[jQuery] Superfish loading problem

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I am running Superfish with Smarty templating engine but there appears
to be a conflict with jquery and smarty

I call Superfish using the basic code below but it will not work
  $(document).ready(function(){
            $("ul.sf-menu").superfish({
            pathClass:  'current'
        });
    });

I changed the code to the following and it appears to call the code.
  jQuery(document).ready(function(){
            $("ul.sf-menu").superfish({
            pathClass:  'current'
        });
    });

I beleive the issue is with the $.   I tested this with the following.
  jQuery(document).ready(function(){
           alert('test')
        });
    });
 and the alert is displayed.  If I change the JQuery back to a $ it
will not work.

Any ideas or other ways to initiate the Superfish code.