergen County. (Adelman via TABC website; Google Maps via JTA)
January 12, 2022, 11:10 pm
New Jersey yeshiva principal resigns abruptly amid past sexual abuse allegations
Rabbi Shlomo Adelman quits just weeks following his return from leave, after child sex abuse claims from the 1990s come to light
By Shira Hanau
A fan wears a mask to protect against the coronavirus during the Big 10 wrestling championships at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, March 7, 2020. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images via JTA)
March 15, 2020, 7:58 pm
Mayor of Teaneck, NJ, calls on all residents to self-quarantine
Mohammed Hameeduddin makes plea after number of infections in city rises to 18, urges only going out if necessary; Deputy Mayor Elie Katz stresses measure is not compulsory
By Marcy Oster
Sammy's Bagels in Teaneck, New Jersey. (Google Street View)
December 26, 2019, 3:22 am
New Jersey police probing kosher bagel shop altercation as hate crime
Suspect arrested after attacking patrons in Teaneck eatery with anti-Semitic slurs, but authorities say he may be mentally unstable
By ToI Staff
The Young Israel synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
July 18, 2019, 4:36 pm
New Jersey police identify suspects in anti-Semitic water gun attack
Suspects are alleged to have sprayed worshipers near synagogue in Teaneck after Shabbat prayers, shouted obscenities
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
Andrew Silow-Carroll
May 10, 2017, 3:49 pm
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Everyone is policing free speech
He wishes those on both sides of the political divide would hear each other, or what’s democracy for?
Temple Israel Cemetery in Blauvelt, in Rockland County, New York. (screen capture Google streetview)
August 21, 2016, 7:44 pm
Dozens help bury NY woman they never met
Daughter of rabbi scheduled to officiate at burial of Francine Stein, 83, makes plea for help after learning there were to be no mourners
By JTA
American Pharoah owner Ahmed Zayat, left, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan hold a replica of the Woodlawn Vase after American Pharoah won the 140th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 16, 2015. (AP/Matt Slocum, File)
June 4, 2015, 1:14 am
Egyptian Jew behind winning horse paved path of bold bets
Owner of thoroughbred racehorse American Pharoah still manages to keep kosher while attending races
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, formerly of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey (screen capture: YouTube)
November 29, 2014, 12:58 am
Teaneck shul taking steps to rein in Rabbi Pruzanksy
Congregation Bnei Yeshurun says it’s upping security after rabbi makes controversial statements in blog
By JTA
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, formerly of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey (screen capture: YouTube)
From the WebNovember 26, 2014, 2:37 pm
Rabbis keeping distance from Teaneck rabbi’s online post
Steven Pruzansky’s blog post prompts dismay from other local Orthodox clergy, who are reluctant to criticize the rabbi but disagree with the content, NorthJersey.com reports
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey (screenshot: YouTube)
November 23, 2014, 8:29 pm
NJ rabbi: Arabs in Israel ‘must be vanquished’
Steven Pruzansky of Teaneck suggests government should raze Palestinian villages, uproot Dome of the Rock
By JTA
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