Friday, May 17, 2024 / ט׳ אייר תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת אמור
candle lighting: 7:49 pm
Shkiah/sunset: 8:07
Weather 71° Cloudy.
Shabbos day 64° Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower
- Update: Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, President of Tzedek Association, met this morning with NY Senator Gillibrand at the home of Jewish billionaire and philanthropist Alex Rovt, where they discussed the case of the 20 year-old Jewish man in Iran who is set to be executed this upcoming Monday, R”L.
A source familiar with the case tells Belaaz that the Jewish man’s act of self defense unintentionally killed an Iranian citizen who had assaulted and harassed him, sadly, this led Iranian authorities to sentence him to death.(Belaaz)
--ADL New York / New Jersey: We are appalled by comments made by an individual claiming to be a NJ Fire Safety inspector insinuating that the fire that destroyed a Lakewood business (DB) was intentionally caused by “Jewish lightning”. NJ residents deserve better.
- Adirei hatorah shabbos of chizuk this week as hundreds of supporters will spend shabbos with the Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva at a hotel in Parsippany, NJ. On the program there will be a Q&A session with the BMG roshei yeshiva moderated by Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro and a concurrent Women's program by Rav Gershon Miller.
- School shabbos this weeks for some girls high schools
- Baron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island will be open again this Sunday for the yartzeit of R Yehuda Steiner the brother of Reb Shayal Kerestirer. No cars will be allowed walk up only. Bring flashlights in case.
- Will there be a pro palestine rally in Jackson on Sunday?
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said a township counter-terrorism police officer went to an organizer’s home and told them a permit was needed for the protest. “Their treatment of protestors as threatening and dangerous is harmful and puts them at risk. By telling the community to remain vigilant in the face of peaceful assembly creates the harmful rhetoric that pro-Palestinian protestors are dangerous, violent and even implicitly criminal," CAIR-NJ said. A statement from the mayor Mike Reina on Thursday morning said that CAIR-NJ is trying to create a controversy that doesn't exist. "If they wish to hold a rally in support of a terrorist organization like Hamas that is their right, but they will have to comply with the township's requirement for a permit just like everyone else," Reina said.
The mayor also took a swipe at Gov. Phil Murphy "I would hope that the Murphy Administration and Attorney General Platkin, who were quick to sue Jackson Township to allege anti-Semitism, will act just as quickly to insure CAIR’s 'rally' is not used to target Jackson’s growing Orthodox community," Reina said. (NJ1015)
- Assemblyman Avi Schnall interview in NJ monthly Magazine
Q: Donald Trump won in Lakewood by 65 points in 2020, his best performance in the state. Yet you won there as a Democrat with 86 percent of the vote. How do you explain that?
AS: Lakewood is unique in that people don’t go down the line like sheep. We may vote one way on the national level, but on the local level, we’re willing to change. You have Sean Kean, a Republican assemblyman who got 36,000 votes while the mayor, Ray Coles, is a Democrat. There’s frustration in the status quo, and when there’s frustration, people come out to the polls.
Q: Not long ago you were a registered Republican. Why did you run as a Democrat?
AS: As I’ve gotten involved in politics, I’ve built relationships on both sides. Some of our Republican representatives couldn’t produce over the years; many Democrats have been there for us.
- Wellpoint Health sends letter to those on Jersey care notifying that undocumented children under 19 who are income eligible are now able to receive free medicaid coverage regardless of their immigration status
- Lakewood Hatzolah adds 10 new members and took on additional observers they also appointed a new captain
- A message from the Toldos Aveohom Yitzchok rebbe instructs his chasidim to travel to Meron this Lag Baomer. Although there's no scheduled hadlaka reports say they will not actually go to Miron but rather to Har Yonah which is on the way.
- Last night at Lakewood township meeting there was no resolution at all about the antisemitic billboard on Rt 9 border of Lakewood and Howell.
What a disgusting answer from our tuition voucher assemblyman who only got the vote because the town was bullied and cooed like sheep to vote for him. The majority of Lakewood are Republicans and Ray Coles is only appointed as mayor he was not elected and also because the vaad treats clueless voters like sheep.
ReplyDeleteThe askanim have bullied and threatened the sheep by pulling rabbis out of hats in a sad state of gneivas faas harabim by fooling the olam to vote for their candidates and lying about tuition while they take personal favors..
The amount of public funds and grants that were intended for the general use of Lakewood residents somehow got diverted to pet projects of certain well connected askanim by using and abusing the Lakewood bloc vote for themselves.
The Schnall election was a sad episode as they dragged the moetzes into the mud for a stupid local election
ReplyDeleteThey embarrassed and were mavazeh the roshei yeshiva
They took a friendly politician and voted him out of office despite always claiming hakoras hatov as a reason to vote for incumbents and the most moraly corrupt who support Toeivah and retzicha
Sad episode? It continues
ReplyDeleteThe yitzra d'avoda zara is alive and well
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