Paper Reports On Parallel Orthodox Jewish Social Service System

Saturday's Asbury Park (NJ) Press reports on the parallel system of social services maintained by the large Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood, New Jersey:

With their own judicial order, ambulance brigade, civilian patrol, school system and political force, Orthodox Jews here live, in large part, in a parallel society, with dual public services mirroring those municipal bodies that officially govern. When they collide, controversy is often sparked.

[Thanks to Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]