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Jun 20, 2024

East Brunswick Yearbook Investigation Report Issued

East Brunswick High School, on June 19, released the report from an outside investigation of its 2024 yearbook incident. Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey observes that the report contains inconsistencies, leaves unanswered questions as to the progression of events, and reinforc…

Jun 7, 2024

East Brunswick Superintendent Seeks to Validate "Gross Lack of Oversight"

At the East Brunswick Board of Education meeting June 6, 2024, Superintendent, Dr. Victor Valeski, said the board had concluded its internal investigation of how a high school yearbook photo now identified as a group of Muslim students had been placed in the space intended and labeled to s…

Jun 6, 2024

Alum Points to East Brunswick High School History of Antisemitism

Reprinted Courtesy of TapInto East Brunswick from June 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Dear Editor: 

It’s been a while since I have been a student at East Brunswick High School, but I have never been so compelled to reach out and express my deepest disappointment with this year’s yearbook and the …

Jun 5, 2024

Fostering Hope Among Israel's Farmers This Shavuot

Next week we celebrate Shavuot, also known as Chag HaKatzir, the Harvest Festival, because it coincides with the grain harvest in Israel. Contrary to other Jewish holidays whose date is noted in the Torah, Shavuot is not determined by a day on the calendar, but rather in relation to the agri…

Jun 5, 2024

Demanding Facts and Accountability in East Brunswick Yearbook Matter

On the afternoon of June 4, 2024, Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey representing Monmouth and Greater Middlesex counties became aware that East Brunswick High School's 2024 yearbook contains alterations of photos and names of Jewish students that, while under investigation, appe…

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