Monday February 27 News Updates

 Weather: 43° Partly cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. High 43F. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain  30% 

 A US-Israeli dual national was killed in a shooting attack near the Beit HaArava Junction on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley on Monday afternoon. He was identified as Elan Ganeles HYD from West Hartford, Connecticut, who recently graduated from Columbia University. His family will return to Connecticut to sit shiva, according to an announcement by the Young Israel of West Hartford. (Jpost)

- Torah Umesorah proposes a change in the school calendar due to issues with late starts with very little time to properly learn about the Yomim Tovim and preparing for Elul  also  boys’ camps have to end before Rosh Chodesh Elul, which leaves two to three weeks of unstructured time after camp ends and Yeshiva/Bais Yaakov begins. ’23 a proposal for this year to have the schools end 

 June 19 and begin camp on Camp Begins: June 22 to Aug 15 with Rosh Chodesh Elul Aug 17 and schools begin Aug 28/11 Elul Girls 113 Elul Aug 30

- Munkatch rebbe shlita to visit Lakewood for a family Sheva Brachos

- Rav Reuven Hechster shlita speaking during Mussasr Seder tonight at BMG

-Up to 8 inches of snow is possible for a large area of northern New Jersey starting today and into Tuesday from a winter storm that could also bring a few inches of snow and a wintry mix through the central part of the state. lakewood area expected to only get rain

- The deadline for NJ's ANCHOR property tax relief program is tomorrow Feb. 28  

The program is open to homeowners and renters who lived in their primary residences on Oct. 1, 2019. To be eligible, applicants must file or be exempt from New Jersey income taxes. APPLY Here 

 - Seared restaurant, a 200 seat fine dining establishment that is located at the avenue shoppes off New Hampshire ave in Lakewood  expected to open after Pesach. 

A poll from Fox News showed that 43% of voters prefer Trump followed by 28% preferring DeSantis, following a trend that support for DeSantis is losing its strength in a matchup against the former president, who is hoping to reclaim the White House.

Kollel bus campaign donate Here Please note, they are  not asking you to help pay for commuters' ride to the city. Kollel Bus members will continue to pay for tickets on par with public transit prices. "We are simply asking you to help cover the extra expenses of maintaining this Bais Medrash to house this unique mosad haTorah - expenses that are above and beyond what is covered by ticket prices".

- NJ Rep. Jeff Van Drew  Blasts Fauci and Co. After Bombshell Lab Leak Report What’s most hurtful, not only did the Chinese and we and we know the real truth, poison the world and the United States, I mean, let’s just tell the truth. Hopefully it was an accident. But not only did they do this, but they lied about it.

- The operator of the dock lakeCarasaljo in Lakewood says there will be no boating activity this summer due to vandalism of equipment (NJ1015) 

- More terror in Israel An Israeli man was killed in a shooting attack near the Beit HaArava Junction on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley on Monday afternoon. 30 minutes from Yerushalayim. A car with Arab terrorists shot at him in a drive by shooting.

- Bde: Petirah of Rav Avrohom Eliezer Kviat zt”l. He was 72. Rav Kviat was a R”M at Yeshiva Tiferes Shmuel-Aleksander in Boro Park and the mara d’asra of Agudas Yisroel of 18th Avenue in Boro Park. Rav Kivat was a son of Rav Dovid Kviat zt”l, Levaya was held yesterday in BP kevura in EY

- Girls High school acceptance: there's been several anonymous articles printed in some Lakewood media shifting blame and not taking responsibility with no clear direction from any vaad  members about going forward. Parents should reach out to their elementary school principal if they did not hear back yet from any high school.

- Thousands traveling to Meron to celebrate ז אדר

משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה with Reb Hillel