{"id":8311,"date":"2016-05-03T16:33:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T20:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=8311"},"modified":"2016-05-03T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T20:33:55","slug":"library-to-host-program-understanding-your-jewish-orthodox-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/05\/library-to-host-program-understanding-your-jewish-orthodox-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Library to Host Program: ‘Understanding Your Jewish Orthodox Neighbors’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orthodox Jewish men. (Photo: Ernst Moeksis)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Ocean County Library\u2019s Lakewood branch will present a program exploring the similarities and differences between Lakewood\u2019s fast-growing Orthodox Jewish population and their neighbors in surrounding towns.<\/p>\n

As part of the program, Professor Ali Botein-Furrevig, Academic Advisor of the Center for Peace, Genocide and Holocaust Studies at Ocean County College, will present her book \u201cHeart of the Stranger: A Portrait of Lakewood\u2019s Orthodox Community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program is set to begin\u00a0at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 23 at the branch, 301 Lexington Avenue, Lakewood.<\/p>\n

In recent months, relations between the Orthodox community and neighboring residents in Toms River, Jackson and \u2013 to a lesser extent \u2013 Brick have become more strained following attempts by some Orthodox real estate agents to use what some describe as \u201cblockbusting\u201d and intimidation tactics to purchase property in Toms River and Jackson.<\/p>\n

In response, Toms River enacted a ban on real estate canvassing in some portions of the town, while Jackson and Brick have tightened\u00a0their canvassing and zoning ordinances.<\/p>\n

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