EXHIBIT 23(A)
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               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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We have issued our report dated January 11, 2002 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Community Bancorp of New Jersey appearing in the 2001
Annual Report of the Company to its stockholders included in the Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2001, which is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned report.


/s/GRANT THORNTON LLP
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 17, 2003



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