Sunday May 8 News Updates Lakewood

 -Weather: Sunshine Becoming mostly cloudy with showers this afternoon. High 63F. Chance of rain 50%.

- No new covid cases in Lakewood OCHD revised case numbers down by 8, totals 13624/303

- beginning tomorrow, May 10, passengers departing the US for Israel (on non stop flights only) will be permitted to enter Israel if they hold valid student visas. This is is a pilot program which currently is only available for travelers form the United States.(Chaim V'chessed)

-Lots of Schools will be giving extra special shavuos boxes this week since theyveill be off from Friday- Tuesday

- Please continue to daven for a Refuah shilaima for Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal and Elazar ben Riuma injured in the miron tragedy

-Recordings of Thursday night asifa on Miron tragedy now available on Chayeinu Hotline 732-301-4043 dial 1 and option 2 speeches by HaRav Yisrael Neuman, Rav Eli Chaim Swerldloff, Rav Dovid Breslauer, Reb Aryeh Kohn brother of Habachur Yossi Kohn Z"L

- Moetzes to call for yom tefilla Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan

- Some girls high schools sent out another round of  acceptance letters, still hundreds without a school waiting to be placed.

- Some of New Jersey’s illrgal immigrants will be eligible for stimulus payments of up to $1,000 supplied through a $40 million pandemic aid fund, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday.

-  State Department 'extremely concerned' over violence in Jerusalem The United States is extremely concerned about ongoing confrontations in Jerusalem, including on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah, which have reportedly resulted in scores of injured people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said late Friday. “We call on Israeli and Palestinian officials to act decisively to deescalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence.”