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- KCL re- issues kashrus certification to Ottimo Cafe in Howell. Certifying that all products are kosher lmehadrin Pas,Bishul and Cholov Yisroel. The new certification is valid throug May 2024.
- Mesivta Farher day 1 while some boys got instant acceptance there are many boys who were not told anything and are left in limbo.
- Super Tuesday today as hundreds of 8th grade boys will be taking farhers to get into 67 mesivtas in Lakewood. The farhers are started this morning 9am through and will run for 3 days Parents will have little time to give an answer once accepted. Some will demand an answer on the spot others will only give a few hours. There's no shortage of space between all the mesivtas.
- Several yeshivos have already notified parents they are accepted pre farher
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2025.
- NJ among states with highest grocery prices. The website ConsumerAffairs recently released a report revealing a significant spike in grocery prices nationwide, with costs soaring by 5.3% compared with 2022. Among the hardest-hit states is New Jersey, where grocery expenses surged by 6.8% over the last 15 months.
- Tax increase: In Ocean County, the average property tax bill in 2023 was $7,294.
In Lakewood, the average property tax bill was $7,908, a 6.36% increase from 2022. In Jackson the average bill was $8,189 (+2.41%), and in Toms River the average property tax due was $7,470 (+4%).
In Lakewood, a total of $246,522,429 was collected, with $112,123,194 (45%) going to the public school district, $79,172,924 (32%) going to the municipality and $55,226,311 (22%) collected to support county government spending. (SSchorr)
- The Lakewood matza bakery is now offering the extra thin matzos and will soon be available in local stores. The cost for these is pretty steep and sometimes double the amount of regular matza.
- Agudah yarchei kallah gets underway in Yerushalayim with shiurim live streaming on Torahanytime.com
- Bloomberg -- Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global vaccine safety study to date.
The rare events identified early in the pandemic included a higher risk of heart-related inflammation from mRNA shots made by Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE, and Moderna Inc., and an increased risk of a type of blood clot in the brain after immunization with viral-vector vaccines such as the one developed by the University of Oxford and made by AstraZeneca
ReplyDeletehttps://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/europe/eu/hungary-stands-alone-against-eu-ceasefire-demand/2024/02/20/
For some comparison. Here is your democrat despised fascistic described Hungary. Actually a better democracy than nearly all your buddies preferred leftish Democracies. Oh, & the only country to stand with Israel against your lovely blackmailing EU.
The masivtas r desperate to get boys. Everyone should IGNORE all their dumb rules and get back to them when they are damn ready to let them know! Also parents who can't afford tuition should negotiate for zero or sharply reduced tuition!
ReplyDeleteWhy exactly zero. ? They shouldn't pay the Rebbi ?
DeleteYou don't follow the rules, you will find yourself without a slot...
DeleteWe are better than that, we can do better, we can expect better. There is no reason to create a artificial demand and pressure. No need to make testing all on one day or for that matter in the middle of the winter. This is an embarrassment for our community. There's enough nice places for everybody. (So says a Dad who is receiving calls from mesivtas that I please consider them..)
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Is it true that mesivtas are really chasing after specific boys? Why did I not receive any calls for my son?
DeleteWhat kind of Chinuch are these Mesivtas providing?? If this is how they arrange their farhers and acceptance, it looks like TERRIBLE Chinuch.... Would you send your son to a "top" Mesivta where the Rosh Mesivta doesn't eat Cholov Yisroel or wears a BLUE shirt ?? This method of farhers etc. SHAMES and EMBARASSES many many good innocent boys (AS WELL AS their families)!!! What "AVEIRAH" did these boys do to deserve this abuse ?? The excuse that "we have no other way to do it..." is NOT A GOOD ENOUGH reason !!!
DeleteI know some 8th grade boys who are heartbroken as they feel rejected while the shpitz freinds already got accepted
ReplyDeleteThis new system is continuing the same yearly humiliation of the boys and their parents nothing has changed.
The only option is to do like the girls and send out all acceptance letters at once.
Maskim
DeleteSo it accomplished it's purpose
DeleteKCL only gave them 3 months.... sounds fishy expires May 2024
ReplyDeleteUnless that was the original Expiration date?
DeleteI don't like the Mesivta system at all, but I have yet to hear of an alternative method.
ReplyDeleteRight now, everyone has a Mesivta, and most people belong in the Mesivtos they end up in. Unless they were pushed above their level, and by Chanuka are looking for a new place.
The girls have it much worse. (I have no experience except with boys, but so I hear)
If we are repairing anything, we need to repair the girls' system. New schools, stop the elitism and segregation based on nonsense. Schools need more staff, more mechanchos dedicated to the girls, and more achrayus for the outcome.
Mesivtos' acceptance system is uncomfortable, but it works.
Like back in the shtetl. You're whole life is decided at ripe old under 14
DeleteIt might work, And there might even be a worse way but that doesn't justify The need for it to be the way it is.......farhers Can be in June which lets the child grow And get tested To what he will actually be when he enters ninth grade. And of course there is no need to make all the tests on 1 day so that way you have to make a decision right away. It only serves the nervous mesivta owners.... Sadly it's a business.... And they drum up demand. Frankly if there is no demand for your school find yourself something else to do.
Delete..until they come whenever asking for endless donations, because they're a community collective public mosad
Delete..until they humblebrag about shtellers
Why does Lakewood hve the highest tax % increase from all neighboring towns? Is it because all the the ratables are not paying the fair share? Is it because just continuing building residential houses causes taax to increase?? Is it because we have nobody held accountable in government ? is it A,B,C or D - All of the above?
ReplyDeleteAll of the above
DeleteToo many ppl sitting with their hands in the cookie jar taking as they wish raising their salaries and if theres a surplus they take even more instead of giving back. But looks like there's no surpluses so they just keep on raising taxes knowing that the Vaad will keep them in power with fooling the sheep luring them to the polls with scare tactics using daas torah and guilt.
The main reason is the School budget. The more people that move into town, the lower the State portion of the school budget goes. Because the percentage of public school children goes lower and lower.
DeleteThat's why the single thing you could have done on election day to improve your taxes is vote for Lang's candidates. But you didn't, because the powers in charge didn't support him, and you trusted them, foolishly.
It's time for a new local Chassidishe Hechsher to step over the defunct kcl
ReplyDeleteChasidish Hechshers unfortunately do not have a better reputation.
DeleteAgree. Sadly Chasidish doesn’t automatically equal better in any way. Some are decent, some are not. Same as non- Chadidish.
DeleteDepends on location
DeleteDon't run after the masivtas. Let them run after you!!!
ReplyDeleteMost ppl don't want to send to the mesivtas that run after everyone
DeleteAnswer to some Q posed :for the inner rogue clique,this is up & away the best system
DeleteWhen they say "linked to small increases" we should all understand what that really means.
ReplyDeleteThere is something in common between the real Super Bowl and the media Super Bowl, both get your opinion heard if you pay $7 million dollars for a 30 second spot,
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