Northern New Jersey Wave of Anti-Semitic Attacks Has Jewish Community On Watch

A string of attacks against Jewish congregations in Northern New Jersey has communities on edge, and the most recent attack, involving a firebomb thrown at a synagogue in Rutherford that also is home to the rabbi and his family, is being treated as both a hate crime and attempted murder.

The attacks have been in Hackensack, Paramus, Rutherford, and Maywood.

In response to these attacks, law