Friday January 12 News Updates Lakewood

Friday, January 12, 2024 / ב׳ שבט תשפ״ד

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Candle lighting 4:34 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 4:52 pm

Weather: Tonight Rain. windy  Potential for heavy rainfall. Low 43F. Winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall may reach one inch.

Shabbos day: cloudy skies with gusty winds in the afternoon. high of 56F with temps falling to near 40.Winds could gust over 40 mph.

- Notice this Monday is MLK day govt offices are closedd

- 770 Chabad headquarters will reopen for shabbos. Only those who abide by the rules set by the gaboim will be allowed. It will be closed overnight and open again in the morning

- Lakewood Galvanizes in Support of the Charedi Communities of Southern Israel. Rav Uri Deutsch shlita, Rov of Forest Park, delivered a message that was sent specially to the Lakewood community by Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk. More at matzav

- Sadigura rebbe in Lakewood for Shabbos. The Friday night tish is at 9:30pm

A  total of 78 individuals (including 3 juveniles) arrested in Lakewood Township in December.

In 2023, the Lakewood Police Department effectuated 1,108 arrests including on 31 juveniles as young as 13 years old. Faa

-- Lechem sourdough bakery open at the Toms River/Lakewood  border near Stop n shop 

- Manko kosher supermarket now open on Rt 70 in Manchester near Toast Cafe after Ridgeway 

- Trump: So, let me get this straight. We’re dropping bombs all over the Middle East, AGAIN (where I defeated ISIS!), and our Secretary of Defence, who just went missing for five days, is running the war from his laptop in a hospital room. Remember, this is the same gang that “surrendered” in Afghanistan, where no one was held accountable or FIRED. It was the most embarrassing “moment” in the history of the United States. Now we have wars in Ukraine, Israel, and Yemen, but no “war” on our Southern Border. Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Crooked Joe Biden is the worst President in the history of the United States!

- "Cancer is hitting more young people in the U.S. and around the globe, baffling doctors...Doctors are racing to figure out what is making them sick, and how to identify young people who are at high risk. They suspect that changes in the way we live—less physical activity, more ultra-processed foods, new toxins—have raised the risk for younger generations...'It’s likely some environmental change, whether it’s something in our food, our medications or something we have not yet identified.'"(WSJ)