Thursday September 1 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 88°  Sunny. 

- Trump says he is considering offering full pardons to J6 detainees who were persecuted along with a formal apology from the US government

- Jackson Jewish community council issues a statement thanking the Jackson BOE in their help for transportation to the yeshivos and private schools. As of this morning 4000 children in Jackson went on buses to school. While there are still challenges ahead they are hopeful to have things cleared up and work together with district officials.

- As food boxes come to an end for this summer, state officials told vendors they plan on continuing the summer program again next year

- Heavy traffic this morning in Lakewood as bus routes begin for boys schools

- Ladies Adirei Hatorah event to take place Sunday of Aseres Yemei Teshuva  in a tent at the blueclaws  stadium parking area.

-ABC7 reports on the fox attacks in Lakewood so far there have been 6 children attacked It is not clear if the incidents involved one fox or more than one animal. see video here

- A Kinnus tefila for singles in shidduchim will take place tonight at Zichron Shneur 282 Oak Knoll led by  Rav Yitzchok Koledetsky shlita ezras nashim open for women and girls program will begin at 10:15pm

- Moadim L'Simcha  Succos 5783-2022 Lakewood Order Deadline: Today Thursday, September 1st, 2022 place order online 

- Following the Nekadesh event, TAG, is in the process of compiling a database of businesses who do not use social media to Help promote these businesses and provide a special status symbol for these businesses to display in their retail stores or print ads. Nekadesh will also be holding large stadium events for ladies in E"Y in the next few weeks like the ones they had in the US.

- Rav Don Segal shlita will give a musar shmues today at BMG Beren hall at the end of 2nd seder

- Esrog socher R' Chaim Schwartz in interview with Kol Mevaser from Morocco says the industry is preparing to fill the need for daled minim this shmitta year and IY"H there would be enough schora for the American market. The current crop as is is beautiful esrogim. As for Italian esrogim most of that market will be going to E"Y to kfar chabad etc..and there should be ample amount. Lately more in the US are asking for those such as the Bobov kehillos. As for  Lulavim there are alot from E"Y with a hechsher ofthe Badatz Eidah Hacharedis. Those who sont want Otzar Bais Din there will be available from California and Arizona but there wont be enough to satisfy the wohle market for klal yisrael

- Lakewood mayor responds to homeless advocates who criticized the move to cut trees as town square  "the town’s quality-of-life task force suggested the tree removal “would make it a little less comfortable for people to basically live under them, and harass the folks that were coming and going from Town Square.” People complained they were “coming out to their cars and finding human waste on the ground outside their car, as well as reports of people urinating on their cars.”(NJspotlight)

- Israelis should refrain from traveling to the city of Uman in Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Israelis should refrain from traveling to the city of Uman in Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah "The explosive security situation includes the danger of bombing from the air or firing rockets at civilian areas, including in the center and west of the country, which pose a real and immediate danger to life," said the Foreign Ministry statement, which urged Israelis in Ukraine to leave the country immediately.

- Food Boxes:

- Free food distribution at 708 Albert Ave 2:00 pm and on 7 day box

- Bais Yaakov at Pine park  @ 2:00 pm

- Bnos Melech James st 7:00 pm 

- Yeshiva Ktana 120 2nd street 6-8 pm