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- top secret US Navy acoustic detection system first picked up on the Titan submersible implosion just HOURS after the sub began its mission on Sunday, officials involved told WSJ.
Almost immediately after the sub lost communication with its mothership, the Navy began listening in. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. system detected what it suspected was the sound of an implosion near the debris site which was discovered on Thursday. Conservative media suggested the Biden govt kept the news going to distract from DOJ while blower was and Hunter Biden.
-Surge in pediatric cases of Strep throat in New Jersey The doctors are perplexed. New Jersey hospitals and pediatrician offices are seeing a rare June surge in strep throat cases among kids. The rise comes after one of the busiest winter strep seasons in years, experts say. Children have been entering medical facilities with sore, red throats in recent weeks — an unusual time to see such a spate of infections. Doctors can’t explain exactly why. NJ
- Litigation regarding the Prime Apartments building Attorney representing the tenants has just filed in Court for emergent relief seeking to take the building out of the hands of its landlord and have a Receiver appointed to manage the building instead! more on Faa https://www.faanews.com/2023/06/whoa-lakewood-prime-apartments-tenants.html
- Hespedim in BMG for the Yartzeit of Rav Shneur Kotler ztl speaking: R"Y Harav Yisrael Neuman shlita Rav Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman shlita R"Y Mesivta of Long Beach, Rav Menachem Mendel Herzka shlita a talmid. 6:15 in Beren hall listen live on the conference line 857-347-0100 code 125005
- OceanGate Expeditions said all 5 crew members on board the Titan have died. The debris discovered within the search area of the missing Titanic submersible has been assessed to be from the external body of the Titan,
-Catskills summer season begins with vacationers heading up for the summer of 2023. NJ residents should familiarize themselves with NYS traffic laws and have all motor vehicle documents up to date State troopers have towed away cars that had violations.
- Girls schools closed for the year camp start Monday.Some Boys elementary have half day with school/camp starting next week.
- Yartzeit of Rav Shneur Kotler zatzal today 3 Tamuz hespedim at BMG 6:20pm
- NJDOT: Rt 70 all lanes closed in both directions at CR New Hampshire Avenue in Lakewood due to crash and traffic signal down. Slow down, use caution and expect delay.
- Seared restaurant soft opening located at the Located at The Avenue Shoppes off New Hampshire
- "No taxation without representation," is the chant coming from Lakewood's senior residents these days. Lakewood's largest senior housing development Leisure Village has just filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that they are overpaying taxes for municipal services which they do not receive, FAA News has learned.
- Mordys shteeble Yartzeit seuda tonight of Habachur Mordy Greenes ZL negina by Avrom Mordcheh Shwartz
- Update: Debris field discovered in the area indicaing a possible implosion. Titanic Tourist Submersible Still Missing as search continues and 96 hours of oxygen supply has passed.
- The Lakewood scoop website came under intense criticism from residents in shuls after davening and all over social media as it continues its campaign of ignoring anything associated with the Lakewood yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha. Calling itself once the heartbeat of the lakewood community it did not report or have a single mention about the Adirei hatorah event that was attended by 27,000 people mostly Lakewood residents, not one word not a report, or any photos. A car fire in BMG parking lot yesterday was reported to have happened on Clifton Avenue with no mention of BMG. As today gimmel Tamuz is the Yahrzeit of Rav Shneur Kotler zatzal there was no mention of that either, as of this morning, while tls dedicated a full post (Possibly a paid ad) to the yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher rebbe. The glaring omission was called out. Responding to the criticism on twitter TLS did not mention the yahrzeit of Rav Shneur but instead posted other yahrzeits that it has covered in the past. They wrote " A couple non-resourceful and/or hateful readers also claimed we don’t cover other Yahrtzeits. Here are some recent posts about the Yahrtzeits of other Tzadikim". Rav Shneur Kotler who built up the Lakewood yeshiva was not on the list. On social media some made memes showing the palestinian map of the middle east missing Israel and a map of lakewood without BMG.
- Deal summer season begins the Khal Medrash Elyon under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Haber will be opening a shul for the summer season in Deal at 221 Monmouth Rd off Roosevelt
- Lakewood planning board denies application for office building on Prospect street after many neighbors spoke up at the meeting Here
- Three New Jersey hospitals made U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the best pediatric medical facilities in the United States. Hackensack Meridian Health JM Sanzari Hospital in Hackensack and K Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune were paired together and rank No. 1 in New Jersey. The facilities are nationally ranked in four children’s specialties: pediatric cancer, pediatric nephrology, pediatric urology, and pediatric neurology and neurosurgery. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick was ranked No. 2 in the state. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was ranked the No. 1 pediatric facility in Pennsylvania, earning a national ranking in 10 children’s specialties.(NJ)
What a Chutzpah we are the center and everything revolves around us , How dare anybody ignore us. Hilarious. If you really think you're the center of the world just ignore them and they'll go away.........
ReplyDeleteThe childish immaturity of the poop can't get any worse. Calling people hateful for pointing out a shameful omission is projectionism and cowardly by TLS.
ReplyDeleteLet's see Hatzolah of Central Jersey call them out on it as they are a sponsor.
Please remove this comment with foul language.
DeleteI was blocked by tls on social media as I commented on a photo of a wedding on the night of Adirei “ only men not at Adirei are tls and those at this wedding”
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I just got blocked by him today for commenting on his pathetic defensive tweet. Ha he thinks he can insulate himself from all criticism by blocking anyone who opens their mouth. Thank you for Hefkervelt where we can still comment on TLS (and Matzav)
DeleteJust to clarify.
ReplyDelete1. BMG Talmidim, past and present do not have internet. Even the ones who have it for parnasah purposes use it only for parnasah. Using the internet for anything other then parnasah is strictly banned and the 'internet heter' is retroactively revoked upon first use. There is a 'no tolerance' policy attached to the 'internet heter' takanah.
2. People who do have internet without the IH - obviously non - BMG talmidim, past or present - are not wanted within the Yeshivah circles. The only way of keeping them away is by NOT reporting what goes on in the Yeshivah.
Thus The Scoop may be justified for not reporting BMG news.
You write 'banned' but fail to write by whom.
DeleteBMG talmidim have Internet, just like everyone else. Some more, some less.
That does not explain why tls also blocks Agudah and Avi Shnall videos
Deletethat wrong as the point of the adirai event was as much for those out then those in
DeleteDont you realize that Yiddishkeit does not depend on the agudah movement!
Deletehttps://lnnnews.com/lakewood-boe-accepts-100000-from-township-committee-for-summer-program/
ReplyDeleteTownship giving away more of our money to BOE
Last night the Lakewood BOE formally accepted $100,000 from the Lakewood township committee for the district’s summer program. The summer program is open for all public-school students grades K-5. The Township is not required to send this money,
Hey why won't the township pay towards my day camp expenses too?
DeleteI haven't visited TLS in years. Everyone should just stop patronizing that dumb website. What, you need to see a video of every "MVA" ? It's tabloid trash at its worst.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if R Nochum Cohen is in lkwd? and if so, how to get a appt?
ReplyDeleteI don't follow the scoop it does not represent the yiddishe ideals. The content is catering to the general seculae community in Ocean county and to politicians who use it to make themselves look good while they spend your tax money and ruin the quality of life. They try to show a kosher chazerr feesel every once in a while
ReplyDeleteFirst thing is don't follow that scanner news sensational car crash photo site
ReplyDeleteThere should also be a boycott of sponsors letting them know that Lakewood will not stand for this
I usually buy from and support the competitors of TLS advertisers, and if I can, try to avoid bussiness and Tzedakos that advertise on TLS and its billboard's
DeleteHatzola is their sponsor ??
ReplyDeleteHatzola should ashamed of themselves.
BMG did not advertise Adirei on TLS.
ReplyDeleteWhy should TLS give them additional free publicity, if they didn't reciprocate?
Nice or not nice, that's how the game is played.
What a stupid response even if true.
DeleteDoes Rav Shneur have to pay money from his grave to the dirty poop website to mention his yartzeit?
A shame that the Lakewood Vaad Rich Roberts Ray Coles Menash Miller and all others who go on remain silent on this despicable childish act
They didn't reciprocate?
DeleteThe BMG vaad and AK gave TLS the Billboards they gave them BOE contracts they gave them exclusive articles gave them all those articles from the P3 PR group back in the day..
And this is how they treat them by ignoring BMG????
Why do we care?
Deleteיכה יוסי את יוסי
Between the Va'ad, BMG Inc., and TLS, we don't care at all. The learning of BMG yungeleit is not affected by this, so this is only relevant to the office. Who cares?
"BMG did not advertise Adirei on TLS.
DeleteWhy should TLS give them additional free publicity, if they didn't reciprocate?"
Idiot alert! Last year Adirei Hatorah spent a whopping 26K with TLS on their platforms and billboard. They gladly took the money and then l... and then... drumroll... ignored the ENTIRE EVENT.
WHAT A DISGUSTING BIZUY GEDOLI.
SHAME ON TLS AND .....
R Nochum Cohen's ( Baba Nachum) grandson is getting married in lakewood next week. He has 2 sons who live here, I guess you could get his number from one of them.
ReplyDeleteNow the name 'hefkervelt' is justified. what a hefkairus ??
ReplyDeleteArrogance and megalomaniac and other issues are apparently on full display and the root cause for this unacceptable childish behavior.
ReplyDeleteHow about calling out Tomchei shabbos whi have the sponsor a seder campaign with Lakewood tzedaka money collected from bmg kollel guys and they support the site that does this.
if you would know how the owner of lakewood scoop was bullied and threatened by BMG 10 years ago for political reasons in the name of Torah, you would fully understand him. Even now he cannot and does not post any local politics like Hefkervelt.
ReplyDeleteat a minimum there is definitely another side here. if you don't know then don't judge.
They've covered bmg alot since then
DeleteIs this also the reason TLS ignores Agudah and Avi Shnall
Is this the reason TLS ignored Hershel H who helped them out
Is this the reason the people claime TLS blocked on their platforms after they criticized them
Is this the reason TLS attacked Lakewood Mesivta by the Skulen Rebbe Levaya
Is this the reason TLS whirled first report on public stories
I'm sure those people in this week's parsha also said the same type of narishkeiten. Anyone fighting against gedolim is wrong. Sorry, past grievances don't give you a green light to be mevazeh Torah.
Deleteכי השוחד יעור עיני חכמים
DeleteNot for political reasons, but for being evil. https://twitter.com/savelakewoodnj/status/869424924414357504?t=r6AomnkLkEpAuONjHRWwFA&s=19
Deletewhat did TLS do that was evil ?? publishing opposing political views is evil ??
DeleteAnon 4:21 - TLS is not fighting against Gedolim. It is against BMG Inc. and the Vaad. It is not Mevaze Torah. It is just nonsense.
DeleteThey sure are fighting gedolim no way to sugar coat it. Not only living gedolim but they spit in the face of all talmidei hayeshiva and were mevazeh Rav Shneur Kotler on his yartzeit.
Deleteעפרא לפומייהו for what they have done
The Bnei Yeshiva learn all day, they don't need to be mentioned on a stupid website.
DeleteIf yahrtzeit mentions of Reb Shneur, the son of a Gadol Hador, is considered kavod, lack of mention is indeed a bizayon of the son of the Gadol Hador.
But it is all irrelevant. TLS is against the business of BMG, and we should all be like that too.
TLS does not do anything out of virtue. TLS for a brief period was opposed to the overbuilding in this town
DeleteBut then realized that being the Vaad and AK's mouthpiece was more profitable, so that is what he became.
This isn't about TLS having any moral standing. The owner has none.
If Hatzolah gets a new ambulance, all the hatzolah members are sent a new photo of it - with a TLS logo on it. The CEO (I think his name is Twersky or something) is petrified.
ReplyDeleteLakewood is the only town in the United States that doesn't send public press releases to every news outlet (Jewish or not Jewish). Everyone and everything has to go through TLS.
ReplyDeleteIf any organization sends a press release to any other news outlet, TLS will never cover that organization again.
What a bully.
TLS did not report my victory in the Appellate Division, or any other articles during which I have been covered about over a dozen times by the APP, five times by NJ.com, by Politico, NJ Spotlight, but TLS did show some interest in reporting that Judge Scarola helped me out in court.
ReplyDeletehttps://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/video-judge-scarola-on-state-loans-to-lakewood-school-district-how-much-longer-can-this-ponzi-scheme-go-on/
"In an apparent attempt to help Arthur Lang, Esq. formulate a question in court today, Judge Susan Scarola (OAL Mercerville) used the words 'ponzi scheme' to describe the state loans to the Lakewood School District, Attorney Inzelbuch stated in a court-side video. Inzelbuch, at no cost to the district, went down to Offices of Administrative Law in Mercerville."
After the appellate victory I wrote an email to several people, "TLS would take my press release. Maybe there simply was not enough room for the story on the TLS website given all the important local matters. The Lakewood court case story is national news." TLS replied, "We generally don’t post things sent out all over." After forwarding to others, TLS emailed me, "So now publicly shaming a Jewish outlet is okay with you, because we chose not to publish it? That’s a low play and you definitely lost all respect you had left." I am not sure why I lost respect beforehand. I guess because they think I am a chump to allow continue the litigation without pay. I answered, "You did not respond. How do you justify not publishing the story? You should not be called out on it? Shouldn't people know that your outlet is biased, nay, puts other considerations above journalistic excellence?" They replied, "Your attitude and entitlement-filled responses should give you a clue as to why we didn’t publish it."
You bet I have an attitude and sense of entitlement. I resent the BOE for retaliating against and am entitled to get back my summer school job, my after school job, my extra class and guess what, a promotion. I am entitled to exercise my First Amendment right to petition the government to fix the funding formula without retaliation.
But I can't sue for illegal retaliation because I have been and need to continue defending the BOE against allegations of mismanagement, incompetence, and wasting taxpayer money, all true and presented by the AG at trial, while at the same time plead for $100 million a year for the district. A billion dollars over 7 or 8 years is so much more than a $50 an hour job over 7 or 8 summers. My gosh, how pathetic. Look at what I am writing. What is happening is nothing short of bizarre.
DeleteYour victory is one of the most important local stories of the year. People need to be informed with how the government spends and misspends their tax dollars. TLS depriving the public of your press release is nothing short of journalistic malpractice. I'd say that should invalidate them as a news outlet and they should lose any public benefits they receive for being "press", the parking permits, the free entrance passes, township money, and other government benefits.
DeleteReb Ahron, you have earned the respect of the silent majority. Every taxpaying resident of Lakewood has a deep sense of Hakaras Hatov to you for all that you have done and continue to do. Don't be fazed by a few naysayer. May Hashem repay you for all your efforts with nachas, bracha, and unlimited hatzlacha in all that you do.
DeleteThank you. It's hard to have put your whole working life, which I started late because I was in BMG until 41, in an organization believing that if you solve all its problems, and I mean all, I even have a plan to build roads using the school laws, but most particularly, tame seize its holy grail, you would move up, but instead, to find that you are resented by corporate leadership and retaliated for stepping onto their turf.
DeleteThis happens because of this bizarre political system we have in Lakewood. Every interest is confined to its own sphere, jealous of its own turf, yet all power brokers are intertwined with each other in controlling elections. The BOE is extremely weak, the Igud has no leadership and the Vaad will not get involved in school matters because it needs to maintain shalom in the Kehilla. This separation of powers might be lauded if there was some form of checks and balances. Alas, not even the shareholders of the company, the people of Lakewood, can hold the executive leadership accountable. The lack of effective oversight has allowed a tyrant to fill the vacuum and hijack control of the corporation, whose word is law, even if it leads to insolvency.
In any place else, a faction would coalesce behind a man with vision and run its own candidates of like mindedness for office, or simply for power for its own sake, gain support within either party and take power through elections. Not here because every faction and every yachid has to speak with one voice and we all need to have achdus and show ha'karos ha'tov.
The point of this world is not always to see the fruits of your labor. Your work is holy work. Even if you don't see the victory, you will have accomplished the mission to fight for Hashem's children. The real reward is on the next world, and never forget, lefum tzarah agra.
DeleteLefum tzarah agra. Thanks. Everything that has happened has been b'syata d'shmaya and there were many blessings in disguise.
DeleteFor example, I was fuming at AK when in 2016 he had district lawyers bring the BOE into the case, but it was a blessing in disguise. It did help, it's so easy to get on my good side, that they said my briefs were lucid and convincing, and they promised that they would not interfere with my conduct of the case. I insisted that they come in just as participants not parties. (Quick thinking!)
When Inzelbuch took over in 2017, the BOE was already a participant, already told the new judge that they only had an observatory role, but I guess Michael did not realize that his role was already decided to be limited to being a participant, even though I gave him all the court papers and he already was playing his runaround games that he loves to do to keep people off balance. He waited until the eve of the trial in 2018 and the judge ruled it was too late and he should remain as a nonparty. Had Aaron not done what he did in 2016, and I was so angry with him, the role of the BOE would not have already been decided, Inzelbuch would have been alerted in 2017 that the BOE had just a small role in the case , and he would not have been so careless to wait until it was too late to change the role of the BOE to become a party with the same power to call witnesses, settle, appeal, etc. as I had in the case. It's funny, but the z'chus harabin saved us from the the rabim (shliach c'mosom). A real Purim story.
Why does Hatzolah LPD and Ray Coles only put out statements through TLS and not other outlets or their own websites so everyone can be informed?
ReplyDeleteAre they scared of getting the BMG Agudah treatment?
They know there will never be negative press about them on scoop as long as they stick with scoop exclusively.
DeleteThe district tried to litigate the T & E issue in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019 and 2021 but later flip-flopped in my case in 2021 by taking the same position as the state, that education improved, and by pleading that the state is providing T & E in Lakewood. This perfidious 2021 pleading would have annihilated the only possible cause of action and, it seems to me, is avaricious, but it is unnecessary because it is the fault of the formula; any allegation that BOE mismanagement caused the denial of T & E is a smokescreen.
ReplyDeletehttp://arthur2240.ipage.com/documents/BOEExceptions.pdf
To wit, here is what the Lakewood Task Force wrote in 2002 (page 2):
"In actuality, the Court did not render its decision until the fall of 2002, and the decision was highly unfavorable to Lakewood. . . . Michael Inzlebuch, Esq., made a presentation regarding the Court's adverse decision, and the reason the Board elected not to appeal. In brief. . . . several current Abbott districts would not meet this criterion if they were being evaluated for eligibility today. Since the Court was within its discretion to set these low standards, and since the Court did not make any obvious errors of law in making its ruling, Lakewood did not have a solid basis for appealing the decision."
Really? Here is what the Appellate Division said this year:
"Because we conclude the Commissioner used the wrong standard in making her factual determination, we instead evaluate whether there exists support in the record for the agency's conclusion under the correct standard."
The BOE tried to do the same thing as me in 2002, but rather than appeal, they just played dead. It took 21 years to correct this mistake.
The "CEIFA legislation stated among its purposes that the State of New Jersey would provide a 'thorough and efficient system of public education' and assure '[a] level of financial support sufficient to provide [these] programs and services.' Unfortunately, the CEIFA funding formula, when applied to Lakewood and its unique demographic and socio/economic profile, substantially under funds the level of State educational aid needed to provide a thorough and efficient education. It is the position of the Task Force that such a legislative 'fix' for the CEIFA formula does exist. Unfortunately, the problem is highly complex and technical; not one of the numerous experts on New Jersey educational funding that the Task Force met with had a simple and clean solution for Lakewood's problem that would not negatively impact other districts. The Task Force also recognizes that its members possess neither the time nor the expertise required to properly address this challenge." page 2.
http://arthur2240.ipage.com/documents/Lakewood%20Funding%20Task%20Force.pdf
They did not have the time. How pathetic?
At some point of controversy within BMG there was a blog started called Lakewood scoop. at some point it was finally closed by its administrator
ReplyDeletesomeone else with the initials LH decided that the name was great opportunity to capitalize on, started his own blog using the same name which eventually morphed into his current website.
Hmmm not the way I remember it.
DeleteYou're confusing with yeshiva world. There was a Lakewood blog called something like lakevent run by a menuval
DeleteThat first blogspot called lakewood scoop before TLS was a nasty menuveldig blog the name was written in yellow script
DeleteSomehow TLS came not long after
Thats would be interesting to see the chronological order of how one shut down and how soon a new one opened with a similar name.
Our Jewish newspapers and other media outlets are run by people who know very little about journalism and news. They think they have a bully pulpit, and now their own caprices rule.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are right. We continue to spend money on shoddy publications, private feuds and sensationalist nonsense. Why should they improve? I personally do not allow the Yated into my house. Because it appeals to people's lower sensibilities. Many people agree, but they cannot stop themselves from buying it.
If TLS lost one click due to their attitude, they would know it.
When Lakewood's poop started he had a vendetta again chaverim because he wasn't accepted as a member. He would crop chaverim personal out of any accident or similar pictures he posted. At some point chaverim realize being out of the news is bad for fundraising, and paid poop big money for fundraising advertising. It wasn't for that specific campaign itself, they weren't too successful, but it was more important to get them back into the news articles.
ReplyDeleteThe website is run like a bully - when Lnn interviewed Avi Schnall that was last we saw from the Agudah! He is probably convinced with all the exclusive Schnall videos - Agudah owes him the world and it is a chutzpah for Schnall to go elsewhere! I feel bad for any organization that feels stuck to this Lunatic- my advice to all the businesses and organizations get out now before he has you deep inside…
ReplyDeletehttp://thelakewoodscoop.blogspot.com/2009/06/change-on-tls-effective-immediately.html
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/YitzyStern/status/1672065666503827457
ReplyDeleteCompare the two pictures. The Lakewood alters picture is clear, the scoop picture has BMG building blurred out, if you look the TLS logo on bottom of picture you see they're covering another watermark
DeleteI try to boycott any company or mossad that advertisers on the billboards. And I let them know about it.
ReplyDelete