Wednesday April 14 News Update Lakewood

Weather: Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High around 70F.  Chance of rain 40%.

- 17 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13474/293

- House and Senate Democrats are reportedly preparing to unveil a bill on Thursday to add 4 seats to the US Supreme Court, bringing the total to 13, from the current 9

- Murphy: To coincide with today’s celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, I recommit New Jersey to our continued partnership with Israel by naming the 76 public members of New Jersey Israel commission Several Lakewood residents including Mr. Norman Rokeach, Rabbi Aaron Kotler, Mr. Ralph Zucker, Mr. Abe Halberstam and Rabbi Yosef Carlebach ,Rabbi Menachem Carlebach of Chabad.

- News that the BIden administration will end the Trump Era  USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program is not connected to the current food school lunch distribution that will continue until September.  

- BDE: Harav Yisroel Pinchas HaLevi Gornish, zt”l Rav of Khal Chizuk Hadas-Radichov in Flatbush and one of the senior Rabbanim and posek in Brooklyn.He was a well-known expert in hilchos mikvaos, kashrus and hashgachah. Read more Here 

Food Distribution לע''נ ר' ישעי' בן ר' משה

- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, TONIGHT at 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross Street

- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 7:00 pm

- Bnos Esther Malka Shabbos  box distribution  7:00 PM 488 Whitsville rd

- Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st

- Belz school at Chestnut at 5:45 pm

- Yeshiva at 1839 New Central distribution  at 1:30 pm 

- Gelbsteins box at public school locations Middle school, Clifton ave school 3:30 pm

- Tonight: Lakewood community yartzeit seuda of Reb Shayala Kerestir will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the participation of Admorim and local Rabbonim. Maariv at 10pm, Bentching 11:15 pm

- Locust Square! New mall coming soon off Locust street..near the Belz neighborhood.

- LIC virtual meeting 11:30 am watch live Here see Agenda Here. NJDEP Node Approval to Lakewood for "17-acre" Tract east of 

Garden State Parkway • Park & Ride Update.

- Price of empty cardboard box at Bingo to take home groceries went up to .45 cents from .30 cents. 

- New Rachmastrivka Rebbe of Lakewood. Rav Berel Twersky shlita son of the Rachmastrivks rebbe of Boro Park will be crowned as the Admor of Rachmastrivka Lakewood. He joins a lust of Other Lakewood Admorim of Skulen, Kosson, Viznitz.

- New Jersey child care providers that have felt the financial pain from the coronavirus pandemic are eligible to apply for $10 million worth of federal aid under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Tuesday. The money is in the form of grants and won’t need to be repaid.

- Efforts to form Israel’s next government continued on Wednesday as talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Yamina leader MK Naftali Bennett were described as “positive,” but a solution to reach a coalition of 61 MKs still remains out of reach.

-Update: Yeshiva bochurim briefly detained by Air France, Air Canada- ChaimV'chessed Israel entry issues April 13- A sizable group of yeshiva students are currently being detained in Paris and are being prevented from boarding their Air France flight to Tel Aviv. According to airline officials, these students must present proof of medical insurance in Israel. In fact, although it is always recommended to have medical insurance, there is no such requirement forcing passengers to show proof of insurance. Chaim V’Chessed has reached out to the Foreign Ministry who has confirmed that this is not an Israeli policy, but rather an Air France

requirement. Israeli Embassy officials in Paris are attempting to have this rule revoked. In the meantime, Chaim V’Chessed has suggested a creative work-around for detained passengers:. We have advised them to simply go online and purchase traveler’s insurance policies which will satisfy the Air France requirement.

UPDATE: Air France has conceded that there is no such requirement, and allowed the un-insured passengers to board their flight. However, at this hour, passengers traveling on Air Canada are now being stymied by a similar demand for medical insurance. Chaim V’Chessed representatives are now involved in resolving this misunderstanding by the airline. At the same time, we are advising travelers to immediately purchase travelers insurance policies online.