Thursday May 4 News updates Lakewood

 Weather: 55° Cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. Thunder possible. High near 55F. Chance of rain 30%. 

- In what appears to be a very first, Lakewood residents have filed an initial petition seeking for the New Jersey Supreme Court in Trenton to overturn a land use approval granted by Lakewood Township's Planning Board. Faanews 

- Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood was among 31 New Jersey hospitals to receive an A in the Spring 2023 hospital safety grades. There were 17 hospitals that received a B, and 11 hospitals received a C. No hospitals in New Jersey received a D or an F.

- The charedi community in E"Y are boycotting Angel’s Bakery afte  former minister Omer Bar Lev of the labor party  was appointed to head the board of the Bakery. Bar Lev was one of the participants in a protest held outside the home of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein on This morning, and this has outraged the frum olam. The community is now demanding that Bar Lev either apologize or that Angel’s Bakery fire him. The Mir yeshiva put up a sign they will not serve angels bread.

- Mincha erev pesach sheini  minhag  hayeshiva in Lakewood is to say tachnun  since the simcha on pesach Sheni was only during the time that the Korban was brought and not all day or the night before which than you wont say tachnun at the mincha that predeeds it (Noheg Bachachma)

- For those fasting Behab there will be a minyan Mincha with krias hatorah of ויחל  at Rabbi Foscheiners shul  418  5th street 2:10 pm

- IDF kills West Bank terrorists who murdered Dee sisters, and their mother at least three terrorists were killed in Shechem

- More shabbos sirens coming to Lakewood developments to bring shabbos atmosphere with music and siren starting an hour before the zman.(Kol Mevaser)

- Adirei hatorah: Neighborhood Event in In Toms River 1984 Whitseville Rd tonight 8:00 pm.  the bnei hayeshiva of BMG will be making a siyum on bavli and yerushalmi at the event scheduled for June 4th. If the Philadelphia 76ers Basketball team make it to the NBA finals the home game would be Sunday June 4th at Wells Fargo.  

- Not just egg prices, awarness campaign launched by heimish activist RYoelbFelsen urging  shoppers to check prices at the supermarkets with kosher food items going up despite national trend of falling prices. (kol mevaser)

- Lakewood Mashgiach returns home still in a state of coma, please continue to daven Mattisyahu Chaim ben Ettil 

- Exxon at Kennedy and route 9 expands with full kosher selection cigar bar and take out food

 

- Free bags at local supermarkets ahead of the Oorah auction next week 

- Online campaign continues to promote shidduch crisis age gap issue with letters against sending bochurim to learn in Eretz Yisrael, the campaign has been going on for a few month using public websites targeting and pressuring yeshivos roshei yeshiva in order to get bochurim to not go to EY and get married earlier. 

- Reforms authorized by the New Jersey Supreme Court to improve the jury selection process, courts in the state are now collecting juror demographic information, including  race, ethnicity, and gender, at the initial stage of the selection process. his move, which is the first in the nation, allows attorneys to obtain the information necessary to assess the composition of a jury pool in advance of a trial. The new system also creates an easier process for jurors to make requests to be excused, rescheduled, or disqualified.(OneJerseySchorr)

- APP reports on Jackson Cheder application: "One of the biggest religious schools in neighboring Lakewood got initial approval to expand into Jackson after a key land use decision last week. The planning board this week unanimously approved plans for the Lakewood Cheder School to open a new elementary school on Brewers Bridge Road. 

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