Tuesday June 9 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Sunny. High 89F.

-Bnei Torah phone line 646-726-9977
8:45pm shiur in  sefer Hamitzvoss 9:30 pm  shiur on Halacha Lmaaseh by Rav Shlomo Stein

- Corona  lock-down for no reason?  The World Health Organization walked back comments made Monday when one of its top scientists said transmission of the coronavirus by people who never developed symptoms is “very rare,” which drew skepticism from physicians and others across social media. That admission sent shock waves throughout the world, much of which has been locked down for months for fear of spreading the virus by people who show no signs of illness.  Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said Tuesday that asymptomatic spread is a “really complex question” and much is still unknown. “We don’t actually have that answer yet,” she said.

-Open up our mosdos campaign B"H 1300 children started learning this week
-Lakewood only 2 new positive cases, 2 deaths  total 2438/165
- Some Lakewood boys and girls camps announce they will be opening for the summer with the newly released guidelines: No Trips, Busing will be allowed, no contact sports, Mechitzas will be put inside and lunches will be served in shifts.
-NJ: 375 new positive cases and 91 deaths overnight
Outdoor or indoor weddings can resume with ease of restrictions
Murphy Press conference:
-lifting the Stay-at-Home order  immediately.
- will allow indoor gatherings to either 25% of a building’s capacity or 50 people in total whichever number is lower and outdoor gatherings is raised to 100
-I anticipate being able to raise the limit on non-protest & non-religious activities to:
250 people on June 22nd  and 500 people on July 3rd
-School districts planning graduations should prepare for a 500-person limit to be in place by the time graduations can resume on July 6th.



- Lakewood Blue Claws statement about opening: We wait to hear from Major and Minor League Baseball, and other parties for official word on the season. As soon as we hear, we will be releasing a formal announcement.

-Yarchei Kallah 12:00PM HaRav Chanoch Posy ברכת השבח ושהחיינו בקידוש via Zoom or call 1646-558-8656 log in #835-286-77424

-Several Learning programs are being set up for the bochurim that are home who were learning in yeshivos in EY.  They are renting campuses in Pennsylvania and other states bochurim will have to get  tested and once on campus can not leave.

-Williamsburg: Chasidish Children Kicked Out of Park Days After Tens of Thousands Attend Protest.
-LPD  blocks someone on Twitter after questioning the double  standard of  them joining protests and charging others for social distancing violations.

-Update: 6/8/20 The doctors from the Lakewood Kehilla saw two new cases of active COVID-19 illness over the past week. The 30 or more new cases that were reported recently in the frum media were not from within the Kehilla. Baruch Hashem, the new cases seen in our Kehilla continue to seem to be isolated cases and not clusters of cases. However, it does show us that the virus continues to exist in Lakewood, and this is a reason to maintain our continued responsible behavior.

-NJEDA Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program Phase 2 Application Now Open
 beginning June 9, 2020,  NJEDA staff will process the applications on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no application fee. HERE

-Lunch box distribution:
At Toras Zev/Circa at 1000 Cross street 9-11 am
At 4 Corners Vine Street park 11:00 am
At Gelbsteins/ public school locations Daily 9-11
At Bnos Yaakov Pine Park 11-1 Daily

3 day box- Yeshiva Mesoras Hatorah: Due to the overwhelming demand to our exciting lunch program, We have increased our supply to accommodate more meals and have streamlined the process to minimize the wait. Tomorrow, Tuesday, 3 day lunch box will include pizza bagels, cheese blintzes, baked ziti, mango, muffin, mini peppers and more. Distribution will be 12:00-12:30. address is  41 Henry Street. Please do not enter Route 9, enter from Cedar Street. Special option only for those that waited last week: you may call Mesoras Hatorah to reserve your box before 11AM tomorrow at 732-419-8553 ext. 1. Only reservations with full name and phone numbers will be processed. Thank you and have a great day,