Three North Jersey towns face lawsuits over alleged Orthodox Jewish discrimination

Three North Jersey towns face lawsuits over alleged Orthodox Jewish discrimination

NEWARK — During an Aug. 15, 2015 meeting, Mayor Joanne Minichetti told members of the Upper Saddle River Borough Council that a local member of the Jewish community had reached a deal with a utility company to create an eruv, a demarcation of an area that under Orthodox Jewish law allows people to undertake otherwise prohibited…