In Mahwah, it’s a pre-emptive strike against the imagined invasion of Orthodox Jews from New York.Mahwah: Mahwah council introduces ‘no-knock’ ordinance to limit soliciting.
What sounds wrong to them are the sounds of Orthodox children – from out of state no less – playing in in their parks and of real estate agents ringing doorbells street by street offering buckets of cash for homes sought by Orthodox families.
Orthodox Jews from New York extended an eruv into Mahwah and residents saw that as a sign that Orthodox would be moving soon to Mahwah.
There have been reports of buses of Orthodox Jews coming to Mahwah parks to play.