Wednesday June 2 News Updates Lakewood

 weather: Cloudy. High 76F. tonight- rain developing after midnight.

Pollen allergy forecast medium- high 7.9

- 7 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13,699/307

Food Distribution for today see post Here 

- Lapid tells president Rivlin a new coalition has been formed with Bennet that will end Netanyahus premiership after 13 years.

- Ra'am United Arab List chairman Mansour Abbas signed on to join the change govt. It would be the first time an arab party is part of the coalition govt in Israel.

- Israel: With 2 hours left for Lapid mandate reports of MK Nir Orbach from Yamina considering not to support the Bennet Lapid govt leaving them with 60 votes they need 61

- N.J. reports lowest number of new COVID cases since first weeks of outbreak, with 137 positive 

- Ease of covid restrictions at Monmouth medical center now allowing 2 visitors at a time

- Yitzchok Herzog was elected to serve as the next president in Israel

- NYT creates a conspiracy theory that Trump is behind this."Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August.

- The Modern Day Agunah- SY Community Divorces more Here

- Benny Gantz has made a deal with the Biden administration to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria and is already implementing the move in practice," (INN)

- Lakewood planning board denies application of Duplexes on E 8th street due to lack of room for emergency vehicles and school buses.

Update on Yossi Reit יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל who was injured in the Miron tragedy

Yossi is off the ventilator bh, although he is working very hard to breathe in his own. His fever is lower and some other things seem to be stabilizing.  Although he has his eyes open he does not seem to be awake at all so there's that. 

- Baltimore community will hold a shloshom asifa for Efrqin Gordon HYD who was murdered last month when he came home from a wedding. The local rabbonim will speak and a sefer torah will be written in his name.