The fates of two brothers charged with beating a black teenager while patrolling for a Jewish neighborhood watch are in the hands of a judge in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The two sides presented their closing arguments to Judge Pamela ...

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The victim in a case against two brothers accused of beating him refused to testify Wednesday. Corey Ausby, 16, said he did not want to testify against defendants Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim. He told the court, “I feel in my ...

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Two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood are set to go on trial Monday in a case with similarities to the Trayvon Martin shooting. The brothers, who are white and Jewish, have claimed ...

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A Maryland appeals court has refused to disturb — on state contract law grounds — an Orthodox Jewish arbitration panel’s denial of a financial award to a divorced woman who had signed a prenuptial agreement to have the dispute resolved ...

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Two former members of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group have pleaded innocent to attacking a black teenager. Brothers Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim entered the pleas Wednesday morning while supporters and protesters rallied outside the Baltimore courthouse. The teen told ...

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The owner of the largest kosher supermarket in the country doesn’t particularly like it when his store is defined by size. “It really doesn’t mean that much to me to be the largest, we just try to do the best ...

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