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- Trump told the Financial Times that the United States has no immediate plans to launch new strikes against Iran, signaling satisfaction with how the situation with Tehran is unfolding. “It looks like we’re getting everything we want,” Trump said
- Trump social post to Monsey Jewish community today :
"The Jewish community in Monsey, New York, and its surrounding neighborhoods, voted in very big numbers for me in our Historic 2024 Presidential Campaign. TREMENDOUS SUPPORT! TODAY, the eyes of the Country are on New York again! Congressman Mike Lawler has been a tremendous friend to the Jewish community and a strong leader in the fight against antisemitism. He has stood with the community when it mattered most, speaking out against hatred, and standing up for Religious Freedom and School Choice! Mike has worked tirelessly for his constituents, for our Country, and for the Jewish people. He understands the importance of strong leadership, protecting our communities, and delivering REAL RESULTS for the people he represents. His dedication to public service and his willingness to stand up for what he believes in have made a tremendous difference. That kind of commitment should never be taken for granted! Working together with your State Senator Bill Weber, Mike will continue to be your voice, and fight for you and your family! EVERY VOTE MATTERS. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY. VOTE MIKE LAWLER FOR CONGRESS — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
- Israel election update: by Amit Segal vhief political analyst for CH 12: It is now clear that Eisenkot will be the first to be asked to form a government. When he goes to the President tomorrow, he will have more recommendations than Netanyahu, and probably many more. Here are the numbers as we know them now.
Eisenkot has the four Change Bloc parties, which together hold 48 Knesset seats. Netanyahu has only four of the five parties that ran with him, for 46 seats as UTJ has declared itself agnostic. Ra’am and the Joint List are not counted in either total, but they will clearly do whatever Eisenkot asks of them, whether that means recommending him or staying on the sidelines.
So what does Eisenkot do with the mandate? He will have six weeks from tomorrow, and essentially two options: a unity government with Netanyahu, or a government that includes the Haredim. He may be using the Haredi option as leverage against Netanyahu, or it may be a real option. Either way, here is what is on the table.
United Torah Judaism wants a draft law that is better, by its own standards, than the Bismuth bill, which critics nicknamed the draft-evasion law. It wants a law with no sanctions and no enlistment targets. As it happens, a solution like that already exists, and the man who proposed it is Avigdor Liberman. In 2017, as defense minister and a close friend of the Haredim, he offered them such a law. To this day they regret that they followed the most extreme voice among them and said no. Now Eisenkot needs to know whether Liberman and Bennett are truly with him, or whether they will push him off a cliff to score points in the next election. And nobody knows whether such a law would survive the High Court.
- NYT reports Israel has shared intel with the US asserting that Iran is considering the use of chemical weapons against its adversaries “Information met with alarm by some American officials and deep skepticism by others, according to U.S. and regional officials.”
- Rav Amnon Yitchak will be speaking in Lakewood this evening at the high school
- Trump: "If people ever got tired of me in the US, I'll move to Israel and become prime minister"
- Trump: "If you're black or if you're Jewish, and if you vote for Abdul, you're crazy.
- Shas officially announces: We will recommend Netanyahu. The hypocrisy of the left-wing parties is glaringly obvious.” UTJ yet to .ake recommendation will wait for gedolim to return from keren olam HaTorah fundraiser in Europe with a decision.
- Left change bloc suddenly courting the charedim to form a coalition without the Arabs. Journalist Amit Segal says “At the end of an entire campaign that focused on portraying the ultra-Orthodox Jews as ‘parasites’ (Golan), ‘draft dodgers’ (Bennett), ‘destroyers of the country’ (Lieberman), and ‘non-Zionists’ (Eisenkot), the leaders of the Change Bloc agreed that negotiations with the charedim should not be ruled out.”
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: For 4 years, we have witnessed unrestrained attacks on the charedi sector, morning and evening, by the media and the left-wing bloc. The only ones who acted and will act to regulate the status of Torah scholars so that anyone who studies Torah can continue to study Torah legally are Likud and the right-wing bloc. In the face of consciousness engineering, we insisted on producing a real solution, by agreement and in collaboration with the leaders and elected representatives of the Charedi public, and to ensure that anyone who does not study Torah in a yeshiva will enlist in the IDF, enter Caredi and exit charedi. We will act to complete this important mission.
- BDE: Petirah of Rebbetzin Chana Greenbaum a”h, daughter of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l, wife of Rav Dov Greenbaum Ztl ,she was niftar at the age of 104. Her husband led the Yeshiva of Spring Valley from 1951 until his passing in 1982 and they were instrumental in establishing Torah life and education in Rockland county. Her sister, Rebbetzin Shulamis Schiff a”h, wife of Rav Shea Schiff zt”l rosh yeshiva of Mesivta Bais Shraga in Monsey. was niftar in July at the age of 98.
- President Trump says the U.S. will end roughly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year, revealing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the decision. Explaining his support for ending military aid to Israel, US President Donald Trump suggests he doesn’t want to give ammunition to critics who knock Washington for giving more to the Jewish state than any other country.“Why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an El-Sayed when they don’t need it,” Trump tells Fox News. “It’s a bad talking point. Because then you’d say, ‘Why don’t we give everyone $4 billion? Israel is our number one. We give them more than anybody else,’” he continues.
- Nurses to Rally Wednesday in Lakewood
Nurses at Kimball Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood and RWJBarnabas Health’s Toms River facility have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract, citing inadequate staffing, lower sick leave benefits, and wage concerns. The nurses are demanding contractual staffing ratios of no more than 4–5 patients per nurse, compared to reports of up to six patients per nurse during 12-hour shifts. A rally is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, as nurses push for better staffing protections, wages, and benefits.
- LPD: Six Drivers Arrested for DWI in Lakewood Over the Weekend as Police Vow to Keep Up Crackdown: Chief Gregory Meyer credits proactive patrols for pulling impaired driver
- In the Monsey election race for state senate Rav Yisroel Dovid Schlesinger שליט״א warns against compromising Torah values for personal, political, or financial interests. He stresses that no one should claim to represent Klal Yisroel without proper authority, and that achieving a desired goal never justifies using improper means. The Jewish community must remain faithful to Torah principles as a ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש – a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Audio
- Democrat Ocean County Commissioner candidate Kia Phua says he is disappointed that the Lakewood Vaad did not give him an opportunity to present his platform before endorsing incumbent Commissioner Frank Sadeghi. Phua points to county tax-rate increases of 10.7% in 2024, 7.1% in 2025, and 8.2% in 2026, totaling a reported 28.2% since 2023. He argues that taxpayers deserve greater accountability and transparency. Phua pledges to vote against any county tax increase that would raise taxes on Ocean County municipalities and says residents deserve an opportunity to hear from all candidates before endorsements are made.
-Lakewood Election
No Robo Calls, No Campaigning Lakewood Election Day Remarkably Quiet
On what is usually one of the busiest days of the election season, Lakewood has been unusually quiet. No barrage of robo-calls, no major get-out-the-vote campaign, and very little visible effort by the incumbent candidates to reach out to the community.
The silence raises a legitimate question: Why the sudden lack of campaigning?
For years, residents have been told how important it is to turn out in large numbers, regardless of who wins. Voter participation and showing strength at the polls have always been emphasized as essential.
Yet this time, there seems to be a deliberate decision to keep things unusually low key. Have the incumbents simply lost interest in reaching out to voters, or is there another reason behind the silence? Lakewood residents deserve an explanation.
