Mayor calls on Jersey City official to resign over Jewish comments

Terrell was commenting on an article about an event attended by faith leaders and community representatives in Jersey City following the Dec. 10 attack on a kosher supermarket.

Jersey City Board of Education member Joan Terrell-Paige, seen at a meeting on Feb. 4, 2019, was critical of the city's Hasidic community in a Facebook post.

(photo credit: MICHAEL DEMPSEY/THE JERSEY JOURNAL/TNS)

ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA

DECEMBER 18, 2019 09:46

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Mayor calls on Jersey City official to resign over Jewish comments

Terrell was commenting on an article about an event attended by faith leaders and community representatives in Jersey City following the Dec. 10 attack on a kosher supermarket.

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