Tuesday January 14 News Updates Lakewood

Weather 32° Sunny to partly cloudy. High 32F. Winds 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

Forecasters are monitoring a winter storm system from the south that has the potential to bring rain and snow to the New Jersey region this weekend. AccuWeather

urphy announced the state has started to stockpile, Mifepristone one of two drugs that comprises medication abortion.

- Gov. Murphy state of the state address calls for -Classroom ban on cellphones in N.J. to

improve students’ concentration and mental health.

-12 weeks of paid parental leave for state employees

-Universal free pre-K,

Traffic safety improvements,

-Digital mobile driver’s licenses.

-Abortion medicine, NJ started to stockpile, Mifepristone a drug that terminates pregnancy.

- Giyus Update: Likud defense Minister yisroel Katz said "Personal sanctions will be applied to Yeshiva bochurim and yeshivos if quotas are not met and all those designated for the security service, those who are studying and those who are not studying. There will be sanctions not only on the yeshiva but also on the learners - which is something that has not happened until today. 

The exemption age will be 26. They plan to draft 10,000 in the next few years.

- Nearly half of all people worldwide hold deeply entrenched antisemitic attitudes, according to a survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Some 46 percent of the world’s adult population – an estimated 2.2 billion people – harbor such attitudes, the report says, based on a survey of over 58,000 adults from 103 countries and territories.

- At the Tzedek event yesterday, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman  revealed details of his meeting yesterday with President Trump: They discussed infertility how he will work to have the bill passed, the RFK nomination and other topics.

- The Lakewood BOE will choose a replacement after newly elected candidate Shraga Gold backed out, instead of another vote by the citizens will they choose a new candidate, no word of the Boe will chose one of the challengers in the election who lost, Eli Eisenbach, Mordechai Lang and Avrohom Schubert.

- Satmar rebbe Rav Aaron arrived in palm springs, CA where he spends a few weeks during the winter.

- Team lakewood donated $308,000 to the Tzedek campaign  from 2,972 donors

- Trump : “Release the water, Newsom. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?”

-A meeting of roshei yeshiva and rabbonim took place at the home of Rav Yaakov Bender in Far Rockaway to address the shidduch crisis.

-New Jersey now leads the Northeast in year-over-year population growth rate with the number of residents climbing to an estimated 9,500,851, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, a 2.3% population increase (onejerseyschorr)

- The Lakewood fire Department launches a new Rescue Company designed to elevate the Fire Department’s emergency response capabilities. The specialized unit will tackle some of the most complex and demanding emergencies, including hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents, structural collapses, trench rescues, high-angle and low-angle rescues, and confined space operations.

- Video Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler with Rav Moshe Tzadka shlita Sedardi Rosh Yeshiva discussing the spiritual dangers of joining the IDF.