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BATTLE ENDS: Woodcliff Lake Agrees To Allow Orthodox Worship Center And Pay $1.5 Million BATTLE ENDS: Woodcliff Lake Agrees To Allow Orthodox Worship Center And Pay $1.5 Million
Battle Ends: Woodcliff Lake Agrees To Allow Orthodox Worship Center And Pay $1.5 Million An Orthodox Jewish congregation will be allowed to build a new worship center in Woodcliff Lake under an agreement reached Tuesday, ending a years-long battle that the borough fought with both the religious group and the federal government. Under a pair of the agreements announced Tuesday, the feds and Valley Chabad are both dropping lawsuits against the borough for denying zoning approvals for the property at Werimus Road and Woodcliff Avenue. The borough also will pay Valley Chabad $1.5 million in damages and attorney’s fees resulting from the ordeal, under a separate agreement between th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills
Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills A recent rash of hate symbols that have confounded officials and angered parents have spread from Pascack Valley High School to Pascack Hills. This time, swastikas and a racial slur against black were found Friday in a bathroom at Pascack Hills High in Montvale, Schools Supt. P. Erik Gundersen confirmed.It marks the first such recent incident at PHHS, joining three in less than two months at PVHS. Gundersen, finding himself having to address the troubling issue yet again, said district officials have two specific objectives -- educating the public and making sure whoever was respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time 2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time Although some suspect the work of ignorant delinquents, the discovery of swastikas for the second time in six weeks at Pascack Valley High School comes at a time that most say makes it particularly troubling. Most notably, there was the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting – the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history – by a man who authorities said posted Nazi symbols online. Before that, there were the five swastikas found drawn in shaving cream outside Jewish homes on a Haworth street on Halloween morning. And there was a recent report that incidents of swastika painting have increased t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection
Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection The government filed a religious discrimination lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the borough of Woodcliff Lake over its denial of an Orthodox Jewish congregation's attempts to build a new worship center in town. The borough and its zoning board violated the “Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act” when it denied Valley Chabad zoning approval to build a house of worship on its property at the corner of Werimus Road and Woodcliff Avenue, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Borough officials also “took steps to keep it from building a house of worship anywhere else in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco