by Chris Megerian and The Star-Ledger | Nov 8, 2010 | News
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Derek Fenton stole headlines by burning pages from the Quran in lower Manhattan to protest a planned Islamic community center there. Two days later, he lost his job at New Jersey Transit for... by Susan Todd and The Star-Ledger | Nov 2, 2010 | News
(RNS) Veronika and Oleg Bilerman exchanged wedding vows a quarter of a century ago in an unremarkable civil ceremony in the former Soviet Union. Their Jewish faith was never acknowledged. It wasn’t until Sunday (Oct. 31) that the couple, who now live in Fair Lawn,... by Eunice Lee and The Star-Ledger | Oct 26, 2010 | News
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (RNS) Florida Pastor Terry Jones held the keys to his black 2011 Hyundai Accent for only a few minutes on Friday (Oct. 22) before handing them to a battered women’s advocacy group. Jones gave the car, which car dealer Brad Benson had decorated... by Judy Peet and The Star-Ledger | Oct 8, 2010 | News
TEANECK, N.J. (RNS) After enduring “a firestorm” of criticism from all factions of Judaism, New Jersey’s oldest Jewish newspaper says it overreacted in printing and then rescinding its first published same-sex wedding announcement. “We did not expect the heated... by Ben Horowitz and The Star-Ledger | Sep 16, 2010 | News
CHATHAM, N.J. (RNS) A grand jury on Tuesday (Sept. 14) issued a revised indictment against a former church custodian who stands accused of murdering a Catholic priest. The new seven-count indictment is substantially the same as the original six-count document but...
