Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Tuesday December 13 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 42° Abundant sunshine. High 42F. 

- A special run-off election held today for mayor and two Township Council seats in Manchester, Rob Arace won the mayoral position, defeating incumbent Robert Hudak. With 34 districts reporting out of 40, and vote-by-mail ballots received before Tuesday counted, Arace had 4,476 and Hudak had 4,372 votes, according to unofficial results. Faanews

- Biden signs Toava Marriage act into law

- Petira of  מרת עלקא רוטמן ע"ה of Yerushalayim she was a daughter of Rav Amram Blau founder of NIturei Karta she was 97 years old and has over 2000 grandchildren and great grandchildren 

- Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 reaches 38,756, the highest in nearly 4 months

- Price of Chanuka donuts will increase this year. Sesame bakery from Brooklyn will be opening a pop up shop in Lakewood again this year. 

- Dr. Fauci tells Msnbc " Here we are going into the 3rd year of it We are still in the middle of a pandemic."

- Shortage reported of children's Tylenol & Motrin

- Flu, RSV, COVID are hitting NJ children hard this fall. Emergency rooms and hospital pediatric units across New Jersey have seen a surge in the number of children being brought in with respiratory illnesses including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID in recent weeks, hospitals are reporting. (NJ)

- A winter coastal storm expected to start Thursday and continue into Friday could bring up 3 to inches of snow and a wintry mix to northwest New Jersey and a coating of ice to portions of South Jersey, while much of the state is battered by heavy rain, strong winds and some  flooding.

- Biden forms task force to fight antisemitism

- Route 9 intersection upgrades continue with nightly road  closures Beginning this week, and continuing Monday through Friday nights for approximately three months, Route 9 is scheduled to be closed and detoured for water main relocation between Cox Cro Road and Church Road in Toms River.All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. each day.(faa)

- Faa news expands to cover Lakewood & Jackson local govt's

- Esty’s Besty’s Eatery Vegetarian restaurant  located in Jackson  at the plaza off  Brewers Bridge & W County line has sadly  permanently closed its doors. 

- Agudah statement: Agudath Israel of America registers deep chagrin with yet another front-page New York Times attack on the Orthodox Jewish, and, especially, the Chasidic community. This marks nearly a dozen articles spewed by the Times in the past three months – all defaming and misrepresenting our community.

Once again, the “reporting” exclusively features the opinions and stories of individuals who have left their communities and those closely affiliated with groups dedicated to tearing down traditional Jewish education and helping religious people leave their roots. Conversely, notwithstanding repeated outreach to the Times, the paper has consistently shunned any narrative that does not portray the Orthodox community as backward, societal leeches, controlled and persecuted by their own religion. Even the photographs selected, the sullen faces and marching children, are marshalled to further this narrative. This, notwithstanding that the Orthodox Jewish community produces thousands of hardworking, successful, civic-minded, peaceful families, who are an asset to every New York community they choose to reside in.....

Chanukah preparation at the Kosel


21 comments:

  1. Today is Yat Kislev, when some people remember their ancestor's hatred of others and celebrate the defeat of their enemies.

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  2. In Lakewood us B'nai Torah are not interested in yat kislev

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  3. Of course doughnuts are going up there’s a shortage of wheat the wheat got sick this year

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  4. Is it only me? But I find that those expensive doughnuts are barley edible and end up mostly in the garbage after a bite or two.

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    1. You're not supposed to eat them.

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  5. Hopefully they charge outrageous prices on the doughnuts so I won't be tempted!

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  6. Hospitals in the USA are more full than they were at the height of the Covid Endemic - Time to flatten the curve?

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    1. I could totally use a week paid staycation. Would love a mandatory week off... Wouldn't mind a week shutdown. Obviously not wishing any sickness to anyone....

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  7. Meaningful people compliment businesses that their food is soo good they should open up shop in Lakewood - Now they have what to klap al cheit for...

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  8. In Lakewood we don’t want Brooklyn gashmiyus. Keep your expensive donuts out of here. It’s a busha to see how many people will be there chopping donuts like they haven’t eaten in 5 years. And then they will spend crazy amounts on it too. All those people should move out with their donuts.

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    1. If Lakewood doesn't want Brooklyn Gashmiyus, then who are those "many people" who "will be there chopping donuts?" Obviously, they only sell them because there are plenty of customers. They aren't doing it as a chessed! Unfortunately, Wishing this is still the old Lakewood won't make it come back.

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    2. Lakewood has more Gashmius per Capita than any other Jewish community. C'mon, open your eyes

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    3. Lakewoods gashmius is the envy of Boro Park. Gashmius in Lakewood is "better" in every way, high end shopping, clothing, cars, houses, vacations. Better in every area except for the food, and real chasidus. Lakewoods food is finally starting to catch up. Broro Park will soon look like a shtetl in gashmius compare to Lakewood. It's a shame Lakewood is not importing the ruchnius of Boro Park.

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    4. Change 5 ages/grades in a row, and the change is irreversible. Unfortunately it's more than 10 years that Lakewood entire gashmius/ruchnius character has changed. Nobody under the age of 22 remembers the way Lakewood was. It's done, it's forgotten, and the new Lakewood gashmius/ruchnius culture is embedded in the younger generation. It's doesn't matter if born lakewoodera over 30 remember, high school graduates don't, and haven't for years. And they don't care for the old Lakewood culture either. If old Lakewood was about histapkus b'muat, new Lakewood is all about at sheyivleh sifsosechem mi'lomar dai. How did we U-turn so fast? That's another question, but the reality is this new culture is now deeply embedded. The middle age Lakewood generation which did not grow up like this, seems to be enjoying this lifestyle too.

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    5. You forgot to include the private jets

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  9. Elka Rotman was born on Cheshvan 5 5685, making her 98 years old, not 97.

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  10. Absurd how people keep knocking Brooklyn. As if Chicago, Toronto, LA, Queens, aren't part of the problem??

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  11. Zest Bakeshop were the ones who created this donut trend back in 2015. Their donuts are out of this world and worth it. If others taste bad that’s probably because they are trying to impress and copy them but they are using garbage ingredients.

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  12. Who is zest bake shop? Royal donuts are the best.

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