Monday July 17 News Updates Lakewood

-Weather:  90° Sunny to partly cloudy. High near 90F.

- Speaker McCarthy on Rep. Jayapal’s calling Israel a 'racist state': "This isn't the first person in the Democratic conference that has continued to make anti-Semitic comments...they've defended these individuals time and again...this is a role for the Leader, Hakeem..."

- Kol Mevaser interviews a vacationer in Hunter: Hotel management asked the family to leave on shabbos afternoon around 3 pm they walked a half a mile to a family that took them in for the rest of shabbos he's been coming up for 40 years and remembered stories about people who were asked to leave that hotel when they violated hotel rules for bringing in food but it stretches the imagination that kids could make so much noise and be thrown out on shabbos, had it happened during the week it may not have been anti semitic but doing so on shabbos is different hopefully this does do not happen again he said. 

- BDE: Petirah of HaMekubal  Rav Aharon Mordechai Rotner Zatzal, at age 96. He was one of the Rabonim at Yeshivas Hamekubalim ‘Shaar Hashamayim’ and ‘Kochav MiYaakov’ Tshibin, and one of the elderly Rabonim in Belz.

- Powerball jackpot $900 million  drawing  tonight Monday 11:00pm

- Mega Millions jumps to $640 million Next drawing is tomorrow Tuesday night

-- White House condemns RFK Jr’s ‘vile’ antisemitic Covid conspiracy claim calling it “false” as well as “vile,” and said they “put our fellow Americans in danger”.

- Updated: 1 passenger killed another critical after rollover accident on Brewers Bridge rd in Jackson, NJ

- N.J. weather: Air quality alert issued as smoke, haze from Canadian fires returns Plumes of smoky, dirty air from still-burning wildfires in Canada have drifted back into the New Jersey region, prompting health officials to issue air quality alerts for all of the state’s 21 counties Monday afternoon.

- Jewish organizations jave been silent after 2 high ranking  democrat lawmakers made comments which many claim are antisemitic and caused an outrage by on social media by bith conservatives and Democrats. Top progressive Dem Rep. Pramila Jayapal Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair declares 'Israel is a racist state' in a speech. And RFK Jr  Dem. presidential candidate said covid19 was targeted to spare Ashkenazi Jews. Agudath Israel and ADL have not issued any statements, critics point out that right wing politicians including Peesident Trump were quickly called out by Jewish organizations for comments they made.

- Change of routine don't forget baby in car

Morning traffic with Boyd day camps starting 

Mesivtas and Bais Medrash end summer zman today with Friday schedule 

- The tax increase in Lakewood that was voted on by the township committee and Mayor Coles will equate to an $848.49 increase to the average new duplex homeowners' property tax bill. Faanews breaks down the tax increase from last year to this year

The total annual tax bill for FY '23 for a similar new duplex will be $13,898.976, which represents a $848.49 increase. Of this total amount, $4,450.21 will fund the municipal budget (an increase of $288.60 from FY '22), $5,945.16 will fund the school budget (an increase of $51.95 from FY '22), $577.20 will fund the fire budget (an increase of $109.67 from FY '22), and $2,926.40 will fund the county budget (an increase of $282.83 from FY '22).

Had the township not granted tax abatements there would have been a decrease in taxes. not only was there a 4 million increase  but the township is also giving away #5 million to the BOE which it is not obligated to do for transportation and after school programs.

- In the month of  June there were 107 arrests in Lakewood  Since January 1, 2023, the Lakewood Police Department has arrested 471 individuals including 13 juveniles as young as 14 years old.

TRUMP: “The people of our country get it. As far as I’m concerned, I consider it a badge of honor. To be indicted, I would consider a badge because I am doing it for the country and I am doing it for the people.”

- Lakewood Chaveirim alert motorists who fill up air for the tire ar Quickcheck or Wawa not to pull the hose too tight when it is attached to the valve as there are cases of cracked tire stems from it.

-  PPP Fraud Is ‘Worst In History’: $200B Stolen and Blown On Lamborghinis, Beach Houses and Bling. Tens of thousands of individuals engaged in fraudulent activities, using the ease of the COVID loan program to exploit it and acquire extravagant luxuries such as Lamborghinis, vacation homes, private jet flights, and Cartier jewelry, resulting in a staggering $200 billion heist, the NY Post reports.

- BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Ruthy Stefansky, a"h wife of Reb Yitzchok shlita. The Levaya is scheduled for 10:00 AM Monday at the Lakewood Chapel,  off 7th st. Another levaya at the Lakewood Minyan in Boro Park 16th Ave & 52nd st at 12:45pm Kevurah in EY.

- 11th Yartzeit today 29 Tamuz of Rav Elyashiv zatzal seen here leaving the home of his Son in law Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal who escorts him

Sanz klausenberg Rebbe on vacation in Toms River visits the Skulen Rebbe of Lakewood