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Yosef Kolko, right, walks with an unidentified man, near the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River, NJ, Thursday, May 9, 2013, during a break in his trial on sexual assault charges. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)
May 14, 2013, 1:34 am
Yeshiva rabbi admits he sexually abused boy at camp
Three days into trial, Yosef Kolko changes plea to guilty after other accusers come forward
By Katie Zezima
Convicted child sex abuser Yosef Kolko. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)
May 12, 2013, 3:31 pm
Ex-yeshiva teacher faces sex assault charges in NJ
Alleged victim and family condemned and ostracized from community for taking case to secular authorities
By Katie Zezima
Brothers Tamerlan, right, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, pictured shortly before April 2013's Boston Marathon blasts (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)
April 20, 2013, 9:50 pm
Injured Boston suspect still unable to answer questions
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in serious condition at local hospital following arrest; special team ready to interrogate him
By Bridget Murphy and Katie Zezima
Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi poses for The Associated Press in New Brunswick, NJ. Amirahmadi, a professor at Rutgers University, is running for president of Iran. The liberal professor is embarking on a quixotic quest and must still win approval from the supreme leader's Iranian Supreme Council, which many say won't happen. But Amirahamadi is resolute, running a grassroots campaign and targeting Iranian expats who want to see the country open up to the West. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
March 26, 2013, 10:56 am
US professor on quixotic quest to be Iran’s next president
Hooshang Amirahmadi, 65, a dual US-Iranian citizen who says Iran should recognize Israel if a Palestinian state is established, aims to return to his home country and ‘make a splash’
By Katie Zezima
Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating the Siyyum Hashas, or end of the 7.5 year Talmud learning cycle, in New Jersey's MetLife Field Wednesday night. (photo credit: AP/ Mel Evans)
August 2, 2012, 5:49 am
MetLife Stadium becomes ‘world’s largest synagogue’ for Talmud celebration
500 rabbis join the dais — and 600 troopers guard the stadium — at ‘Siyum Hashas’ in New York
By Katie Zezima
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