Wednesday June 14 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 80° A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High around 80F. 

 - Left political pundits are now urging Jack Smith to change the venue of the Trump charges from South Florida to New Jersey and calling it the 'NJ Option' because they are terrified of the Miami jury pool according to conservative media reports.

- 4:55 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM  FOR NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY At 450 PM , a severe thunderstorm was located over Brick Township, or near Toms River, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD..60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Take shelter in place.NWS

- BDE: Petirah of the Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush, Rav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz zt”l. He was 78. The rebbe was a son of Rav Moshe Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe of New York, and Rebbetzin Leah Fradil (Eichenstein) Horowitz. The levayah will be held today at the Bostoner Bais Medrash, located at East 29th Street and Avenue J in Flatbush. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah there. (Matzav)

- Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita traveled to Canes, France to attend a wedding of a tomech Torah, other rabbonim flew in as well.

- Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman shlita  leaving today back to Eretz Yisrael after spending 2 weeks in Lakewood giving chizuk to the community.

- OHI and the NJ Helth Dept are offering a day of  free laundry  from 12 - 4 pm at Laundry Time Laundromat 137 Ocean Ave., Lakewood, NJ the catch  they are also giving out free covid  vaccines and  testing kits

- Sloatsburg Mincha area  will relocate to a new location for the summer A new Mincha Area will open on June 22 at 120 Torne Valley Road in Hillburn, minutes from Thruway Exit 15A. Chaverim of Rockland will be on hand every Thursday night to manage parking and provide security.

- Lakewood township meeting tomorrow  will introduce the budget tax increase on the way

-LIC meeting today online due to covid 11:30 am watch here

- J food expo day 2 going on at the exhibition center in Edison, NJ

- Mishpacha article  Hot deal or Hot Air - Why smart investors fall for the deceptive lure of easy money  What’s behind the string of losses plaguing our community? Is it a natural investment cycle or something more sinister? Are frum investors more vulnerable to bad deals? And what kind of due diligence can help minimize the dangers in a field that promises high rewards alongside devastating risks? .. Trouble began brewing in 2022 with the increase in interest rates. At first, investors were still riding on the high winds of 2021. It took some time until things started falling apart. Several months ago, however, the flimsy structure began to tremble, and since then many investments have begun to sink or implode.

 A well-known Lakewood askan who asked to be identified as David has witnessed the devastation up front. “A young couple had been saving up for a medical procedure,” he says, describing one such case. “The funds were sitting in a bank account when someone approached them with an incredible investment opportunity that would bring in a substantial sum. They still had three months until the procedure, so they figured, Why not make some money in the meantime? Just recently, they learned that the money is gone. After waiting two-and-a-half years, they had to cancel the procedure. It was devastating.” source

Video: on the 90th Yartzeit of Chazzan Yossela Rosenblatt Chazanim and grandchildren gathered at his kever to say a tefilah.