Weather: 86° Sunshine and some clouds.
Medium pollen count at 7
- Hachnosas sefer torah lz"n habocher dovid yitzchok handler zt"l Ben rav moshe shlita he was niftar just over a year ago in the car accident with other bochurim right before shavous . Will take place today at yeshiva Netiv hatorah (rabbi aron yeshiva) 2040 whitesville rd roms river. Ksiva is at 3:00 and dancing at 5:00
- Keren Olam Hatorah delegation left EY last night to begin their fundraiser campaign on behalf of yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel . The goal is ro raise $144 million ro cover $12 million per month. The leadership circle goal is $124 million. Klal yisroel goal $20 million.
Rav Dov Landau left earlier today with a scheduled event later today for Rabbonim in Lakewood for a Q&A Torah discussion
- Yeshiva Telz cleveland dinner today at Bellworks. Please factor in heavy beach traffic on the GSP today.
- Baby wipes recall at Target.
Target has recalled select Up & Up Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented baby wipes due to potential contamination with Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. Consumers should immediately stop using these products and return them to any Target store for a full refund. Product Description:
Up & Up Fragrance Free Baby Wipes – 20, 72, 216, 800, and 1200 count, Up & Up Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes – 72, 216, and 800 count. More
- Once again, school schedules are creating challenges for working parents. This year, schools will end a full week before camp begins, leaving parents scrambling to arrange childcare and balance their work and home responsibilities. As for the official start of the new school year, the girls' school has yet to commit to a firm opening date. There is a possibility that classes could begin a week before Rosh Hashanah, making planning even more difficult for families.
- Adirei HaTorah releases the featured production video shown at the recent 5th annual mammad in Philadelphia. You can watch it HERE
Responding to claims that AI was used for the production video, there's a disclaimer shown prior to the video:
Disclaimer, in accordance with the guidance of daas torah, No generative ai was used to create the content, music, lyrics, script, concepts,
or creative direction of this presentation. to the contrary, it is the product of hundreds of hours of work invested by singers, writers, video producers, graphic designers, and many others. the only use of ai was as a technical production tool during portions of the graphic rendering process, where it assisted the design team in enhancing visual quality and visual effects.
all creative concepts, content, messaging, and artistic direction were conceived, developed, and produced by the production team.
- Giyus: military police arrested a bochur today on the tunnel road in Yerushalayim. In addition the courts extended the detention of 52 protestors by another 4 days, after they demonstrated at the home of a Supreme Court judge. Major hagganos are planned to secure their release.
- For the first time in over a year Shas leader Aryeh Deri and other knesset members visited Military Jail 10 where a sefardi father is holding a protest for his son who is serving a jail sentence for Draft evasion. There's outrage among sefardi bochurim at the leadership for having a banded them while some ashkenazi bochurim are released due to pressure. With elections approaching many voters are calling for a change in the knesset for the frum representatives.
- In recent days, leaders of Degel HaTorah, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch and Chevron R"Y Rabbi Dovid Cohen, were asked whether yeshiva bochurim should join the "צבע שחור" hotline that operates to disrupt the arrests of yeshiva bochurim through protests. Both of their responses were unequivocal: Yes. The phone system alerts people when IDF military police Arabia and area to arrest talmidei yeshiva for Draft dodging.
- Soft opening today for Brick and Basil restaurant in Howell/Lakewood at Grebow shopping center off rt 9.
- A front cover article in The Voicenof Lakewood, “Convenient Care Comes at a Cost” by Dr. Robert Shanik and Dr. Ira Haimowitz, argues that increasing reliance on urgent care centers and convenience-based medical services can lead to substandard pediatric care. They argue that many families are choosing urgent care centers or home-visit services for convenience rather than consulting their child's regular pediatrician. According to the authors, this can result in: Misdiagnoses,Unnecessary testing and treatments, Incomplete medical records, Different providers treating the same child without knowledge of prior history, Missed serious medical conditions.
A consistent relationship with a primary pediatrician generally leads to safer and more effective care than relying on multiple urgent care or home-visit providers.
- Tens of thousands of New Jersey homes and businesses lost power Saturday evening as severe thunderstorms swept across the state, including Burlington County.
- Clashes between protesters and police continued outside Delaney Hall in Newark last night as police tried to impose stricter rules on what protesters could bring to the site.
Police were seen ordering about 70 protesters to disperse around 10:30 p.m.
- Road crews have paved and restricted the James/Pine streets intersection with Route 9 in Lakewood. Extending the left turning lanes with new traffic signals.
- A new traffic pattern has been implemented
on Central Avenue following recent lane restriping by county crews.Westbound traffic on Central Avenue from Hurley Street now extends further with two lanes continuing before merging into a single lane farther down than in the previous configuration. In the eastbound direction toward Hurley Street, the roadway now transitions from one lane into two lanes after Sunset Avenue, adjusting the flow of traffic through the area.
- Call your assemblyman to vote No.
NJ assembly Bill 2218 that can criminalize parents rebbeim mentors for speaking to patients who want to transition their gender is now Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: Jun 8 @ 11:00 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The bill already passed in the senate. State senator Bob Singer voted against the bill. it will be voted soon on the assembly.
