Thursday March 24 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Considerable cloudiness. Occasional rain showers this afternoon. High 56F. Chance of rain 40%.

- A 150 foot communications tower for cell service is up for approval at the Lakewood zoning board meeting April 4th it will be located on the Georgian court property parking lot off the corner of 9th street and Lakewood Avenue. on the agenda: "Cellco Partnership – 900 Lakewood Ave, Block 44 Lot 1, R-12 zone -to  construct a wireless communication tower".

- Continued tefillos for Harav Shmuel Deutsch shlita who is in need of rachnei shamayim ברוך שמואל בן לאה 

- Joint statement about the price tag for the land sale by GCU to BMG: "At this time, Beth Medrash Govoha and Georgian Court University are not currently disclosing the price of this sale."

- Jackson community to make a siyum hashas at the shloshim of Rav Chaim on Erev Pesach just as he would make a siyum every year. The shuls of Jackson have split up masechtos among themselves for the siyum. 

- New York state reports 3,875 new coronavirus cases, an increase of 87% from last week

- 3 years ago, the Head Shliach of Oregon Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm was in desperate need of a kidney transplant. The would-be donor was a frum Jewish woman from Lakewood. Seeking direction, she turned to the great Gaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky for guidance. more 

- Reb Shaul Alter today at the shiva for Reb Chaim the sons asked him if he had a kesher with their father he responded that he had a very strong permanent connection when people would ask him about going to meron he would say that Rav Shimon is inside the gemara my connection with your father was through his seforim for 30 shekel i would meet with him for a long time.

 - The US is expected to announce plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. (NBC)

- 21 Adar Yartzeit of R' Elimelech of Lizhensk hindreds traveled to the kever and a chanukas habayis will take place for the new hachnosas Orchim in Pshischa

-Congressional lawmakers propose the Gas Rebate Act of 2022 where Americans would get an energy rebate of $100 per month (and $100 for each dependent) for the rest of 2022 in any month where the national average gas prices exceed $4.00 per gallon.

- The majority of New Jerseyans like living here, but more than a third say they’d like to move out, a new poll has found. Nearly 6 in 10 adult residents say the Garden State is an “excellent” (14%) or “good” (44%) place to live, according to the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released Thursday morning,  Meanwhile, half of residents say they would move out of their current neighborhood if they could — including a record 36% who say they would move to another state.

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 The political climate in New Jersey heading into the 2022 midterm election continues to worsen for Democrats, with 52% of residents saying the state is on the wrong track and 38% saying New Jersey in headed in the right direction, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released on Monday morning.

Most people in South Jersey (59%-35%) and along the Jersey shore (61%-29%) say the state is on the wrong track.   More men (52%) and women (51%) say wrong; so do White residents (57%).  It’s 50%-33% among Black residents; among Hispanics, right direction/wrong track is nearly split at 43%-41%).

Photo

Rav Shaul Alter at the shiva

     R' Shlomo Werdiger of Agudah

Rav Menachem Havelin Talmid of Reb Chaim shares a story

Rav Yisrael Meir Druk a talmid Muvhak shares a story why Reb Chaim was rummaging through the garbage looking for his lulav