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    Kars 4 Kids Rakes in the Buckz

    A well-branded Jewish charity goes to great pains to avoid calling itself Jewish—and takes in millions nationwide

    byZachary Schrieber
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    (Shutterstock)
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    Lakewood Cops Lend a Hand During Shabbat

    Police now turn on lights, pick up meds for N.J. town’s Orthodox residents

    byZachary Schrieber
  • (Alessandra Olanow)
    (Alessandra Olanow)
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    Ultra-Orthodox Parents of Children With Mental Illness Face Lonely Struggles

    When one teen began bingeing and purging, there were places she could go, but her mother felt she had nowhere to turn

    bySabine Heinlein
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    How Lakewood, N.J., Is Redefining What It Means To Be Orthodox in America

    Seventy years ago, Rabbi Aharon Kotler built an enduring community of yeshiva scholars by making peace with capitalism

    byDavid Landes
  • Larry Simons of Lakewood, N.J., walks along bags of religious articles, shaimos, unearthed off Vermont Avenue in February. Rabbi Chaim Abadi buried tons and tons of religious articles illegally off a dirt road that extends off Vermont Avenue.(Courtesy of The Asbury Park Press)
    Larry Simons of Lakewood, N.J., walks along bags of religious articles, shaimos, unearthed off Vermont Avenue in February. Rabbi Chaim Abadi buried tons and tons of religious articles illegally off a dirt road that extends off Vermont Avenue.(Courtesy of The Asbury Park Press)
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    God’s Garbage in New Jersey

    Residents paid a rabbi to bury damaged ritual objects. But it’s illegal, and thousands of trash bags remain in limbo.

    byAlexander Aciman
  • (All photos by Mateo Aceves)
    (All photos by Mateo Aceves)
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    Yiddish, Translated on a Jumbotron

    Overheard at last night’s ultra-Orthodox rally against the Internet

    byMicah Stein
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    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock.)
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    Rallying Against the Internet

    A sold-out event at New York’s Citi Field aims to unite the ultra-Orthodox world against online ‘evils’

    byMicah Stein
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