tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526430339055538452024-03-19T01:55:14.978-07:00 Hefkervelt A voice for the Tzibbur by the Tzibbur- overcoming challenges. We take no responsibility for comments posted you are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.comBlogger9929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-40893729667156277602024-03-18T17:58:00.000-07:002024-03-18T19:07:20.679-07:00Oif Simchas Monday 9 Adar<div style="text-align: left;"> Chasunas</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Peikes - Friedman Kesser Moshe Yehuda </div><div>Grossman - Hoff Fountain Ballroom </div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-5953957831219661642024-03-18T17:01:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:16:27.843-07:00Tuition Relief Bill Introduced Today in Trenton <div style="text-align: left;"> What everyone has been waiting for</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thr New Jersey Student Support Act" was introduced today in the NJ legislature. This project started with the Modern Orthodox school of New Jersey teach NJ with the Lakewood kehila joining in under the UENJ. The bill will give tax credits for companies who award scholarships for private schools.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Establishes program in Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.</div><div>Identical Bill Number: S3035. The bill sponsors are all democrats. They will need republican support for it to pass.</div><div>Primary Sponsor:</div><div>Swain, Lisa</div><div>Schaer, Gary S.</div><div>Atkins, Reginald W.</div><div>Co-Sponsor:</div><div>Donlon, Margie, M.D.</div><div>Peterpaul, Luanne M., Esq.</div><div>Karabinchak, Robert J.</div><div>Schnall, Alexander</div><div>Marenco, Julio</div><div>Bagolie, Rosy</div><div>Tully, Chris</div><div>Pintor Marin, Eliana</div><div>It can take years for the bill to make it through the system and ultimately has to be signed by the governor.</div><div>/</div><div><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-16815833234695824552024-03-18T10:28:00.000-07:002024-03-18T18:53:59.594-07:00Monday March 18 News Updates Lakewood <p>Weather: 51° Sunny along with a few clouds.</p><p>- Assemblyman Avi Schnall votes to increase gas tax as he voted today Yes, in favor of a bill to increase the gas tax in NJ by 2 cents a gallon per year for the next 5 years. Republicans all voted against it, but schnall joined the democrats along party line for the tax increase. The bill awaits signature of Gov Murphy.</p><p>- Assemblyman Avi Schnall sponsors another bil that l Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability. This billbhas been introduced previously and againbin the senate by Bob Singer</p><div style="text-align: left;">- Top municipalities approving gun permits in NJ since 6/2022 Supreme Court ruling:Toms River, Newark, Old bridge,Vineland, Jackson,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Woodbridge, Ocean, Howell, Brick, Lakewood.</div><p>- Coke Soda cans on sale @shop Rite 3 12 packs for $17 plus a free 12 pack of spiced coke </p><p>- Al Haesh על האש Event planner and in-house Chef / Caterer in Lakewood is now unde the kosher supervision of CRC Hisachdus</p><p>- A New Kosher Pizza shop will soon be opening in Jackson at the plaza 2042 West County line rd off Steuban lane. The famous Fialkoffs pizza is opening further down W. County ln near NPGS plaza.</p><div>- 'King Charles is NOT dead': Ukraine's British embassy issues furious denial after Russian media shared fake Buckingham Palace statement claiming Monarch 'passed away unexpectedly yesterday afternoon'</div><div><br /></div><div>- Gvir culture back again this year Salt Shalach manos meat board includes: chef prepared dry aged herb crusted standing prime rib roast, rack of lamb, salt signature short rib pastrami, salt x herzog 4 barrels wine, salt carving set, himalayan salt grinder, salts signature sauces pre prepaid package $999 per package + add-ons</div><div><br /></div><div>- Satmar rebbe Rav Zalman spoke motzei shabbos to all bochurim going collecting to be wary of tznius issues as they go to houses and avoid going to a home where there's pritzus. The rebbe said they should forgo the money rather than go into such a home. He also instructed the bochurim to wear a hat and play niggunim that are refined and don't bring to holelus.</div><div><br /></div><div>- The Florida Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center was ravaged by a fire in an act of arson early Saturday morning, causing damage to the synagogue, Hebrew school, and community center, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, and Las Olas Chabad said.</div><div><br /></div><div>- The Haven Hotel, a new kosher hotel opened in Lakewood, offering an ideal experience in the Toms River community for frum Jews seeking top-tier amenities. The suites offer comfortable beds, a living room, a kitchenette and a coffee maker. The hotel is completely Shabbos-friendly, and equipped with free wi-fi and parking. The Haven utilizes a back desk with completely self-service check-in and check-out.(YTK)</div><div><br /></div><div>- Earlier this month a group of frum Jews Protested in front State House in Albany, against the state involvement in chinuch and against other organizations that are complying with the state.</div><div><br /></div><div> - Jackson Township Council President Jennifer Kuhn is the liaison to education for the council, attended the BOE said contracting with the LTSA was better than the school district writing checks to families to cover transportation costs and will reduce the number of buses and school transportation vehicles on township roads.</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-5246343317070880332024-03-18T05:16:00.000-07:002024-03-18T19:08:00.727-07:00Israel At War Monday March 18<div style="text-align: left;">Israel at war day 164</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Biden rules out support for major Rafah op, in first call with Netanyahu in over a month</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- The IDF says troops killed a senior Hamas operative during this morning’s raid on Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital. Faiq Mabhouh, who served as the head of operations in Hamas’s internal security force, was armed and hiding inside the Shifa complex, “from which he was working to advance terror activity,” the IDF says. Mabhouh was killed amid an exchange of fire during an attempt to arrest him.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Gedolei yisroel Rav Don Segal and Rav Dov Landau are calling for a yom tefila this Thursday Taanis Esther by adding 10 kapitlach of Tehillim including 91, Yoshev Beseser.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Another soldier killed in Gaza at Shifa hospital, operation bringing death toll to 250</div><div style="text-align: left;">Matan Vinogradov ,20, from Yerushalayim</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- IDF launches pre-planned op. in Gaza's Shifa hospital. The IDF said senior Hamas terrorists had regrouped inside the hospital and were using it to command attacks against Israel. IDF battled several Hamas terrorists who shot at the soldiers from the hospital,returning fire and killing the terrorists. IDF said it had arrested around 80 persons, some of whom are Hamas terrorists. No hostages were reported to have been in the area.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Israeli delegation to head to Doha for hostage talks Monday after security cabinet ok</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- An Egyptian official to Israel national news (Kaan): notwithstanding Israeli statements to the contrary - Israel is very far from defeating Hamas in Gaza. </div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-66304373773800119242024-03-17T17:17:00.001-07:002024-03-17T17:17:53.773-07:00Oif Simchas Sunday 8 Adar Ii<div style="text-align: left;">Chasunas:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lowinger - Kushner Toras Menachem </div><div style="text-align: left;">Krauss - Falk Ateres Reva </div><div style="text-align: left;">Levy - Banarroch Kesser Moshe Yehuda </div><div style="text-align: left;">Kagan - Lindow Fountain Ballroom </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Chanukas habayis event for new kollel in Toms River under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Pinto shlita at 1060 Church Rd, Toms River 8:00pm divrei bracha By the R"Y Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Khal Holy Oaks Jackson will host a seudas Hachtara appointing Rav Avrohom Frankel shlita as their new rav to lead the community tonight at River terrace hall divrei bracah by the Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Yeruchom Olshin shlita</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Yeshiva Ohr Chaim Meir Dinner at Tiferes Bais Yaakov hall 1094 River Ave 7:00pm Guest Speaker the Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita</div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-10994415419442391502024-03-17T17:17:00.000-07:002024-03-17T18:55:11.909-07:00Israel At War Sunday March 17<div style="text-align: left;">Israel at war day 162</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- IDF launches new operation in Gaza's Shifa hospital, early Monday morning heavy clashes reported</div><div>The IDF said senior Hamas terrorists had regrouped inside the hospital and were using it to command attacks against Israel.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- NBC: The White House is working on a response should Israel ignore Preside</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- The security cabinet agreed on Sunday night to send a high-level delegation to continue hostage negotiations in Qatar, giving the delegation a general mandate to conduct the talks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- IDF troops eliminated approx. 18 terrorists, yesterday </div><div><br /></div><div>- Cabinet postpones discussion of Charedi enlistment as legal deadline looms</div><div>Unless new consensus framework can be reached by the end of the month, the government will have to enlist ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, endangering stability of the coalition</div><div><br /></div><div>-Donald Trump says he would tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to finish the war against Hamas in Gaza “quickly and get back to the world of peace.”</div><div><br /></div><div>- Hamas confirmed that Marwan Issa, the 2nd-in-command of the al-Qassam Brigades and 3rd highest in the terrorist organization's hierarchy, was killed in last week's IDF strike in Nusirat, in central Gaza, while he was hiding in one of Hamas's terror tunnels.</div><div><br /></div><div>- IDF announces death of Cpt. Daniel Perez, 22, who was killed, abducted on October 7</div><div>Daniel Perez was killed and hos body was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, from near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Perez was, from Yad Binyamin.</div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-21658453193429313962024-03-17T09:44:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:50:51.751-07:00Sunday March 17 News Updates Lakewood <p>Weather: 63° Sunshine and clouds mixed. </p><p>-Joe Lieberman: Schumer's Call to Oust Netanyahu 'Outrageous'. "For a U.S. senator, let alone a majority leader, let alone the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in Washington, to tell Israelis that it's time to get rid of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that's outrageous,"</p><p>- Event for Albert Harshaw is going on now in the Lakewood library meeting room. He needs a few hundred more signatures to appear on the ballot. Stand with him like he is standing with us.</p><p>- Busy Sunday before Purim shopping day expect traffic and long lines at shopping centers</p><p>- Walgreens store in Jackson at S Hope Chapel and E. Veterans will be closing down as of April 3. Part of industry store closures. customers prescriptions will be available at the Walgreens location on Harmony Road in Jackson </p><p>- Toms River Leads NJ with Largest Volume of New Gun Carry Applications</p><p>- Trump: Biden dumped Israel; he walked away from Israel. He just said Netanyahu needed to "take a walk" </p><p>- Chanukas Habayis and Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Columbus Ave shul in Lakewood procession leaving 2:30 pm from Monterey Cir to the shul 1395 Central Ave </p><p>- Chanukas habayis event for new kollel in Toms River under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Pinto shlita at 1060 Church Rd, Toms River 8:00pm divrei bracha By the R"Y Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita</p><p>- Khal Holy Oaks Jackson will host a seudas Hachtara appointing Rav Avrohom Frankel shlita as their new rav to lead the community tonight at River terrace hall divrei bracah by the Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Yeruchom Olshin shlita</p><p>Yeshiva Ohr Chaim Meir Dinner at Tiferes Bais Yaakov hall 1094 River Ave 7:00pm Guest Speaker the Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita</p><p>- There will be a rally in support of US Senate candidate Albert Harshaw at the Lakewood library, 301 Lexington Ave, today Sunday 1-3PM</p><p>- Pelosi told CNN that Trump might "exact a bloodbath" if he loses. Conservative pundits say The Bloodbath Hoax is in full swing</p><p><br /></p>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-37134235163214514732024-03-16T20:54:00.000-07:002024-03-16T20:54:06.214-07:00Hashkafa Q&A<div style="text-align: left;"> Hashkafa with Rav Gershon Ribner</div><div style="text-align: left;">The shidduch crisis</div><div style="text-align: left;">The man who holds the power to liberate all who suffer from the shidduch crisis</div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/30379093/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/050000/" style="border: none;" title="Libsyn Player" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-62086482472453417902024-03-16T20:19:00.000-07:002024-03-17T08:14:12.961-07:00Motzei Shabbos Pekudei News Updtates Lakewood <div style="text-align: left;"><div>ויקרא שמו בישראל - אליהו בן רב צבי </div><div><br /></div><div>- There will be a rally in support of US Senate candidate Albert Harshaw at the Lakewood library, 301 Lexington Ave, this Sunday 1-3PM.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Yiddin celebrate the yartzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu at Miron, kever Dovid and Chevron.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Smell of smoke is from controlled burns at the Joint base MDL army base.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Hundreds of kids gathered tonight in Har nof for a krias shema leining together with Rav Tzvi Kushelevsky shlita for his new born son. The bris will take place tomorrow morning 7 adar.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Mike Pence says he will not support Trump in 2024</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Murphy: On International Day to Combat Islamophobia, we unequivocally condemn the rising tide of anti-Muslim hatred & violence, especially in the wake of the war in Gaza. We are making significant efforts to protect religious freedom & houses of worship. Islamophobia has no place here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Trump at Ohio rally: “If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Governor Murphy now says Toms River and other districts losing state aid should just start closing their schools. This comes after the governor touted that ‘No schools should close’ in New Jersey. In Toms River, this would also mean closing one of its three intermediate schools. “You got three high schools, you should have two. You have five middle schools, you should have four. Those are hard discussions to have inside of a community, and I get that,” </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Video:Krias Shema leining in Har Nof<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDF8-V0wpkJNQ-WgK1l-ihcdYRY5ZsKRC7BYIcuGoO4UTOLEFbrSO7QSel8kPIYHdI0MKimiS5Kni2HIw_zQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-56960812831347718752024-03-16T20:00:00.000-07:002024-03-16T20:04:23.027-07:00Israel at War Motzei Shabbos<div style="text-align: left;"> Israel at war day 162</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">U.S SLOWS SUPPLY OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL</div><div style="text-align: left;">According to a senior Israeli official, weapons supplies " were coming very fast, but we are now finding that it's very slow." ABC news</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Mossad chief prepares to head to Qatar as hostage-truce deal talks due to resume</div><div style="text-align: left;">Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas were slated to start Sunday but may be pushed off a day, with Israel’s war cabinet to meet Sunday evening; Saudi report: Still no breakthrough</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Giyus: Israeli media mocks chief Rabbi Yitxchak Yosef after he spoke out against drafting yeshiva students, by putting a clown hat on him and other stations put him side by side with Nasrallah after the Hezbollah Terror leader mentioned chacham yosefs words about leaving the country should they conscript yeshiva bochurim.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Senior figures from Hamas and Yemen’s Houthi rebels held a rare meeting last week to discuss coordinating their actions against Israel, Palestinian factional sources told AFP.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu government, call for elections. An estimated 34,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the Netanyahu government. In demonstrators blocking the Ayalon highway, and in Yerushalayim protesters temporarily shut down the city-center intersection at Paris Square</div><div><br /></div><div>- This afternoon a Hamas terrorist attempted to infiltrate into a Jewish community in Hebron while armed with an assault rifle. The terrorist opened fire at Jews from an Arab cemetery near the community and was shot dead by responding IDF soldiers. The Hamas terrorist has been identified as Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal, an imam in Hebron’s Al-Qassem Mosque.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-83598646633414261012024-03-15T13:51:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:51:08.168-07:00Lakewod Zmanim עש"ק פרשת פקודי תשפ"ד חזק<p> <span style="text-align: right;">Friday, March 15, 2024 / ה אדר-ב תשפ"ד</span><span style="text-align: right;"> ערב שבת פרשת פקודי - שבת חזק</span></p><div style="text-align: left;">Candle lighting 6:46 pm</div><div style="text-align: left;">shkiah/sunset 7:04 pm</div><div>weather Shabbos day Sunny High 60</div><div><br /></div><div>Ashkenazim read regular haftorah of pekudai this year some in Yerushalyim have minhag to read haftoras of Vayakhel Pikudei according to Rav Tikochinsky. Since last week was shekalim.</div><div><br /></div><div><div> בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים</div><div>הפטרה פר׳ פקודי</div><div> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">חזק חזק ונתחזק</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-68494486821382270622024-03-15T13:50:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:55:17.387-07:00Israel At War Friday March 15<div style="text-align: left;">Israel at war day 161</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- The Prime Minister's Office: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has approved the plans for action in Rafah. The IDF is preparing for the operational side and to evacuate the population." Regarding the abductees it was reported: "Hamas' demands are still objectionable. An Israeli delegation will go to Doha, Qatar after the Security Policy Cabinet discusses Israel's negotiating position.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> President Joe Biden hailed the speech Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave yesterday in which he called for elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said it was a good speech. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby is asked whether the US is directly calling for elections in Israel.</div><div style="text-align: left;">“That’s going to be up to the Israeli people to decide,” Kirby says during a press briefing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- The general Israel cabinet failed to reach an official decision regarding the demands presented by Hamas due to the meeting being scheduled too close to the beginning of Shabbat, Israeli media sources reported on Friday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the Hamas response to the latest hostage agreement framework is “within the bounds of the deal that we’ve been working on for several months.”<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Hamas has submitted a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza to intermediaries and the United States, suggesting the release of Israeli captives in exchange for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, including around 100 serving life sentences, as detailed in a document reviewed by Reuters. The proposal outlines Hamas’s willingness to release certain categories of Israeli hostages, such as women, children, the elderly, and the infirm, in return for the liberation of 700 to 1000 Palestinian detainees. Notably, the release of Israeli “female recruits” is specified within the terms.</div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-26760667848902908842024-03-15T09:01:00.000-07:002024-03-15T09:01:21.967-07:00Agudath Israel Statement on Senator Majority Leader Schumer’s Remarks<div style="text-align: left;"> Agudath Israel Statement on Senator Majority Leader Schumer’s Remarks:</div><div><br /></div><div>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a long and distinguished record of strongly supporting the security and welfare of the State of Israel and its citizens. Understanding the millennia-old plight and oppression of the Jewish people, his love and devotion toward Israel are intense and deeply personal. He feels the existential threat that Israel faces and the hate and viciousness that surround her. The pain of Israel, as experienced before and after October 7, is his own. And Israel’s desire for peace, too, is his own. Anyone who knows Senator Schumer, and who reads the words of his major address on Middle East peace, knows this to be true.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are saddened, though, that important aspects of Senator Schumer’s address crossed a line. Indeed, it was the wrong message at the wrong time.<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Putting aside the various policy pronouncements and analyses included in his statement, we are deeply concerned that the Senator directly intervened in the internal affairs of a sovereign foreign nation, a robust democracy, and a staunch American ally, by explicitly calling for new Israeli elections and more than intimating what he believes the outcome of those elections should be.</div><div><br /></div><div>He further asserted that, if there are no new elections in Israel or if new elections in Israel do not result in an outcome that accords with his preferred policy perspectives, then the United States “will have no choice” but to leverage its aid to Israel in a manner that will exert pressure on Israel to divert its actions from what it deems to be in the nation’s best interests and the elected will of the people.</div><div><br /></div><div>These intrusive assertions by Senator Schumer would be inappropriate, offensive, and counterproductive at any time. But leveling accusations and criticisms against a steadfast friend during a time of war will only further endanger Israel’s soldiers while they are fighting and dying in pursuit of eradicating the scourge of terrorism.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the U.S.’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official ever, Senator Schumer has surely reached a pinnacle in American politics. But assuming the role of speaking on behalf of “a silent majority” of American Jewry goes too far. He has no such authority or power. If anything, his historic role and high station in our nation confer upon him the responsibility to carefully heed his words and use them wisely.</div><div><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-24805671013133000732024-03-15T08:23:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:32:44.405-07:00Friday March 15 News Update Lakewood <div style="text-align: left;"><div>Friday, March 15, 2024 / ה׳ אדר-ב תשפ״ד</div><div>ערב שבת פרשת פקודי</div><div><br /></div><div>Candle lighting 6:46pm</div><div>Shkiah/sunset 7:04pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Clock change reminder to adjust timers</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Weather: 72° Partly cloudy . Slight chance of a rain shower.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Shabbos day hi of 60 and sunny</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- Not only rayze it campaigns but now the phone calls are coming in from the yeshiva bochurim who are launching their annual Purim campaign</div><div><br /></div><div>- Lakewood in the news: New Jersey’s fastest growing town is also its youngest. The population of Lakewood in Ocean County has a median age of just 18.4 among its nearly 134,000 residents. No other town comes close, recently released Census data shows. More than 1 in 10 residents in Lakewood are under the age of 5 and the median age is more than 46 years younger than the state’s oldest town, Weymouth Township in Atlantic County. (NJ)</div><div><br /></div><div>- Mumps in NJ: Director of Pediatric at Chemed South Dr. Gollub said that there has also been an uptick and several cases in the Lakewood area community Dr. Golub advises that infected children and young adults should be excluded from activities for five days from the onset of parotid gland swelling to prevent further spread. (LNN)</div><div><br /></div><div>-Republican senate candidate Albert Herhshaw who will be on the June primary ballot will be campaigning in Lakewood this Sunday at the public Library at 3pm</div><div><br /></div><div>- Chaplain Yaakov Wenger will be running as a republican for the lakewood township committee, the republican club already endorsed Menashe miller and Moshe Raitzik for the 2 slots. In this week's Lakewood shopper the cover story is about the local Lakewood committee as most Lakewood residents disapprove of the current politicians and dont feel they are helping or looking out for the community at all. </div><div><br /></div><div>- Kollel cheshek shlomo pulls the application for the housing complex but will present the daycare application separately at the upcoming planing board meeting; APP reports from the kollel “The reason we were doing the housing first was because it was a much better model, it made more sense,” said Rabbi Avrohom Appel, school administrator. “But when a few neighbors started fighting with us, we decided to do it later. It is definitely tougher on the neighbors this way. We tried. “</div><div><br /></div><div>- Frum newspapers in Eretz Yisrael featured a picture of Rav Tzvi Kushelevsky and his newborn baby. the shalom zachor will take place at the yeshiva in Har nof tonight with thousands expected to participate , Theres already a halachic debate over the boys Bar mitzva as his birthday was on 30 Adar 1 which there wont be a date like that in 13 years from now since it will not be a leap year whic hputs in question what is the exact date of the bar mitzva,</div><div><br /></div><div>- New Jersey legislative leaders hit the brakes Thursday on a fast-moving bill that would have overhauled the state's open records law, following an outpouring of opposition claimimng it was an attempt to curtail information from the public and will be less transparent, sponsors said, the measure to update the bill is to block commercial businesses seeking records from towns across the state, clogging clerk's workloads and costing taxpayers.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin are urging New Jersey business owners to create thousands of new 'gun free zones.' by not allowing the public to carry in their estalishments. Murphy and Platkin have been working hard to undermine the so-called Bruen decision that lifted most restrictions surrounding an individual's right to carry a firearm.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Adirei Hatorah held a Parlor meeting event last night at the Coventry club house for the coventry community.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-683218039523622382024-03-14T16:22:00.000-07:002024-03-14T18:57:50.972-07:00Oif Simchas Thursday 5 Adar Ii<div style="text-align: left;">Chasunas:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Biller - Goldstein Kesser Moshe Yehuda </div><div style="text-align: left;">Geretz - Posen Ateres Reva </div><div style="text-align: left;">Turner - Moskowitz Fountain Ballroom </div><div style="text-align: left;">Inzlicht-Sprei - Bromberg Lake Terrace </div><div style="text-align: left;">Abowitz - Thaler Neemas Hachaim </div><div style="text-align: left;">Zakon - Bielinki Toras Menachem </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Kehilas Walden Woods chanukas Habayis</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Chumash Shiur by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm at B"M Ateres Bracha live 646-726-9977</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Harav Yosef Dovid Korbman Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva Gedola South Lakewood weekly Chumash shuir 11:15 pm in Bais Yitzchok (bmg) Ezras Nashim</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-65512400630852450842024-03-14T12:39:00.000-07:002024-03-14T18:29:02.933-07:00Thursday March 14 News Updates Lakewood <p>Weather: 70° Partly cloudy</p><p>- A bill advanced Thursday that would trigger five years of automatic gas tax hikes and a new $250 fee on electric and other zero emission vehicles in New Jersey to reauthorize the state’s Transportation Trust Fund.</p><p> - In addition to KRM coming to Lakewood there's also talk of Landaus supermarket coming to the Rt 70 & New Hampshire area</p><p>- Satmar cheder of Lakewood 2 day fundraising campaign to donate call 732-592-5523 or online <a href="https://www.dryveup.com/satmarlkwd/" target="_blank">Here</a></p><p>- Lakewood township commitee virtual only meeting today 5:30pm watch live stream <a href="https://www.townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=88&id=58181" target="_blank">Here</a> see agenda <a href="https://www.lakewoodnj.gov/images/db/u-1-9047-Agenda_2024_3_14_Meeting203-4-002.pdf" target="_blank">Here</a> items on agendaLand sale of parcel off Pine St and Cedar for 89kTax abatements for new buildings on Oberlin and Sickle family LLC at 1104 rt 88</p><p>Public can submit comments during the meeting via email comments@lakewoodnj.gov</p><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div>-Jackson bussing: students who currently live in Jackson or moving to Jackson before September must fill out a Jackson B6T online <a href="https://www.jacksonsd.org/Page/14793" target="_blank">Here</a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>- Chris Smith gives more details about the 5 million grants to Lakewood giving 3 million to a senior center that would provide congregate meals, health and wellness services, gym equipment and exercise classes, case management services, educational classes, personal development programs, and therapeutic creative modalities such as art classes and talent clubs. " He did not mention who will be running it but said theres a need for one since Lakewood has no senior center to help bolster its burgeoning senior population and keep them mentally, emotionally, and physically active,”</div><div>An additional million will go to the new yeshiva 600 apartments on the property purchased from GCU to improve and upgrade Carey street “This federal support will provide significant infrastructure improvements needed to support critically needed housing units, including sidewalks, street lighting, a traffic signal, streetscape features, and upgrades to drinking water mains, sewers, and storm water management,” said Smith.</div><div><br /></div><div>- NY Sen. Chuck Schumer: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel. The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7th." Mitch McConnell has already described Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel is “grotesque” and “unprecedented”</div><div><br /></div><div>Video: Marbin Besimcha<span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyX-JhM5R9M4EZRY-znMkT3KysuY9aTuNfQTJ_pUJPDQ_t8Gr7cdUiXiBu_yHgOZfDxUHltQA_VWAPwY8el3g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-47765524477351059172024-03-14T08:22:00.000-07:002024-03-14T14:52:29.418-07:00Israel At War Thursday Mar 14<div style="text-align: left;"> Israel At War day 160</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- PM Netanyahu says Hamas maintaining ‘ridiculous’ demands amid reported progress in hostage talks. Qatari mediators have transferred to the Israeli negotiating team an official Hamas response to the latest hostage deal framework. The response includes a list of demands that a source familiar with the matter says are “reasonable” and indicate “positive” progress in the talks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Senator Chuck Schumer Calls for End of Netanyahu-Led Government in Israel</div><div style="text-align: left;">‘Netanyahu has lost his way,’ Senate majority leader says and he called for new elections.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Likud party responded Israel isn’t a banana republic Contrary to Schumer’s words, the Israeli public supports a complete victory over Hamas, rejects any international dictates to establish a Palestinian terrorist state, and opposes the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza,” “It is expected of Senator Schumer to respect Israel’s elected government and not undermine it. This is always true, but even more so during wartime.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- South Africa says Israeli soldiers with South African citizenship will face arrest upon entering the country. ‘When You Come Home, We're Going to Arrest You' </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Stabbing attack by a Arab terrorist in the Beit Kama junction in Israel's South, one person was Killed,rl he was in his 50's and 2 others injured. The knife-wielding terrorist was killed on the scene.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Giyus: Israel media reporting that UTJ and Shas have agreed to a law outlining quotas and targets of the number of Chareidim who serve in the IDF and sanctions will be imposed on yeshivos that don’t meet the recruitment goals. The chavrei knesset have met with Rav Moshe Hillel HIrsch and Rav Dov Landau and reportedly told them that if a compromise is not met it will lead to the left toppling of the current government. The law wont apply to yeshiva bochur or avreich who is learning full tinme in yeshiva but those that are not learning full time will now be subjected to serve or volunteer in some capacity with army or civil service such as rescue organizations. The gedolim of the past have been vehemently against sanctions and quotas .</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- IDF cancels ז אדר events in Miron when thousands come to daven on the yartzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu, due to security threat if rockets fired by Hazbollah.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Biden’s Middle East Is a Fantasy World</div><div>He imagines Palestinians are eager for peace and Israel’s government is at odds with its people. (WSJ editorial) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- US would support limited, pinpoint IDF operation against high-value targets in Rafah.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>-Humanitarian aid entering Gaza from land, air and sea: For the first time, humanitarian aid to arrive to Gaza by sea. A ship carrying humanitarian aid from funded by UAE set sail on Tue. from the Larnaca port in Cyprus toward Gaza. </div><div><br /></div><div>-Government officials explained this week that the delay in entering Rafah is due to the need to build shelters for about a million citizens. The<span><a name='more'></a></span> one entrusted with the implementation is the IDF together with the civil organizations.</div><div> In fact, until these two conditions are met: the construction of shelters in which Palestinian evacuees will live for a year and a half and the completion of the maritime aid route, the operation will be delayed.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- Hamas hacked security cameras in the surrounding settlements before October 7and also took over the phones of soldiers and built a surveillance system that included drones</div><div>Yisrael Hayom</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-18437172326516538322024-03-14T04:20:00.000-07:002024-03-14T04:20:03.572-07:00HaRav Yitzchok Yosef דורש טוב לעמו .. Hamodia Let My People Know!<div style="text-align: left;"><div>By: Zugvee Essis</div><div><br /></div><div>This past weekend, in a Purim turnabout of events, things came from left field, from an</div><div>unexpected source.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Sephardic chief rabbi articulated how B’nei Yeshiva en masse should take the walking</div><div>staff in hand, and move to chutz l’Aretz, should a giyus – conscription directive be enacted.</div><div>This caused a row across Israel’s political spectrum. Benny Gantz dubbed the remarks a moralblow to the I.D.F., while Avigdor Lieberman, scholar in residence, claimed it contravened Halacha.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rav Yosef was actually reiterating the Ponevez Rosh Yeshiva, Maran Harav Shach’s statement,</div><div>years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Harav Yosef also said the success of Tzahal hinges on Torah study.</div><div>Giving people clarity about these issues is genuine Kiddush shem Shomayim.</div><div>Yet, Monday’s edition of ‘Torah Jewry’s Daily’ made no mention of this news item.</div><div>Who would keep silent and unwittingly create a fictional narrative of facts, as if nothing at all</div><div>took place?</div><div><br /></div><div>Will ‘Mishpacha Magazine’ seize the moral highground and tell it like it is?!</div><div>With so much crisis on Israel’s borders, K'lal Yisrael needs much merit Above – limud haTorah is celestial currency!!</div><div>Come on, Hamodia and Mishpacha – let’s deliver the goods in real time.</div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-58714347615522340492024-03-13T17:02:00.000-07:002024-03-13T17:35:42.488-07:00Oif Simchas Wednesday 4 Adar<div style="text-align: left;">Kiddush levana </div><div style="text-align: left;">Chasunas:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Grossman - Raitzik Fountain Ballroom </div><div style="text-align: left;">Kasten - Shwarzman Bais Faiga </div><div style="text-align: left;">Moskowitz - Weiser Ne'emas Hachaim</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bornstein - Stern Ateres Reva</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dear - Richter Toras Menachem </div><div style="text-align: left;">Marcus - Pomerantz Eagle Ridge </div><div style="text-align: left;">Friedman - Lievendag Kesser Moshe Yehuda </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Chumash shiur tonight by Rav Millstein at B"M Ishay Yisrael 110 Miller rd 8:30 pm </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Live kumzitz Bonei Olam Lakewood charidy fundraiser watch <a href="https://charidy.com/cometolife" target="_blank">Here</a></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-20575395783505268772024-03-13T10:21:00.000-07:002024-03-13T13:40:14.506-07:00Wednesday March 13 News Updates Lakewood <div style="text-align: left;">-Weather: 66° Partly to mostly cloudy. Very warm. High 66F. Will be in the 70's next few days</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- BMG purchases the new Avreichim minyan building on the corner of Clifton Ave and 10th street. In a press release by Adirei Hatorah, the announcement was made about the new acquisition construction on the new building is underway, BMG anticipates being ready to move in for Sukkos zman 2024. The new Bais Medrash is expected to accommodate between 350-400 yungeleit, providing a conducive environment for Torah study and spiritual growth. The current Avreichin Minyan davens on shabbos at the Carey B"M and may daven in the new building just for shabbos.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The peess release stated: "The “Avreichim Minyan,” founded in 1986 by a group of Yungerleit learning in Yeshiva, holds a significant place in the hearts of many within the Lakewood community. Many of the original founders and mispallim went on to become Lakewood’s leading Chasidish rabbonim and Roshei Yeshivas. The minyan started in a small room on 6th Street, continuing on for years in the Lakewood Cheder Dining room, before moving to the Solomon suites and eventually to the BMG Carey Street building, where it currently resides".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- KRM from Brooklyn the kollel store is expected to open a Lakewood location at the Ave of Estates new shopping plaza at the Spire shops</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- US House has passed bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Bonei Olam Lakewood charidy campaign finalee tonight with a livestream music event featuring Naftoli Kempeh and Dovi Meisels</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Rav Shaul Akter was asked, Should we make any changes to Purim this year given the matzav? The Rosh yeshiva responded that definitely not ^lhe asked what will you gain with staying in atzvus? He said Ki Besimcha Saitzau.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lakewood Superintendent Laura Winters slammed a recent state report that criticized the district, claiming Trenton officials who conducted the review used inaccurate information, insufficient data and omitted important elements.“Perhaps the biggest omission that permeates the entire report is that it largely ignores the funding deficits that impact all aspects of the education system,”App reports.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- The discount retailer Family Dollar, which also owns dollar tree with locations in 75 municipalities across New Jersey, is shuttering 800 stores.in the US. Locations have not yet been publicized. (Prior statements was from a parody account)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Eleven total mumps cases have been reported across four New Jersey counties since January, according to a new report. Eight suspected cases tied to international travel were documented in Hunterdon County last week, In January, one case each was reported in Hudson and Ocean counties. pundits explained that international travel is a code word for migrants </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lakewood township to allow sheds to be placed up to the property line as opposed to only within 5 feet of a neighboring property, on condition that neighbor approves.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-67351523066305048292024-03-13T06:11:00.000-07:002024-03-13T17:21:06.222-07:00Israel At War Wednesday March 13<div style="text-align: left;">Israel at war day 159</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- IDF says Civilians in Rafah will be evacuated to ‘humanitarian islands’ before ground operation </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- Gaza hostage deal: Hamas denies agreeing to US proposal for Gaza ceasefire. The White House urged Hamas terrorists in Gaza to release women, elderly and wounded hostages and accept a temporary ceasefire.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Two people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a tunnel road checkpoint at the entrance to Jerusalem early on Wednesday morning, in Gush Etzion. The attack was perpetrated by a 15-year-old terrorist, who, at 8:15 a.m., arrived at the tunnel crossing on a bicycle,he was killed by security forces.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div>- A Hamas military leader was killed by strike in southern Lebanon, The IDF Spokesperson's Unit confirmed that a fighter jet killed Hamas terrorist Hadi Mustafa on Wednesday. Mustafa was a key Hamas operative and significant in directing terror squads and promoting attacks against Israel. </div><div><br /></div><div>- Giyus: The Slabodka R"Y Rav Dov Landau & Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch met today after representatives of Degal Torah presented them a outline in preparation of the giyus law </div><div>Reports of Two things presented yesterday:</div><div>1. There will be quotas and targets for charedim</div><div>2. Anyone who wants to sit and study in a yeshiva will have no problem.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>- Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef clarified that his words that they were directed only against the recruitment of yeshiva students who learn Torah, those who do not study, "are absolutely forbidden to use the excuses of Toraso Umnaso to avoid the draft. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>- 3 bochurim followers of Shuvu banim were tragically killed early this morning in a accident in highway 60 after their car hit a guard rail and flipped over falling into a wadi below. They were on the way back from kever Yosef of Elozar and Issamar. Others were injured </div><div> דוב בן שרה. יוסף בן ברכה לאה </div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-36936836976846276152024-03-12T16:50:00.000-07:002024-03-12T18:18:27.203-07:00Oif Simchas Tuesday 3 Adar II<div style="text-align: left;">Chasunas: </div><div style="text-align: left;">Binet - Reich Toras Menachem </div><div style="text-align: left;">Shankse - Greenberg Ateres Reva </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fried - Shmueli Kesser Moshe Yehuda </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Bursztyn - Cohen. Bais Faiga (correction)</div><div>Klein - Ungar Fountain Ballroom </div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-24623414452648027762024-03-12T14:27:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:16:21.510-07:00Israel At War Tuesday March 12<div style="text-align: left;">Israel at war day 158</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-The Biden administration is attempting to overthrow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, a senior Israeli political official said on Tuesday night.</div><div style="text-align: left;">“We expect our friends to act to overthrow the terror regime of Hamas and not the elected government in Israel,” the official said, in reaction to the annual Threat Assessment report which warned that Netanyahu’s coalition could be replaced by a more moderate one. Jpost</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Hamas has accepted a 'modified version' of a ceasefire deal proposed by the United States, a source in the Gazan terror group told Al-Arabiya on Tuesday. The modified proposal includes the release of hostages and Palestinian terrorists, along with the gradual return of Gazans to their homes. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Giyus: The chief Rabbi continues to build a coalition to fight against the draft of yeahiva bochurim meeting with the Vizhnitzer rebbe of Bnei Brak and with Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Qatar says Gaza truce not close, but hope remains; working on permannt ceasefire</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Gideon Sa'ar to break away from National Unity and Benny Gantz, demands to join Israel's war cabinet</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sa'ar is a long-time Likud member who left because of differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Hezbollah fires over 100 rockets on Israel, IDF hits terror drone Two barrages of at least 100 rockets in total were launched at northern Israel on Tuesday morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-78995370560583049552024-03-12T12:13:00.000-07:002024-03-13T04:23:11.517-07:00Tuesday March 12 News Updates Lakewood <div style="text-align: left;">Weather: 64° Sunny. High 64F</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Donald Trump wins the delegates needed to become the GOP’s presumptive nominee for a third straight election.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Lakewood zoning board meeting today at 6 pm watch live stream <a href="https://www.townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=88&id=56789" target="_blank">Here</a> see agenda <a href="https://www.lakewoodnj.gov/images/db/u-1-9860-3-12-24-Public-Hearing.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> the board will have a discussion onbthe besides application to build 9 homes off 14th st.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Modox rabbis issue letter about proper in Aguna activism in response to social media campaigns.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- As kids playing with fireworks leading up to Purim, some Lakewood aeea shuls put signs up not allowing any of it to take place on the shul property. One shul said if it's not allowed in school it's not allowed in shul </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- More charidy campaigns this year as several gevirim will be away or not be hosting public parties over purim.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Rabbi Chaim Hildeshaim from the Chabad Russian Center in Ontario, Canada confirmed the family of 5 lost in the tragic Nashville, Tennessee, plane crash on I-40, were members of his Shul. Victor (43) and Rimma (39) Dotsenko and their children David (12), Adam (10) and Emma (7). (Kol Haolam)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Elon Musk on Tiktok legislation: This law is not just about TikTok, it is about censorship and government control! If it were just about TikTok, it would only cite “foreign control” as the issue, but it does not.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Ocean County is set to spend $33.5 million on roadwork projects of county roads in Lakewood </div><div style="text-align: left;">- $6 million for upgrades to Cross Street</div><div style="text-align: left;">- $10.5 million to upgrade New Hampshire Avenue between Route 88 and Ridge Avenue, with an estimated completion time of 3 years;</div><div style="text-align: left;">$8 million to upgrade Cedarbridge Avenue from Route 88 to the Garden State Parkway, with an estimated completion time of 3 years;</div><div style="text-align: left;">-$6 million to upgrade County Line Road between Heathwood and Ridge, with an estimated completion time of 4 years;</div><div style="text-align: left;">-$3 million to upgrade the intersections of County Line Road and Kennedy Boulevard to mitigate congestion, with a completion time of 4 years</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Trump: ig day in Congress for the Biden Documents Hoax. He had many times more documents, including classified documents, than I, or any other president, had. He had them all over the place, with ZERO supervision or security. He does NOT come under the Presidential Records Act, I DO. He had many docs in CHINATOWN, and they were moved all over the place, and heavily used. My boxes were moved by GSA, were secure, most carried clothing, shoes, sporting equipment, kitchen “stuff,” newspapers, pictures, magazines, awards, etc. The DOJ gave Biden, and virtually every other person and President, a free pass. Me, I’m still fighting!!! MAGA</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nikolsburg rebbe Visits Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva singing a song he composed for Lakewood an old clip that has resurfaced again on social media<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzqrBko1ooQMEAqJi561-HHdyZ8TyyXmgHVWP2jaAQuF-0wZHJKWFy-4OoyGNjR-RNTAytKM_ncEJ3YuteGBw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-32720117620430291742024-03-11T19:17:00.000-07:002024-03-11T19:17:35.107-07:00NJ could Have Reopened Schools Earlier During Covid <div style="text-align: left;">Something everyone new 4vyeats ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">N.J. could have reopened schools and businesses earlier during pandemic, COVID report says according to <a href="https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/03/nj-could-have-reopened-schools-and-businesses-earlier-during-pandemic-covid-report-says.html?" target="_blank">nj media</a></div><div><br /></div><div>COVID shut down businesses. Some could have opened earlier, report says.</div><div>An independent report on how New Jersey handled the COVID pandemic said some schools and businesses could have reopened earlier.</div><div>New Jersey students would have experienced less learning loss and isolation had schools reopened earlier after the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, according to the findings of a 910-page independent review of New Jersey’s response to COVID-19.</div><div><br /></div><div>The report, released Monday, also said business closures in the state could have been handled differently and have allowed some businesses to reopen earlier or remain open.</div><div><br /></div><div>The report did find New Jersey was a model for other states with its food distribution program for students during the pandemic.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>“In hindsight, it is likely that New Jersey students would have benefited from schools opening sooner,” said the report,</div><div><br /></div><div>The report noted that if the state had known more about ways to reduce airborne transmission of the virus, particularly by indoor masking, it would have been more likely to encourage reopening more schools in the fall. But reopening then would have been particularly difficult in older urban schools that didn’t have room for social distancing.</div><div><br /></div><div>A statement by Murphy did not address specific problems outlined in the report.</div><div><br /></div><div>The pandemic shutdowns may have been even worse on business in New Jersey than the Great Depression, Zoubek said.<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>“The aggressive closures had a devastating and unprecedented impact on our economy — lost jobs and lost businesses that caused a restructuring of our economy,” he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>In less than a year, nearly a third of small businesses in the state closed in the wake of restrictions. According to the report</div><div><br /></div><div>The report “glosses over the needless damage to our businesses,” said state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, a frequent critic of the Murphy administration during the pandemic.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Had there been any reasonable give and take, and concern for our businesses, we could have dramatically reduced the negative impact across the board,” O’Scanlon said.</div><div><br /></div><div>“I think it did tremendous damage to businesses and to the mental status of the folks who owned the businesses,” said former state Assemblyman Hal Wirths, R-Sussex, who during the pandemic called the shutdowns overly aggressive and criticized many of Murphy’s executive orders.</div><div>Read more from <a href="https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/03/nj-could-have-reopened-schools-and-businesses-earlier-during-pandemic-covid-report-says.html?" target="_blank">NJ</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Em Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.com23