Thursday, September 2, 2021

Thursday Sept 2 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sunny. High 77F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. 

- 31 New covid cases in Lakewood totals 14372/315 (+1 death)
- 21  New cases in Toms River totals 11895/330
- 41  New cases in Jackson totals  7013/109

-Death toll now at 31 from Storm. 23 in NJ 8 in NYC.

- Murphy says  at least 23 New Jerseyans have lost their life to this storm. The majority of these deaths were individuals who got caught in their vehicles by flooding and were overtaken by the water.

- Israel: health ministry urges Rosh Hashana minyanim and tefilos to be conducted Outdoors to minimize the spread of the virus and that  unvaccinated Jewish Israelis to undergo a rapid COVID test before participating in large family meals during the yomim tovim

- Chopper 4 is now seeing houses on fire in the middle of flooded neighborhoods in Manville, NJ. No firefighters can reach the homes

- 3 major rivers across N.J. The Passaic, Delaware and Raritan still rising, expected to reach peak flood stage later Thursday or Friday (NWS)

- New boys cheder opening for the Lakewood/Jackson area Cheder Chayei Adam will host a gathering tonight for the public and specifically for  parents of 4 year old boys who are applying for school next year.  The Rosh Hamosad is Rav Simch Gutman, under the rabbinic leadership of Rav Dovid Schustal shliata and Rav Yaakov Landau shlita. The event will take place at 31 Illinois ave jackson 8:00 pm Rav Uri Deutch shlita will be speaking.

- BDE: Harav Shmiel Duvid Weissmandl, z”l, 69 years old, of Mount Kisco, passed away overnight Wednesday after being swept into high water near the Tappan Zee Bridge. He had been travelling from Monsey to Mount Kisco before his car was trapped by the flooding.

-5 residents were found dead this morning at a apartment complex in Elizabeth, NJ after water flooded the building

-Lakewood got heavy rain but B"H spared from the flooding seen in nearby towns and cities.

- Murphy is criticized by talk radio hosts for being late to issue a state of emergency and not having the state ready ahead of the storm

- Flood watch remains in effect for North & Central Jersey counties
- All NJ state offices will be closed today 
- Cars were abandoned on NJ and NY highways when drivers fled from flooding roads and vehicles. 
- Lakewood chaveirim members went to Brooklyn with heavy equipment and manpower to back up Williamsburg chaveirim who were stretched thin with flooding calls

- Israel Breaks Record With 11,187 New COVID Cases There are 1,109 people hospitalized 666 serious and 149 on ventilators. 43 deaths 

15 comments:

  1. Do you expect anything better from Murphy who supports killing full term babies in the womb who sent 10000 nursing home patients to die from covid19. His liberal policies caused physical and spiritual harm to us.
    The askanim are working overtime with a PR campaign in a way to fool the olam and vote for him in November. Oh he is not as bad as Cuomo is the talking point they are pushing. Well Cuomo was beloved by the askanim untill he turned on the community and they still embraced him.
    Make your own decision in who to vote for dont trust those that have ulterior motives to use the block vote for themselves

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    1. Murphy is far far from perfect, but which politician is perfect? I still feel we should have hakoras hatov to him for looking away from Lakewood for the most part during COVID. We had chasunahs and other events almost normally, while in Brooklyn they had to go into chasunah halls through the back entrances. (Most will disagree with me, but maybe for our safety, Murphy should have been as strict as Cuomo, but that's another issue completely) When a politician looks away and lets us do our thing, that's something for which we should be very grateful.

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    2. Voting is not about Hakoras Hatov for the past, it is about whose policies are best for us going forward. For Hakoras Hatov make a dinner.

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  2. Will the new school be in Lakewood or Jackson?
    We need to stop using up Lakewood resources for the people who live out of it. We can't handle the added traffic and higher property taxes (by losing buildings to tax exempt)

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    1. Funny argument. I was born and raised in Lakewood, paid taxes here for many years until BP came to lakewood and I had to buy a house in Jackson.

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    2. ok. so now you live in jackson and not lakewood. it's a funny argument to say that because you were born and raised somewhere than your school should be there. if you were raised in brooklyn and moved to lakewood, should your school be in brooklyn?

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  3. Israel sadly has Huge Covid Numbers
    Israel is the most vaxxed country in the world
    What does that tell you ??

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    1. that HAshem runs the world (yes do your proper Hishtadlus Al Pi the Torah)

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    2. Tells me that they are testing 5 times more than the US.

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    3. They'll say all the sick are from the unvaxed people. Nothing at all to do with Who runs the show. We can beat this virus if only people would listen...

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    4. It tells me, אל תבטחו בנדיבים בבן אדם שאין לו תשועה.

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    5. Time for serious teshuva and achdus ASAP together as a nation before this terrible coronavirus mageifa pandemic gets any worse C"V

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    6. The nisayon is clear on all sides!

      Hashem gave EY a chance by being first with the vaccine to recognize his hand and inspire emunah (and perhaps geula), but the kochi o'otzem yadi blinds its leaders.

      On the other hand, the vaccine is a true gift from Hashem but instead of recognizing his tremendous chesed in providing terufa l'makaso, too many are kafui tov, blind to the tremendous chasadim of the Ribbono Shel Olam, instead of saying ma hu af ata and living a life of chesed for yenem instead of the petty life of only thinking about ich.

      So much to improve so much to change in the days before yom hadin!

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    7. The israel ministry of health says climbing numbers are due to the waning effects of vaccine. It doesn't last forever and was designed for the British not delta variant. That's why you you need a flu shot each year due to variant changes. Also vaccines are not 100 percent hand washing touching face face masks are needed. People are not makpid on masks don't use good masks don't wash hands etc. Its like a weight loss pill and a person doesn't watch what he eats. Bennet has politicized covid by opening airport and letting delta in no lockdown etc to show he's not like bibi who is heartless (but ABLE to control virus)

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  4. YWN

    "It is unknown if he drowned in the waters, or he suffered a fatal heart attack in the vehicle."

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