LEONARD GREENE: Tensions rise in N.J. Jewish community over land for sale in Israel
Barricades stretched for a quarter mile along Roemer Ave. in Teaneck, N.J., on both sides of the street.
A spotlight camera stood sentry at the intersection outside the Congregation Keter Torah off New Bridge Road.
Tensions have been high in various corners of the township, home to a large Jewish community, since Hamas terrorists brutally attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
They have been even higher in the days since rumors surfaced that the synagogue was hosting a gathering of real estate agents on Sunday who will be selling land in Israel that was stolen from the Palestinians.
But that’s not what’s happening.
Not exactly.
But the internet can be a dangerous place.
And so can the world.
What is happening at the “Great Israeli Real Estate Event,” according to Juda Englemayer, a spokesman for the congregation, is that real estate agents from Israel will be showing off their projects in Israel and the occupied West........
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