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Lakewood’s Orthodox Take Aim at a Tent City; Anti-Semitic Cyber-Stalking

At Odds: In Lakewood, New Jersey a tent city has pitted the large Orthodox community against homeless residents. Image by nate lavey

In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward fellow Seth Berkman to discuss his story about a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey a town with a large, dominant Orthodox community. Then, Naomi Zeveloff drops by to discuss her story about a professor whose professional relationship with a student devolved into an ugly case of cyber-stalking and harassment.

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