Thursday July 15 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Partly cloudy early followed by scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. High 88F. Chance of rain 60%.

- 8 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13792/311

-- Food distributions: 

Bnos Yaakov at pine park 2:00 pm-

 Boxes at 420 Cross st 7:00 pm

- Meor Hatorah 720 Massachusetts 8:00 pm

- 2:00 pm Boxes at 140 Lehigh

-Los Angeles County reinstates mask mandate, regardless of vaccination status. due to increase in covid cases The new mandate will take effect at 11:59 p.m. Saturday

-BDE: Petira of Rav Yoel Kahan OBM Choizer of Chabad he was 91

- Sefer Torah campaign for Weisz couple Z"L  has reached its $100,000 goal in less than 24 hours Leftover/additional funds will be used to provide financial assistance for fertility treatments and medical procedures for couples within the Coventry Square community. 

- R' Aaron Lang "In unlikely event tomorrow Commissioner agrees w/BOE remanding for second trial, BOE becomes a defendant opposing our cause of action to fix the formula. As defendant its abolition will be on the table. It dug its hole and won't be able to climb out. They're so dumb it's pitiful".

- At least 79 people have died with COVID-19 in Massachusetts even though they were fully vaccinated, according to a newspaper report, as the more contagious Delta variant continues to spread. The so-called breakthrough cases  cases where fully vaccinated individuals test positive for coronavirus  have so far been rare,. (NBC Boston)

- Snaps Kosher  open withy full parve menu chumus platters parve cholent order Here 

- Yapchik open today and Tomorrow Friday with full Parve and Fleishig menu parve cholent and meat cholent

- Response to a TV show that debuted yesterday all over the secular media mocking  the orthodox Jewish way of life in general, and the frum community of Monsey, NY. read response HERE

- Food Box ALERT sent by a yeshiva: A fruit punch from the heaven and earth brand that was in the food boxes contains Grape juice concentrate and should not be drunk in the nine days

- Lakewood township will transfer 17 acers of taxpayer land  in industrial park at cedarbridge abd GSP to the Lakewood Industrial commission for a private commercial venture it will include a local Food Bank that will move there.

- Township committee meeting today 5:30 pm

- Child tax credit checks have been sent out starting today via direct deposit  $15 billion in payments have been sent out to the families of nearly 60 million children. 

- BDE; Reb Shia Porush Z"L 55 of yerushalayim was niftar in Boro park yesterday from a heart attack he was in the states raising money for his family he would stay in Lakewood at Kol Aryeh and other neighborhoods fund set up for his mishpacha donate HERE 

- Breslov chasidim of NJ and Ny will gather today in Monsey for a atzeres tefilla that they should be allowed to go to Uman for Rosh Hashana this year with no restrictions and that will prevent the yearly pilgrimage.

- Agudah NJ comments on Toms River easing shul zoning  "the reality is that requiring two acres to build is problematic. Because in almost every neighborhood where Jews live, you can’t find two acres. You can find one, one and a half acres. So though this is a very big move and appreciated, this does not really resolve the issue.” - (Hamodia)

- Shiva in for Mishpachas Terebelo sitting shiva for their father Reb Zelig Z"L at 8 e 13th street Shachris 8:30 am MIncha 15 minutes before shkia Maariv 9:30 pm getting up on Monday

- Dr. Chaim Kaweblum, MD, a pediatrician in lakewood who survived COVID and has talks about his experience and the importance of getting vaccinated (APP)