Wednesday January 26 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Sunny. High near 30F.

- 65 new covid cases in Lakewood +1 death  Lakewood 23180/344

- 31 new cases in Jackson +1 death 12094/135

- 76 new cases +4 deaths in Toms River 20503/391

7:00 pm-  Forecasters from the National Weather Service remain confident that a powerful snowstorm could strengthen into a “bomb cyclone” and dump up to a foot of snow across a wide swath of New Jersey late Friday and Saturday.  The Lakewood area can see 8 - 12. In addition, the storm is likely to generate wind gusts as strong as 40 to 50 mph, But based on the storm track that they consider to be the most likely, they believe there will be a sharp cutoff in the snowfall totals across the western side of the state.

- Eisemann Case Unraveling, as Brief Reveals Prosecutors Withheld key Evidence; Evidentiary Hearing Scheduled for March 15 a few days before purim (LNN)

- A school bus with 12  students aboard and a car collided on Route 88 this afternoon, none of the students were injured, the drivers of the car and  bus were taken to the hospital for treatment. (Patch)

- Update from the Parents of Pinya Gittel bas Rochel Shaindel, the 6-year-old Lakewood Girl Critically injured in Accident  her condition is improving and she has been taken off the ventilator. Doctora are happy with the prognosis but she is currently sedated and still in need in tefillos please continue to daven (LNN) 

  - 3:35 pm: The NAM model (North American) forecast is showing the storm moving east and completely missing the east coast and Northeastern US.  

- Fed keeps interest rates unchanged for now, stocks surge.

- BDE: Hagaon  Harav Dovid Moshe Lieberman ZT'L Av B"D Shomrei Hadaas of Antwerp, Belgium he was 97.

- Shabbos snow storm: There will be a very sharp cutoff between heavy snow and no snow models still shifting. NWS says 6-12+ for NJ. European model as of today showing 30 inches for Lakewood.

- Heavy snow in Yerushalayim seee video below

- Midwinter break  in Lakewood this week girls schools have off Friday- Monday boys elementary  some not giving, others only Sunday Mesivtas have off shabbos Friday - Sunday.

- For the fourth year in a row, New Jersey has been the state that has the most people moving out. According to Axios, United Van Lines’ 2021 index shows that once again, NJ is the top outbound state in the country. (NJ1015)

- Rav Yechiel Steinmetz a Rav from Monsey will be moving to the new Chasidisha community in Casa Grande, Arizona where he will be appointed to lead the kehilla.

- While enjoying some golf, former President Donald Trump referred to himself as the 45th and 47th President of the United States

- NJ Democrats have removed Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from the legislative redistricting commission

- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, will give Biden a chance to appoint a judge on the SCOTUS. GOp analysts say this means Dems know they are losing the senate in the midterms. 

- Liberty Science Center requires proof of vaccination to enter "We require proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for all visitors age 12 years and older. We also require a valid photo ID for all visitors age 18 years and older"

-Pelosi announces will run for reelection in 2022.

- Snow storm across EY Will hit Yerushalayim later today 6-8 inches expected

- Russia reports 74,692 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, and 657 new deaths

-  5 new school building applications at upcoming planning board meeting Feb 1

- Talmud Torah of Lakewood 1464 East Spruce Street Plan for an addition to a school

- Yeshiva Shaar Hatalmud 1127 & 1131 E County Line Rd  subdivision to create nine lots and Plan for a school

- Congregation Bais Meir 330 Miller Road & 409 Hope Plan for a school

- Bnos Devorah  360 Oak Street Plan for a school

- Yeshiva Nesivos Hatorah Caldwell Avenue  Plan for a school 

- Orlando Record-breaking cold temperatures could happen this weekend, as far down as the low 30s. with area-wide frost and freezing conditions On Saturday, the cold blast will  bring temperature highs down to 49 degrees. Saturday night and Sunday morning temperatures could fall to 33 degrees and possibly lower. (Orlando sentinel)

-  Lakewood BOE settles lawsuit brought by former supervisor of Social Studies, who claimed her whistleblower acts drew opposition from district officials and the state monitor.(app)

- A desecration of Torah: A non orthodox   women has been posting video  recaps, on Daf Yomi with reviews and takeaway of the daf. The short clip is laced With profanity and mocks the tanoim and amoraim in a modern millenial humourous connection. These videos have gone viral across social media platforms with raving reviews and news media in the US and Israel are reporting on it.

Video Snow in Yerushalayim kiryas belz

Snowing at the Kosel