Tuesday August 30 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 91° Sun and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 91F.

- Food boxes:

- Bevvy box pick up at Schi 6:00 pm

-Aisle 9 boxes available at 685 River ave (behind Bais Shaindel) 6:00pm until 8:15

-7:45 pm Two children  bitten by a animal possibly  a Fox on Regal court in Lakewood off RT 88 near the tracks 

- Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, has died.

- Gov Murphy announced a statewide school security initiative that will "collect and digitize school building blueprints to further aid first responders in an emergency situation," such as school shootings or other emergencies.

- Ukraine sends back to Bresolov chasidim to Israel after they violated the nightly curfew

- Reaction continues on social media by homeless advocates following a story by the APP about Lakewood township cutting down trees in town square to deter the homeless. Critics point out the homeless have only relocated to nearby parking lots and the Lake area. Others charged the mayor has ignored the downtown for years as stores were fronts for drug activity There were some anti-Semitic  comments blaming the community for it although it was recommended by the LPD and approved by the mayor. The story has been picked up by the national media with hundreds of comments across many platforms

- LSTA  fee for non mandated busing of $260 to be charged soon on Credit cards. If you are eligible for lunch program you can ask the local BOE to pay for it according to NJ law.

-Some bus cards for boys have been mailed out but there are still routes that have not been picked up yet.

- Lawsuit to shut down simcha hall  more 

- Taiwan military fired warning shots at Chinese drone.

- Article about high traffic accidents in Lakewood, Mayor blames the county and state for not putting up traffic signals. The article also blames new drivers from NY who didnt own cars previously and are now driving for the first time. The section of Route 9  is where most township accidents occur. In 2021, there were 432 collisions on that stretch of road; 39 of them happened at the intersection with County Line Road; 37 at the intersection with First Street; and 68 in the smaller intersections around the parking lot of Lakewood Plaza Shopping Mall.

- Full-coverage car insurance premium is more expensive in Lakewood than anywhere else in Ocean and Monmouth counties. On average, a six-month, full-coverage premium costs $898 along at the Shore, and $1,044 in Lakewood, according to CarInsurance.com ,APP reports in a n article about Lakewood traffic

Yeshiva University, has filed an emergency application in the Supreme Court in an urgent effort to maintain its religious autonomy. The particular dispute arises from an effort by Yeshiva students to create an undergraduate LGBTQ club—and to do so precisely in order to alter Yeshiva’s religious environment. A New York trial court ruled that the New York City Human Rights Law requires Yeshiva to recognize an official Pride Alliance club. It has entered a permanent injunction against Yeshiva, and New York’s higher courts have denied Yeshiva’s requests for emergency relief. The club-application process is now open, so absent emergency relief from the Supreme Court, the permanent injunction will require Yeshiva to approve the club 

The Yeshiva explains in its application: 

Yeshiva is the world’s premier Torah-based institution of higher education. In Hebrew, the word “yeshiva” literally means a school for studying Talmud.  All Yeshiva undergraduate students are required to engage intense religious studies, with many receiving up to four and a half hours of Talmud instruction each day. And the entire undergraduate experience is designed to form students in the Jewish faith: the laws of Shabbat and Kashrut are strictly observed on campus; there are separate men’s and women’s campuses; students are expected to dress and behave consistently with Torah values; the campuses are adorned with religious imagery and symbolism; and the affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary is integrated into the men’s undergraduate campus and programs. Yeshiva has determined, based on consultation with its Roshei Yeshiva—who opine on Jewish law for Jews all over the world—that an official Pride Alliance club, as described by Plaintiffs and as understood by the culture at large, would be inconsistent with Yeshiva’s religious environment and Torah values