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Congregation Bnai Yeshurun

One Arrest Made During Gaza War Protest In Teaneck One Arrest Made During Gaza War Protest In Teaneck
One Arrest Made During Gaza War Protest In Teaneck FOLLOW UP: An Upper Manhattanite was the only person arrested at a large demonstration outside a Teaneck synagogue, authorities said. Pro-Palestinian protestors faced off against Jewish counter-demonstrators during a fundraiser on Monday, April 1, at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun on West Englewood Avenue. The private event featured a representative of ZAKA, a Jewish group that collects body parts and blood for burial at the scenes of accidents and terrorist attacks. After American Muslims for Palestine and Within Our Lifetime announced plans to picket the event, township authorities took the …
Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies
Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies One of two men critically injured when they were struck crossing the street outside a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night died Saturday. Sheldon Mermelstein, 75, passed away around 2 p.m. Saturday, Deputy Mayor Elie Katz said. “Our hearts are broken,” his daughter-in-law, Ayelet Schwartz Mermelstein, wrote in tribute. “May his memory be a blessing.” Mermelstein and Micah Kaufman, 41, both members of congregation Beth Aron on Queen Anne Road, were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck by a sedan while crossing West Englewood Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities …
Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother
Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother One of two men critically injured when they were struck crossing the street outside a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night was to receive an award this weekend for donating a kidney that saved the life of a grandmother. Micah Kaufman, 41, and Sheldon Mermelstein, 75, both members of congregation Beth Aron on Queen Anne Road, were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck by a sedan while crossing West Englewood Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Mermelstein succumbed to his injuries on Saturday: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/…