Wed June 30 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sunny. Near record high temperatures. High 99F real feel at 106 Heat advisory until 8:00 pm.

- Food distribution updates Here

Miami update: Two children among those found in Surfside condo rubble as death toll rises to 18 and 145 missing

- 2 new covid cases in Lakewood  totals 13739/310

-Critics: Murphy back to lying about Delta. "Dangerous, hitting younger people harder". There's literally ZERO data showing this to be true..

- Donald Rumsfeld, former two-time US secretary of defense, has died at the age of 88.

-  Starting in July Gov. Murphy will hold covid in person briefing  once a week on Monday 

- Death Toll Climbs To 16 In The Surfside Condo Collapse, With 147 Missing

as the bodies of four more victims have been recovered from the rubble

- Governor Murphy  Andrew Bruck to serve as Acting Attorney General following the departure of Gurbir Grewal on July 16, 2021. Murphy said the appointment reflects that our state government reflects the rich diversity of our people.” as he a member of the LGBTQ community.

- Surfside more bodies pulled out overnight official feath toll at 12 and 149 missing

- Media profiles missing Lakewood couple and other Jewish people missing in Miami condo collapse Here

- Food prices increase across the board at local stores

- At a asifas chizuk for Mesivta and Bais medrash age bochurim took place last night in Lakewood at fountain ballroom were the roshei yeshiva  spoke about cell phones. Establishing a takana in a situation where a bochur does need a cell phone that no bochur may posses a phone with texting capabilities and should only use a talk only phone. They arranged a approved phone certified by אני חומה that will be available free of charge as a trade in for an older phone.

- Judge Denies Jackson Township’s request to ban Minyan in private home. Jewish residents of Jackson Township, NJ were granted a victory Tuesday afternoon when a Superior Court Judge denied a motion by Jackson Township for an injunction to prevent Jewish residents from gathering for minyanim in a private home.

Jackson Township claimed that no one was residing in the home, and it therefore was an improper use of a residence for a public gathering. Local Jewish residents retained Roman P. Storzer of Storzer and Associates in Washington, D.C., to defend them in this case. The defendants responded to the claim that no one lived in the house by showing that someone indeed resided in the home, and the residents had a right to use the residence for prayers. In addition, the defendants claimed that the allegations forwarded by the township were part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of Jewish residents by local officials.

 The judge ruled that the use for prayer gatherings is considered a legal primary or secondary use of the premises, and the township had no right to ban it. The judge did state that the town had the right to make sure the premises is safe.(Hamodia)