Monday December 9 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 53° Cloudy. Some light rain will fall throughout the day. Chance of rain 80%.

- Governor Phil Murphy signs new law that would give children access to obscene materials at the library according to Republicans 

The “Freedom to Read Act” limits book bans in public schools and libraries and shields librarians from lawsuits and criminal charges filed by folks who find library materials obscene or otherwise objectionable.

Republicans and conservative activists have fought the measure, warning it would give children access to obscene materials and protect librarians who share obscene books with children.“The legislation that Governor Murphy signed today eliminates longstanding protections that have successfully kept explicit and obscene materials out of the hands of minors for generations,” the delegation said.

 school libraries should serve as "peaceful places for learning," rather than housing materials they consider lewd or inappropriate.

"Enabling the distribution of obscene material is reprehensible," "but absolving accountability for its distribution is heinous and inexcusable."

- Crown Heights: A Jewish man was seriously injured in a neck-stabbing attack on President Street in Crown Heights Monday afternoon; he was rushed to Kings County Hospital by Hatzolah paramedics. The suspect, a white male, escaped, and police are currently searching for him.

Update on condition of Rabbi Peysach Krohn: from his son in law R' Chananya Kramer "We are humbled and grateful by the outpouring of Tefillos from around the world. It is such a chizuk for our whole family.

We would like to thank the members of Hatzalah of Waterbury who were present at the Agudah convention. With their quick response, they were able to deal immediately with the situation so that Rabbi Krohn was able to receive the care needed. All of your tefillos have stormed the Shaarei Shamayim.

He is now stable and fully aware of what transpired. Rabbi Krohn is out of the ICU and the situation is still serious, but stable.

He is slowly improving and we hope that he will iyh be transferred to an acute rehab center in the next few days. We are hopeful that he will have a complete recovery so that he once again can be mechazek so many in Klal Yisroel."

- The Vizhnitz rebbe  shlita of London Rav Dovid Hager shlita will be coming to Lakewood for shabbos parshas Veyeshev. The Rebbe will stay as guest  by his brother in law Rav Shaul Friedman of B"M Shemen Lmincha and will conduct the sidrei shabbos in the Brook Hill area. He is a son of Rav Mottel Hager zatzal the rebbe in Monsey,and his brother is the Lakewood/Yerushalayim Vizhnitz rebbe Rav Lazer Hager shlita

- Suspect in NYC  Jnited Healthcare CEO shooting is identified as  Luigi Mangione, 26, from Towson, MD near Baltimore. He was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione carried a ghost gun matching the weapon used in the crime, fake IDs, and a handwritten manifesto criticizing healthcare corporations. Authorities believe Mangione fled NYC on a Greyhound bus after the shooting. He’s currently held on local charges.

- Daniel Penny found not guilty of negligent homicide. His other charge of manslaughter was dismissed last week. He's a free man

- A person of interest was being questioned Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania in connection with the fatal shoting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. NYT reports he wrote a manifesto against insurance companies 

- Asbury Park Press investigation about antisemitism in Lakewood and surrounding towns. In the last 6 years there's been antisemitic incident at least once a week in the 6 towns of Lakewood,  Jackson,  Howell, Brick, Manchester, Tons Ruver.

The annual rate of bias incidents against Jewish people in the Lakewood, New Jersey area is as much as three times higher than the statewide rate, cementing the region as one of the state's most fertile breeding ground for antisemitic outbursts,

- App headline Orthodox Jews face antisemitism every day in Lakewood area view pictures tour Here

 Antisemitism isn't just on the rise in the Lakewood area. It's becoming more aggressive and it's happening out in the open. The Asbury Park Press spoke to community leaders, residents old and new and analyzed hundreds of police bias incident reports to get a sense of how antisemitism has become a part of daily life in several Jersey Shore towns.

- Code word of "Lakewood style development app reports on those moving out of Lakewood lookingvfor a more suburban life since Lakewood is a city

"Weisberg echoed that view, noting there is an element of antisemitism in the departure of some, but others simply want a less crowded and more suburban location often found in neighboring Toms River, Jackson or Howell.

.. They wanted more land, a suburban serenity that Lakewood does not have,” Weisberg said. “It is a city more than a suburban community. It has nothing to do with antisemitism, it is wanting a different life.”

- Kashrus at school kitchens and yeshivos at the agudah convention session on kashrus there was a discussion of  the lack of hashgocha in food being served in school lunches, mashgiach in a undisclosed city walked into the kitchen that prepares food for schools of his grandchildren and was devastated by what he saw calling it "geferlich". Some Lakewood schools were praised for taking the initiative of having full time mashgichim in their kitchens.

- Average gas in Lakewood is $2.95

- President-Elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that his personal lawyer, Alina Habba, will serve as counselor to the president in his upcoming second term