Friday Sept 2 News Updates Lakewood

Erev Shabbos פרשת שופטים ו' אלול Lakewood 

Candle lighting 7:08 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 7:26 pm

- Weather °79 A good sunshine. Shabbos day hi of 82

- Labor day weekend traffic on the  GSP

- Kashrus Update: 7-11 has released two new slurpee flavors both are kosher and pareve. They are: Sunny Sky Green Apple, Vitamin Water Look. (Kashrut.com)

- OCHD updated covid cases 8/24/22-8/31/22

39 new covid cases -1 death in Jackson totals 14423/153

13 new covid cases +1 death in Lakewood totals 25781/381

68 new covid cases in Toms River +2 deaths totals 24519/465

- Today Free Back to School event, Backpack giveaway, at t North Lake & Second Street Parkin Lakewood  11:30 - 2:00 , Shows & Giveaways

-Sunday health safety event at North Lake and 2 nd street with shows from Uncle Moishy

-BDE: Petirah of R'Chaim Melcer Z"L Long time Lakewood resident he was in his 90's. Levaya at the Lakewood chapel on 7th street 11:30 am today

-Six flags annual labor day seasons pass sale for $79.99 cuts out previous perks not as good asother years. Does not include parking which is an additional $40 does not work at other six flags locations, does not give free entrance to Hurricane harbor This Seasonal Pass gives you unlimited visits only at Six Flags Great Adventure on public operating days during the rest of the 2022 Seasonal and through 9/4/2023! Parking not included Children two and under are free. The next option is to pay $115 for an annual pass

- Joe Biden charged in a prime-time address that the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foundation of our republic,”Biden repeatedly slammed Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” in an overtly political primetime address the White House billed as “the battle for the soul of the nation” a speech ignored by all major TV networks and carried by just two cable channels. "There’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.”

- Nikki Haley: Biden is the most condescending  president of my lifetime. He’s done nothing to unite the nation. Nothing to bring healing. Nothing to alleviate the pain millions of Americans feel everyday. He’s been a divider in chief and come November he must hear from all of us.

- The Daled minim shuk at Clifton Ave parking lot across from Bias shalom/Bais Aaron will once again be open this year.

- Biden is considering issuing a 'preemptive pardon' to Trump over classified material handling, according to WH staff (Jack Posobiec)

-Uman extends the time to keep lights on in the city until 11:00pm despite a general war time black out in the evenings. 

-More national media report on Lakewood removing trees from town square to chase away homeless including USA today, Huffpost. Mayor Ray Coles told New Jersey 101.5 that residents were staying away from the public square. He said that despite portable toilets being available in the street, there were "folks defecating in between cars."

-  Facebook was censoring people who were sharing their own stories of firsthand experiences of severe vaccine side effects"