“A supporter holds up an equality sign as he stands near a group of Orthodox Jewish men against gay marriage as groups for and against gathered outside the New Jersey Statehouse Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Trenton, N.J. The state Senate is scheduled to vote on legalizing gay marriage Thursday. If it passes, the Assembly […]
The Lakewood 24/6 site shares the following information from one of its readers regarding tomorrow’s elections in New Jersey: “I just got off the phone with the rosh hayeshiva, Rav Aryeh Malkiel Kotler shlita. “He told me the following. Maran Rav Aharon Leib Shteiman shlit”a stated that the oilam should vote for whoever will be better […]
“The rewards could come from state governments or approved charities, not from individuals, and the organs would be distributed according to formulas already in place. That means organs will not be available only to the wealthy. What Mr. Rosenbaum is accused of doing is indeed against the law, and if he is found guilty he […]
Chris Christie and Jon Corzine as The Honeymooners
“New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s re-election bid may be damaged by the federal corruption arrests of 44 people yesterday, which shifted attention from the economy to the state’s reputation for pay-to-play politics. The investigation was ongoing while Christopher Christie, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, was the U.S. attorney for […]
photo: Rabbi Saul J. Kassin outside federal court in Newark on Thursday. He was one of five rabbis charged in a wide-ranging money-laundering investigation
“In a criminal complaint, the F.B.I. said the rabbis used their congregations’ charitable organizations to launder about $3 million — passing what they were told was a donor’s ill-gotten gains through their […]
