Judy Peet
Judy Peet is an author at Religion News Service.
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Yeshiva dispute pits Jew against Jew in N.J. town
By Judy Peet — October 3, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service ROOSEVELT, N.J. _ Bert Ellentuck watched the adolescent boys with tzistzis and yarmulkes shooting hoops next door and sighed. “The people who settled this town were Jews; oh, they were socialists, communists and anti-religion, but they were Jews,” Ellentuck said. “I’m a Jew, those kids are Jews, and the biggest […]
Growth of Orthodox Jewish Population Stirs A Growing Divide in New Jersey Town
By Judy Peet — October 27, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service LAKEWOOD, N.J. _ People here are watching. In the century-old downtown, Orthodox Jewish men watch Mexican men standing impassively on the corners. The Mexicans watch the ground, carefully ignoring Orthodox women hurrying by in long skirts and wigs. The police watch everyone. It is a daily dance of uneasy co-existence […]
NEWS FEATURE: Small Chapel Becomes Keeper of Sept. 11’s Spiritual Flame
By Judy Peet — September 11, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ The bells toll at 12:30 p.m. at the Episcopal chapel across the street from the World Trade Center site, but Gary Just of Glen Rock, N.J., is already praying in one of the scarred pews. So are the honeymooners from Italy and the 12-year-old British Columbian. None […]
TOP STORY: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Heresy trial could be dividing line for Episcopalians
By Judy Peet — February 23, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. (RNS)-The Rev. Barry Stopfel, rector of St. George’s Church in Maplewood, N.J., a Newark suburb, opens his packages cautiously these days. He worries that his address is in the phone book and that his car is too accessible. He hopes his fears are unfounded, but given the quality […]
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