Wednesday May 18 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather:  Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 72F. Tonight Cloudy with rain developing after midnight. Low around 55F. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch

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- 22,000 have already been to Miron as of 1 am. Police held off from letting in the next shift until crowds broke through the barriors at the mahadrin checkpoint.

- 20,000 gathered with Reb Meilech Biderman in Bet Shemesh going on for 5 hours according to local Police reports. 

- Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost baby formula manufacturing to ease shortage

- US stocks sank to lowest since 2020, after disappointing quarterly results from major retailers, Dow drops 1,100 points as the sell-off this year on Wall Street intensifies as S&P 500 slid 4%, Nasdaq dropped 4.7% and Dow fell 3.6%.

- Rav Shlomo Kanievsky visits Lakewood 

- Thousands in Israel are stranded in parking lots by  Miron with no water, restrooms or electricity for more than 3 hours as they wait to be allowed up the mountain to kever Rashbi. Israeli media reports  are calling it a catastrophic failure of the infrastructure as the government tries to implement a new system this year. Bus drivers say the police blocked traffic for more than an hour and not allowing them to park. 

- A year later after the tragic deaths of 45 kdoshei merin ZTL there are 2 surviving victims who are still in rehab and need a lot of yeshuos. The families of Yossi Reit and elaxar berger ask everyone to continue davening for them and have launched a non money fundraiser asking people to take upon themselves kabalos of Torah and mitzvos see the Charidy campaign for a zechus for 

אלעזר בן ראומה

יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל

- Currently, Lakewood leads New Jersey in bias incident reports, with antisemitic cases accounting for 81% of occurrences, according to state data from 2021.

 - Lakewood Vaad spokesman,that cameras and other types of security measurements can do little to prevent tragedy. society needs to work on the mind of the people with radical beliefs. "This tragedy is yet another wakeup call that hate speech, no matter in what veneer it is wrapped, is not only repugnant, but can actually kill," (APP)

- Adirei Hatorah event: Youngeleit in Yeshiva will have to sign up for tickets via the registration kiosks to reserve a seat at the gathering on June 12 in Trenton, NJ

- Car Raffle 2022 Toyota Sienna Last chance to help support Kollel Zichron Yosef Aryeh founded by Rav Shmuel Zev Rotkin Zatzal. He was a well known Talmid Chacham and Rosh Yeshiva in Lakewood for many years. He was a true Baal chesed and hundreds turned to him for help in many areas. Please help his wife and children continue his beautiful legacy by supporting his Kollel. Last chance tonight Enter Raffle HERE 

-  A law enforcement source tells CBS News the Buffalo shooting suspect was also considering targets in New Jersey in Lakewood, Jersey city and Toms River. The Ocean County prosecutor says there is no evidence for that and suspect had no ties to NJ.

- Mass Gathering of Lakewood Area Shul Representatives Held in Advance of BMG’s Historic “Adirei Hatorah” Event See photos HERE

 

 - New Jersey's Jewish Federation: the Nonprofit Security Grant Program  helped synagogues and other religious spaces pay for security equipment and personnel. Last Thursday, leaders of the Federation met with officials in Washington, where they advocated for more accessible bias incident reporting and  additional bias crime prevention training for law enforcement.

An 18-year-old man was killed and his 17-year-old sister was rescued after they were trapped in a sand collapse Tuesday at a beach in Ocean County, authorities said. Emergency crews rushed to reports of multiple people trapped in the sand shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday near Seaview Road and Chadwick Beach on the barrier island of Toms River, according to police. The ”teens were reportedly digging a large hole when it collapsed and trapped both of them.

Shomer Shmitah farmer at the Keren Hashviis event in Lakewood last night