🌱 Patch AM: Why is Teaneck now among New Jersey’s antisemitism hot spots?

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• Why is Teaneck now among New Jersey’s antisemitism hot spots?

Also on today's calendar: Teaneck Community Blood Drive - Noak's Ark soup coupon for donors! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Snow late in the afternoon, with a high of 28 and low of 24 degrees.
• Saturday: A bit of morning snow; cloudy, temps: high: 30, low: 21.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 36 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Rising Antisemitism at New Jersey Campuses Is Redefining Jewish Life in Plain Sight (tjvnews.com) — Teaneck is singled out alongside New Brunswick, Lakewood, and Cherry Hill as one of the New Jersey communities reporting the highest levels of antisemitic incidents, according to Anti-Defamation League data. The story follows Jewish students at Rutgers and other campuses who describe harassment, threats, and a growing sense of vulnerability despite federal investigations and university promises of reform.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Teaneck

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Mecadon McCune Band
  brvshcul7ur3, 482 Cedar Ln, Teaneck
  9:15 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• The Ghosts Of Christmas Past
  White Eagle Hall , 337 Newark Ave , Jersey City
  6:00 pm
• New York Tri-State Area
  brvshcul7ur3 , 482 Cedar Ln , Teaneck
  7:30 pm
• Michael Rabinowitz Band
  brvshcul7ur3 , 482 Cedar Ln , Teaneck
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Teaneck Community Blood Drive - Noak's Ark soup coupon for donors!
  Young Israel of Teaneck , 868 Perry Ln , Teaneck
  9:00 am
• Disney's Frozen - The Musical - Millburn
  Paper Mill Playhouse , 22 Brookside Dr , Millburn
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Yarn Works Club
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• (R) Noon Year's Eve Party
  Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium, Hackensack's
  11:00 am
• Noon Year's Eve Party (Ages 4 to 8)
  Englewood Public Library Englewood - Children's Room,
  11:15 am

Saturday January 3

• Free Concert: donations welcome
  Calvary Lutheran Church , 165 W Crescent Ave , Allendale
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Bergen County Winter Wonderland
  Winter Wonderland at Van Saun County Park , 216 Forest Ave , Paramus
  11:00 am
• Storytime with Miss Emily
  Lodi - Children's Room
  11:00 am
• Vinnie Caruana and Brandon Reilly with special...
  Williams Center · Rutherford , NJ , Edgewater
  7:00 pm
• Holiday Sing-Along
  CZEN Restaurant Englewood , 36 N Van Brunt St , Englewood
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• They were most likely from Persia or Babylon, and were priests in their own religions, or were astrologers, and probably not actually kings.
  They are mentioned only in the Gospel of Matthew, and their following the star belies a little recognized fact: the birth was one of historical… (Nextdoor Greater Teaneck)

• Fairleigh Dickinson University posted a job opening for Assistant/Associate Professor, OTD program in Teaneck. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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Hackensack

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• Hillsdale Man Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child (secaucusnj.net)
• Harrington Park Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of Co-Worker (secaucusnj.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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