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Facing state and federal lawsuits alleging it used local ordinances to discriminate against Orthodox Jews from nearby New York state, a northern New Jersey town rescinded one of the measures that stoked a controversy that has roiled the town in recent months.

New Jersey sued one of its towns Tuesday over two recent ordinances the state says illegally targeted a Jewish community from nearby New York, likening the conduct of town officials to the “1950s-era white flight suburbanites” who sought to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods. The lawsuit against Mahwah and its township council seeks to block the ordinances and the…

New Jersey sued one of its towns Tuesday over two recent ordinances the state says illegally targeted a Jewish community from nearby New York, likening the conduct of town officials to the “1950s-era white flight suburbanites” who sought to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods. Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey is now investigating how a town adopted a rule limiting use of a public park to state residents that opponents say targets Jewish people from a nearby New York town.

An Orthodox Jewish community group has sued a New Jersey town that has moved to block the group from building a religious boundary made up of white plastic piping through town.

A New Jersey town has ordered a Jewish community group to stop building a religious boundary made up of white plastic piping through its town.

An Orthodox Jewish group using an eruv is sparking controversy. Pat Battle reports.