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היום שמונה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וארבעה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Kiddush Levana

-Seuda for Reb Shayala Kerestir at Yeshiva Ktana hall 120 2nd street 10:00 pm

Wednesday April 30 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 77° Sunny to partly cloudy. elevated risk for fire spread through early this evening across most of New Jersey

Allergy alert high pollen count at 10.3

Lakewood Schools are asking the state for another massive loan. The new $100 million loan request was part of its $303.8 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

The loan request was approved by State Monitor Louise Davis after Lakewood's BOE rejected the plan. The new budget, which now goes to the county superintendent, will boost the school tax by about $88, or 2.4%, a year for an average township household. (APP)

-B"H Yair Yehoshua ben Chaya Atara the young   Boy from Toms River  who was criticaly injured in a accident is heading home.

The  family, wrote:

“הודו לה׳ כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו – We are beyond grateful to share this incredible news. While we were hesitant to say anything until we were certain, we’re now thrilled to share that we are heading home. A more detailed post is coming soon, but we felt it was important to share this news right away.” While the journey to full healing is not over, the fact that Yair is already well enough to leave the hospital nothing short of a neis.

- BMG dorm campus  at 6th street renamed and dedicated as the "Campus  Bet Yosef Safra" . Sponsored by the philanthropic Safra family 

- Chavrusa Tumul day 2 at BMG,seats and chaburos will be finalized tomorrow 

- Can't make it to Kerestir? Preparations are underway for a large crowd who will attend the kever of the brother of Reb Shayala ,Reb Yehuda Tzvi Steiner ZL at the Baaron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island 1126 Richmond Ave staten Island,NY. It will be opened for 24 hours with food and logistics to accommodate  thousands there will be minyanin for shachris mincha maariv. The cemetery is 2 minutes off the SI Expressway It is said over that Reb Shayala appeared in a dream and told someone that you can go daven at my brothers kever in New York and will be helped just as if you came to me in Kerestir. 

- LPD continues with heavy traffic enforcement pulling cars over for infractions 

- 25,000 expected in Kerestir over next 48 hours 

- A seuda will take place tonight in Lakewood open to the entire community for the 100th yartzeit of Reb Shayala Keristir hosted by the Admor Mshedlitz Lakewood Khal Yeshuos Dovid. It will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the attendance of Rabonim the Rachmastrivja rebbe of Oak  n Vine and Admorim.Maaeiv 10:00pm Bentching 11:15

- Agudah chairman's take: "Reb Shayele may not have been a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah, but he taught us all. I see his endless commitment to chessed every day at Agudah headquarters, and you can see it in any community- the sheer number of Gemach’s, chessed organizations, and innovative ways that Yidden are there for one another. We are all his chassidim."

 - Lakewood residents: If you want a real say in shaping major traffic improvements for Kennedy Boulevard and County Line Road, now is your chance. Ocean County and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) are inviting the public to a critical meeting where residents can review proposed plans and voice their opinions before the final designs are locked in to bring long-term major traffic improvements to address congestion and safety along portions of Kennedy Boulevard and County Line Road in Lakewood. Between September 2018 and September 2021 there were 30 crashes, including 4 crashes with injuries, at County Line Road and Forest Avenue. Several more intersections along these roads have had over 20 crashes over a 3 year period. Meeting will take place Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Lakewood Municipal Courthouse, 231 3rd St., Lakewood NJ 08701 faanews

Trump: This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden “Overhang.” This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!

- Mark Levin standing at The Kosel today posted a video warning the world that Iran must never get nuclear weapons period.

NJ Transit braces for strike, warns of financial ‘death spiral’ if they give in to demands

Andrew Cuomo hired frum PR firm with softball interview on VIN without disclosingit was paid content: Hamerurgeman on X posted "As the Jewish community continues to reject him over his normalizing Jew-hunting during COVID, he goes and secretly PAID for a softball “interview” in a Hasidic news outlet - without disclosing it was paid content! 

Asked about his targeting the Orthodox community during covid  he said 

“I’m sure, in retrospect I could have done some things differently and not every move is ever perfect in hindsight.”

-Toms River:  In an attempt to prevent a county homeless shelter from being built in a Church in downtown Toms River, Mayor Daniel Rodrick will attempt to buy the property, or seize it via eminent domain, and build a recreational area instead. Toms River has approximately 175 homeless people - the most in the county.

The town council will vote on an ordinance allowing the acquisition this afternoon.

Study: Nationwide more than a quarter of all nursing home operators spent under $10 a day to feed their residents which is appallingly low according to a research studt by advanced media Here 

- TRUMP o. ABC : DOGE “found tremendous waste, fraud and abuse”

ABC: “Fraud is a crime. There have been no referrals to the DOJ”

TRUMP: “Well you don’t know that do you? How do you know that?”

ABC: “I’m asking you…”

TRUMP: “You’re not asking me. You made a statement… Yes there have.”

Trump: The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER. They cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena. Kamala Harris, during Early Voting and, immediately before Election Day, was asked a question, and gave an answer, that was so bad and incompetent that it would have cost her many of the Votes that she ended up getting. It was a disastrous answer! 60 Minutes and its corporate parents, in order that this not have a negative impact on her, removed and deleted Kamala’s entire answer, every word of it, and replaced it with a response that she gave later on to an entirely different question. The new answer was not good, but it didn’t show Gross Incompetence like the one that was removed by 60 Minutes. In other words, 60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System. Despite all of the above, and Paramount’s/CBS’/60 Minutes’ admittance to this crime and, with other similar corrupt removals of answers to questions, the Failing New York Times, which is Fake News both in writing and polling, claims that “people” said that the case is baseless. They don’t mean that, they just have a non curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, possibly to the point where the Times’ interjection makes them liable for tortious interference, including in Elections, which we are intently studying. The bottom line is that what 60 Minutes and its corporate owners have committed is one of the most egregious illegalities in Broadcast History. Nothing like this, the illegal creation of an answer for a Presidential Candidate, has ever been done before, they have to pay a price for it, and the Times should also be on the hook for their likely unlawful behavior. It is vital to hold these Liars and Fraudsters accountable!

Israel Fires Spreading In Yerushalayim Hills

All Israel Independence Day events across Israel have been canceled due to the dangerous weather conditions and the brush fire.

National Emergency’: Huge fires rage around Jerusalem  Independence Day torch-lighting canceled

- Palestinian terrorists set fire near Jewish farms, approximately 65 kilometers from the Jerusalem forest fires.

- The Israeli Air Force's "Shimshon" (C-130) plane assists in efforts to extinguish the fire in the Jerusalem hills

-Israel Fire and Rescue Authority Commissioner: I believe the fires will continue for at least another day.

- 3 suspects have been arrested on suspicion of lighting the fires

- Jerusalem District Fire Department Commander: "We don't know right now what caused the fire — we don't have the slightest idea"

-First responders are fighting a series of wild fires in the Jerusalem hills area and Bet Shemesh. The authority noted that strong winds in the area are contributing to the rapid spread of the fire.  

-The Defense Ministry urges the public to refrain from visiting cemeteries across Israel on Memorial Day due to worsening weather conditions and strong winds.

-Israel has appealed  for international assistance for Fite fighting planes from Cyprus, Greece, Italy. and Croatia. 

-Several Communities evacuated as massive brushfire rages near Jerusalem, Route 1 closed

-Motorists are forced to abondon their vehicles and flee on foot as fires close in on the Route 1 highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

-The torch-lighting ceremony for Israel's Independence Day was canceled due to forecasts of strong winds. 

-Firefighters are battling a new blaze that erupted near the city of Beit Shemesh and trying to stop it from reaching homes.

The fire began in an open area near the Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood.

-Around 50 fire crews and 10 firefighting planes and a helicopter have been deployed to extinguish the blaze. 

Fire spreads near the city of Elad.

Oif Simchas Tuesday Rosh Chodesh 1 Iyar

היום שבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Shechter  - Weiss Ne'emas Hachaim

Bressler  - Green Bais Faiga

Slomowitz - Steinharter Fountain Ballroom 

Hershoff  - Engelson Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Tuesday April 29 News Updates Lakewood

Rosh Chodesh אייר תשפ"ה

Weather: 80° Sunny to partly cloudy. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

There is an elevated risk for fire spread this afternoon across most of New

Summer zman 5785 begins in BMG the yeshiva will be learning maseches Shabbos.

-President Trump j called out ABC to their faces for covering up Biden’s decline: 

“We had a President that was grossly incompetent. You guys didn’t want to write it because you’re fake news. ABC is one of the worst.”

- President Trump on Amazon: "Jeff Bezos was very nice. He was terrific. He solved the problem very quickly and he did the right thing."

- Not just state police but the LPD has been conducting traffic enforcement around town especially at nights along Clifton Ave Central Ave Cedarbridge Rt 9 Rt 88 ticketing for infractions and some cars were towed for non compliance.

- More VOTER FRAUD at WZO elections: Widespread voter fraud and technical problems threaten the credibility of the vote for the World Zionist Congress, several sources close to the elections have told The Times of Israel. The sources said more than 10,200 votes, or about 6% of the total ballots cast thus far, are at risk of being tossed out due to suspicions of fraud. These votes allegedly benefited six of the 22 parties running for election.

Early signs of a problem emerged in early April, when the AZM said it was investigating nearly 2,000 suspicious votes. Sources indicated at the time that these votes benefited the slates of Haredi Eretz Hakodesh, associated with Israel’s Haredi United Torah Judaism party, and Am Yisrael Chai, an Orthodox party targeting young voters.

Many of these votes were allegedly cast within minutes of each other from identical locations, using suspicious pre-paid credit cards and unverifiable contact details.

At the time, eJewishPhilanthropy reported that many of the suspected votes came from six locations whose addresses matched yeshivas in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and that all the prepaid credit cards were issued by TransPecos Bank and Pathward.

- Disturbing new footage has emerged showing masked pro-Hamas extremists violently targeting and assaulting Jews in Brooklyn.

- Stock market surges after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announces a deal with an undisclosed country, pending final approval from its Prime Minister and Parliament.

Lutnick: “I have a deal done. Done! Done! Done! Done! But they’re waiting for their Prime Minister and their Parliament to give it approval.” Larry Kudlow speculates the country could be India.

- Trump: The USA lost Billions of Dollars A DAY in International Trade under Sleepy Joe Biden. I have now stemmed that tide, and will be making a fortune, very soon. Stay tuned as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

- This Thursday is 3 Iyar Yartzeit of Reb Shayala Kerestir, Israel will also be celebrating yom Haatzmaut, since 5 iyar is on shabbos. Some shuls in EY notified  that although they don't say tachnun on yartzeits of holy people, this year they will  be saying it on Thursday as not to appear that they are celebrating a secular holiday.

- Shloshim Hespedim for Rav Dovid Wolpin ZTLL ofMonsey will be held tonight in Lakewood at Yeshiva Ktana hall 9:00 pm 

-The אדמו"ר מקהל חסידי ירושלים שליט"א will be coming to Lakewood  today for a  two weeks stay

-Brisk yeshiva rechov Press begins construction to renovate newly acquired building  across the street it  will offer seating for 500 talmidim(matzav)

- Giyus: A young chareidi man who had been classified as a deserter for the past two years recently showed up at an IDF draft office seeking to enlist, but instead of being inducted, the IDF placed him under arrest and sent him to a military prison.

- 5 Yeahiva bochurim from chasidishe yeshivis  were detained at Ben-Gurion Airport for draft dodging they were taken to Tel Hashomer and released.

-TAG Lakewood PSA:  Over Bein Hazmanim, TAG received many troubling reports of basic phones being sold by local stores  even by Jewish stores as "Kosher," when in fact they were not properly filtered and had open internet access.

- Jersey city Mayor Steven Fulop Dem candidate for NJ Governor, TV ad promises to "open up the books in Trenton so you can see who’s paying off the politicians."

- DOGE: Last week, Treasury went live with its first automated payment verification system. In total, $334 million in improper payment requests were identified and rejected due to:

-Missing budget codes

-Invalid budget codes (i.e. the payment was not linked to the budget)

-Budget codes with no authorization (i.e. the budget had already been fully spent)

- Trump is demanding that U.S. commercial truck drivers speak English, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy insists he’ll execute that strategy, even if it means pulling trucks off the road. Under the order, a driver must be able to read and speak English “sufficiently to converse with the general public” to operate a commercial vehicle in the U.S.

-A fire on East County Line Road motzei shabbos in Lakewood forced the evacuation of five households and left their apartments uninhabitable, police said. No injuries were reported. Red cross officials have provided shelter to the displaced families.

- One reason why New Jersey has the lowest number of REAL ID's issued in the country may be because New Jersey also has the highest number of people who have U.S Passports - which can serve as as an alternative to the REAL ID, NJ advance media reports

Of 8.29 million residents, 6.63 million New Jersey residents have a valid U.S. Passport. So far, the MVC has issued 1.42 million Real ID-compliant licenses and identification cards.(One Jersey)

- WZO elections: As of April 15, nearly 124,000 votes had been cast with three weeks to go, already surpassing the 2020 vote total. An audit is likely to take place and delay the certification of the election results due to the percentage of ballots now either discarded or in dispute, pending fraud allegations. However, the American Zionist Movement, which administers the election, said the “irregular votes that we have identified represent only a small fraction of the total votes cast.”

1900 votes from Eretz Hakodesh were disqualified according to the report

-REPORTER: Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies?

WH press sec LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.

- Senator Bill Hagerty: "This has been the most effective, most impactful in a positive sense 100 days in my lifetime...In November of last year, 75% of the American public felt that this nation was on the wrong track...We're moving in the right direction and I think the Democrat Party is imploding as a result of it..."

- Thousands of students with disabilities in New Jersey could face significant setbacks as proposed federal cuts to special education funding, staff reductions, and changes in oversight could worsen existing challenges, particularly in low-income districts like Newark, advocates say.(NJ.COM)

Israel At War Tuesday April 29

Israel at war day 571

- Israel denies  report about progress in negotiations with Hamas 

- Sara Netanyahu says fewer than 24 hostages are still alive in Gaza 

Israeli Negotiating Team Official: The number of live hostages (24) is indeed the correct official number and is also the official number submitted by the Coordinator of Captives and Missing Persons to the mediators during the negotiations. That was in response to the PM's wife Sara's remark this moring, who corrected the PM and said we have less than 24 hostages alive.

- Hungarian Parliament has now voted to withdraw from the ICC. 

- The father of an American-Israeli hostage calls on US President Donald Trump to negotiate directly with Hamas in order to secure the release of his son and the three other American hostages. “The previous administration told the American families the way to release our family members would be via Israel as a proxy. Though the plan did not work, the Biden administration kept doubling down on the same plan despite not getting the expected results,” slain hostage Itay Chen’s father Ruby writes in an op-ed for Fox News. “As such, why is President Trump not directly negotiating for the release of US citizens in Gaza, but instead using third parties such as Qatar to negotiate for the release of US citizens?” Chen adds.

- Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), is planning, according to the British Guardian, to issue another round of arrest warrants against Israelis suspected of “war crimes” in the "occupied Palestinian territories."

Standing Up Against Hate at Rutgers University

PRESS RELEASE FROM ELEI EISENBACH CAMPAIGN FOR LAKEWOOD NJ SCHOOL BOARD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 28, 2025

Eli Eisenbach for Lakewood School Board: Standing Up Against Hate at Rutgers University

Lakewood, NJ – Eli Eisenbach, candidate for the Lakewood Board of Education, issued the following statement in response to Rutgers University's deeply troubling selection of a commencement speaker with a record of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric:

"Rutgers University's decision to platform individuals who promote hate and division is an insult to the Jewish community and to all who value decency and respect. As a proud member of the Lakewood community, I am outraged. Rutgers must immediately reverse this disgraceful decision and apologize to the countless students and families they have offended."

"Under my leadership, we will fight to protect our rights and ensure that no institution funded by our tax dollars can become a safe haven for anti-Semitism. I will use every tool available to pressure Rutgers to act responsibly, including exploring options to pull funding if this shameful behavior does not stop."

"Lakewood deserves leaders who will not stay silent when our community is under attack. I will stand strong against hate, discrimination, and the marginalization of our values — on campus, in our schools, and throughout New Jersey."

Eli Eisenbach calls on all community leaders, elected officials, and concerned citizens to join him in demanding immediate action from Rutgers University and to stand united against the normalization of hatred in our public institutions.

Oif Simchas Monday Rosh Chodesh Iyar

היום ששה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות  ושני ימים   בעומר/לעומר

 יעלה ויבוא  tonight 

Chasunas: 

Grossman - Lapides Lake Terrace

Liebster - Goldenberg Ateres Reva

Rex - Berman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Silver- Pilchick Fountain Ballroom 

Gordon  - Schulgasser Bais Fauga

LPD ticketing motorists all over Clifton Central cedarbridge Rt 88 area 

Israel At War Monday April 28

 Israel at war day 570

- Egyptian sources tell Reuters: "Significant breakthrough" in Cairo talks. The sides agreed on several issues, including a long-term ceasefire. According to the sources cited, despite the progress, disagreements remain, including the issue of the arms in the hands of Hams.

- A group of freed hostages on Monday evening, described their brutal and inhumane experiences in Hamas captivity, and begged for US President Donald Trump to push for the release of those still held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Speaking in English at a press conference, released captive Keith Siegel, a native of the US, recounted the horrors he experienced in Gaza and said he is “eternally thankful to President Trump for prioritizing the hostage crisis since day one of his presidency, and bringing me and so many others home.”

- Israel Defense establishment discusses expansion of maneuvers, on the agenda: extensive reservist mobilization soon. 

-With the tone of the news showing US President Donald Trump getting ever closer to a new nuclear deal with Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday re-issued a threat that Israel remained ready to attack Tehran’s nuclear program.

Monday April 28 News Updates Lakewood

 First day Rosh Chodesh Iyar  30 Nissan

Weather: 75° Sunny.

Summer  zman starts tonight in BMG

- Canadian election:

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the Canadian election.

Just months ago, the Conservatives were headed for a landslide. But after Trump came to power and launched  attacks on Canada, many Canadians moved to back Carney as a rejection of Trump.

- Crown Heights Update: A small group of approximately 50 pro-Palestine “protesters” which gathered outside the Barclay’s Center Monday evening have dispersed home after the NYPD refused to allow them to march into Crown Heights.(CH Info)

NYPD is preparing for new protests as  protesters to rally in Crown Heights Brooklyn on Monday as violent agitators are planning to march into Crown Heights, aiming to bring fear to a peaceful Jewish neighborhood after claims that  a woman was verbally assaulted  of pro-Israel demonstrators there last week.

- Due to FAA equipment outage, arrivals and departures are currently delayed at EWR.

- Route 9 nightly road closures continue

the New Jersey State Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin a key new phase of road improvement work along Route 9 in Lakewood on Monday evening, April 28th.

The current area of focus, as part of the ongoing “Indian Head Project,” will be on and around Route 9 between Route 88 and 3rd Street, in both directions. Road closures and detours in that area are expected to begin Monday evening through early morning hours. These closures will continue on a nightly basis for the duration of this project, currently estimated to last approximately six months.  This phase of improvement work will focus on improving water drainage, as well as adding a variety of lane enhancements to speed up traffic flow on that busy stretch of road.

Additionally, the State is scheduled to begin, in the near future, improvement work on Route 9 between John and Pine Streets, with southbound traffic detoured via Martin Luther King Boulevard. (The Northbound lane in this area is expected to remain open.)

- The installation of new traffic signals are expected within two months at the intersections of Route 9 and Oak Street, and Route 9 and Broadway.

- Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet, announced today that he will resign on June 15.

-Trump: I am proud to announce the formation of the FEMA Review Council, comprised of Top Experts in their fields, who are Highly Respected by their peers..... I know that the new Members will work hard to fix a terribly broken System, and return power to State Emergency Managers, who will help, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Congratulations to all

- Jones Road Wildfire  is now  75% contained as of Monday morning 15,300 acres burned

- Giyus: Hundreds of yeshiva bochurim and Peleg yerushalmi followers came out to protest today in front of enlistment centers in Yerushalayim and recruitment centers at Tel Hashomer against the government’s attempts to draft Charedi yeshiva students.clashing with police while harassing new conscripts 

Border Police officers dragged and shoved demonstrators who attempted to break their line and approach the enlistment center, and kicked protesters in several instances. At one point, a border cop had to physically restrain his fellow officer from pushing a demonstrator. Several protesters had torn jackets from clashes with the police and one Haredi man sported a black eye others had blood on their head from Police excessive use of  force 

Shas  party MK Moshe Arbel  spoke out against the protestors calling them  “rascals who acted violently against the Haredi recruits to the IDF today.” “These ruffians are not adherents of the Torah and do not represent its values,” he said. Bnei Torah faction called out MK Arbel's words as attacking talmidei chachamim : "Mr. Arbel, those 'rascals'  who are immersed in the Torah of Abaye and Raba for most of the day, are there to protect the future generations of the Sephardic public, which for years has become cannon fodder for recruitment targets in the Haredi sector."

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir also condemned the disturbances.

“At the start of a week that symbolizes the memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers I view the actions of a group of extremists with great severity,” 

- Chodesh Iyar is also a segula for refuah and healing Reb Pinchos of Koritz says the rains that fall between Pesach and Shevuos is a great refuah for diseases that have no cure, rachmana litzlon. One should let the rain fall on their head and open their mouth to let the rain go straight in (some places say to the right side of the mouth).

- A judge ruled Toms River, NJ, must provide 670 affordable housing units, rejecting the town's calculation of 114.

- WZO: New allegation of voter fraud investigated: Party heads have called for the AZM to respond strongly to the allegations, including disqualifying any slate found engaging in fraudulent behavior. Failure to do so would threaten the legitimacy of the entire process, they say.

- The White House lawn has been lined with mugshot-style posters bearing the faces of 100 “arrested” illegal migrants — and lists of the despicable crimes some have committed.

- Pakistan’s Minister of Defense is claiming that a military incursion by India is imminent, with bases and positions being reinforced along the Line of Control

- Little Egg Harbor School District officials say they are considering a nearly 33% school tax increase for homeowners.

-Apple Bank has officially opened the doors to its newest branch location at 140 East Kennedy Boulevard.

- Pies on deck  of Westgate currently closed until further notice expeted to reopen new location in Toms River 

- Josh Gottheimer launched his first digital ad of the NJ governor race on YouTube over the weekend. Ad includes the disclaimer "AI generated imagery" and features images of him in a boxing match with Pres Trump

- Trump: Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America. No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!

- Dem poll: US Jews disapprove of Trump’s executive orders, other actions by about 3-1 margin, new poll suggests  By nearly a 3-1 margin, American Jews say they don’t approve of the job that U.S. President Donald Trump is doing (72% to 24%) and think the country is moving in the wrong direction (72% and 23%), according to a new poll from the Jewish Electorate Institute. The Mellman Group, which conducted the poll, surveyed 800 American Jewish registered voters between April 15 and 18. Respondents were overwhelmingly liberal (60%) and Democrat (70%, including 46% “strong Democrat”), compared to conservative (27%) and Republican (23%). Almost a third didn’t identify with a denomination, while 10% identified as Orthodox, 19% as Conservative and 38% as Reform.

- Trump: We don't have a Free and Fair "Press" in this Country anymore. We have a Press that writes BAD STORIES, and CHEATS, BIG, ON POLLS. IT IS COMPROMISED AND CORRUPT. SAD!

- Widespread power outages occur in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and France. Communication networks are down, public transport is disrupted, and airports are affected. What is behind the widespread outage is still unclear

- Trump: A big Raid last night on some of the worst people illegally in our Country — Drug Dealers, Murderers, and other Violent Criminals, of all shapes and sizes, and Judges don’t want to send them back to where they came from. If we don’t win this battle at the Supreme Court, our Country, as we know it, is FINISHED! It will be a Crime ridden MESS. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

- A voter registration drive by republican activist took place yesterday in Lakewood atvthe Weshoit gun shop. Data shows over 250,000 NJ gun owners are not registered to vote.

Oif Simchas Sunday Rosh Chodesh Iyar

היום חמשה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות  ויום אחד בעומר/לעומר

יעלה ויבוא tonight

Chasunas:

Mintz- Lefton Fountain Ballroom 

Rappaport -Schneck Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Maslow - Rivlin Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Kabolas panim for  אדמור שליט"א לבית פארשעי at Estreia  hall 

Tonight Rosh Chodesh אייר in Miron

Israel At War Sunday April 27

Israel at war day 569

- Donald Trump:"On the Iran situation, I think we're doing very well. I think a deal is going to be made there. That's going to happen. Pretty soon it's going to happen.

We'll have something without having to start dropping bombs all over the place".

- Netanyahu's revelas on the Pager Operation: “We destroyed a scanner that was supposed to arrive from Iran to Lebanon and check the pagers. Then we learned that they were sending the pagers for testing in Iran. I asked, 'How soon will they have an answer (that the pagers are rigged)?' They told me that they would have an answer within one day. I said, 'Then, activate it immediately.'”

- Netanyahu: “Hamas will be crushed and we will not put the Palestinian Authority there. We will not replace one regime that wants to destroy us with another that wants to do so.”

- Israeli source to i24 News: If the positions of Israel and Hams remain as they are now - these are positions that cannot be bridged to bring about a hostage deal. The source added: It's not that there's no chance they'll change in light of reality, and there's even a chance that it will happen, but right now we're talking about huge gaps.

- US says more than 800 targets in Yemen hit since mid-March, hundreds of Houthi fighters killed

- Israeli Officials say Israel had nothing to do with today's explosion in the port of Iran

Sunday April 27 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 63° Windy. partly cloudy  Winds at 20 to 30 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

- Tehillim: Young Lakewood mother in a coma after she was criticaly injured by a car while crossing Rt 9 at Oak street name is, Avigayil Sarah bas Michal Liora, 

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- Donald Trump:"On the Iran situation, I think we're doing very well. I think a deal is going to be made there. That's going to happen. Pretty soon it's going to happen.

We'll have something without having to start dropping bombs all over the place".

-New voter fraud charges at WZO elections

Fresh fraud charges mar final week of World Zionist Congress vote

As voting in the World Zionist Congress enters its crucial last week, another case of voter fraud was uncovered, further tainting an election that will help determine how some $5 billion in funding will be spent on Jewish and Israeli causes over the next five years.

After nearly 2,000 votes were thrown out earlier this month, due to voting irregularities in the eight-week online balloting, thousands more suspicious votes are now also being investigated.

The AZM declined to release further information, including whether the suspected fraud was linked to any of the 22 slates running in the election.

Earlier this month, the AZM found that nearly 2,000 suspicious votes were cast for the Charedi Eretz Hakodesh slate, associated with Israel’s Haredi United Torah Judaism party, and Am Yisrael Chai, an Orthodox party targeting young voters. Those votes were made from the same locations, using suspicious credit cards and unverifiable contact details, sources said.(TOI)

-  Pedestrian hit by a car on Rt 9 and Oak street  hatzolah transported to hospital. Area is closed off for investigation. Name for Tehillim Avigayil Sara bas Michal Liora.

- BDE: Petira of R' Boruch Ben Yaakov Spinrad ZT"L. Father of  yblc R' Yoni Spinrad The Levaya tomorrow morning 10 30 am at the chapel off 7th st with Kevura in  Eretz Yisroel 

- A ger Tzedek in Linden,NJ: Avraham Noach Ben Avraham has officially completed his conversion and joined Am Yisrael.

He is now connected to Rabbi Shia Schnebalg the Rabbi of Zidichoiv in Linden, NJ. He had an Aliya this Thursday.

- Trump: I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes. The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much. They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but “WOKE,” or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback. I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!

- The female pilot flying the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight, made multiple mistakes and ignored a warning from her co-pilot, according to the New York Times. Not only was the Black Hawk flying too high, but in the final seconds before the crash, its pilot failed to heed a directive from her co-pilot, an Army flight instructor, to change course,” the NYT reports.

The report also puts blame on the air traffic controller for not being clear and urgent enough however Warrant Officer Andrew Eaves, who was co-piloting and the instructor of Captain Rebecca Lobach, told her to turn left. She didn’t.

-WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Road Wildfire - Ocean & Lacey Townships, Ocean County

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 15,300 acres

🔥 65% contained

- Elevated Risk for the Spread of Wildfires - Sun, April 27 NWS has issued a Special Weather Statement for the elevated risk of wildfire spread in the following New Jersey counties: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean & Salem

- Zman starts for many yeshivos many will be learning masechtes Makkos and Sukka. BMG zman begins tomorrow night 

- Erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar No yom Kippur koton because we do not fast in Nissan

- State Troopers in unmarked cars giving out tickets in Lakewood and Jackson along rt 9 and  W. County Line

- BH Rav Dov Landau shlita released frombhilospital abd returned home after brief surgery

- Birchas Ilanos last day according to some.

Filler up as Gas prices keep going down average $2.89

- Grand opening event at Haven Cafe in Jackson at New prospect Rd.

- Hakomas matzeiva shloshim for Saada family today in Har Hamenuchis

- Giyus: Large protests planned tomorrow across Eretz Yisrael as the IDF draft kicks up a match with final notices sent before turning it criminal against the yeshiva bochurin who are not conscripting.

- Missionaries gathering on Clifton Ave and 4th street with signs and speakers.

- Trump: 99.9% at the  Border. Best number ever recorded. 3 people got in, versus hundreds of thousands in last Administration. There has NEVER been such a difference before. Congratulations America!

- Media reports of suspicious mail sent to Lakewood residents with substance, so far police have not issued any statements

- Lacey Township’s school district is considering eliminating sports in all grades as it faces a major budget crisis. if it doesn’t cut sports and make other drastic cuts it may have to raise school taxes by more than 14%.

- Trump: When Tariffs cut in, many people’s Income Taxes will be substantially reduced, maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year. Also, massive numbers of jobs are already being created, with new plants and factories currently being built or planned. It will be a BONANZA FOR AMERICA!!! THE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HAPPENING!!!

- Scott Presler, conservative activist for voter  registration will be holding a voter registration drive at WeShoot lpcatuon in Lakewood today from 11am - 1pm

-Repost from Friday

The Schrohn family wedding Hall on Oak Street in Lakewood will be completed in time for the busy June season featuring  two separate ballrooms: Ateres Esther and Ateres Blima.The halls will offer a full-service wedding package, including chefs, photographers, singers, and musicians, for just $13,000. Catering will be provided by Glatt Gourmet limited to 125 couples and 48 children

There will be an additional 250 portions for simchas chosson Vkallah of chicken & kugel Music must end at 11:30pm additional $1000 option for mitzva tantz included music photog and food must end by 1am.

Lakewood will now have the ability to have 10 weddings a night across town with more halls coming.  

Israel At War Motzei Shabbos Shemini

 Israel at war day 568

- Missle from Yemen shot down tonight before entering Israeli air space. Sirens sounded in the yam hamelach area

- Two  killed in Gaza a IDF soldier and Border guard I. Separate incidents

Netan Yitzhak Kahana (19)

Ido Voloch (21) From Yerushalayim 

- Senior Hams official this evening: We have decided not to consider proposals that do not include a complete end to the fighting. We will not give up our weapons as long as there is “occupation” of Palestinian lands.

- According to the IDF, so far since the beginning of Operation "Might and Sword" more than 400 terrorists have been eliminated. 

- The IDF intends to significantly expand the military pressure on the Gaza Strip, and this will include operating in new areas and a mobilization of reserve forces on a significant scale. 

The IDF says that if the negotiations to release the hostages do not bear fruit, additional tools prepared as part of the operational plans will soon be activated: "We will replicate the Rafah model to other places in the Gaza Strip." As the pressure on Hams increases and the forces advance and seize new territories, the scope of friction with Hamas terrorists also increases. 

Doron Kadosh 

- Israel is considering establishing a new humanitarian corridor in Rafah. One option being discussed is to utilize the area south of the Morag Axis and the Kerem Shalom crossing to distribute humanitarian aid. The move will require at Israeli security contractors in the territory held by the IDF, and assistance could ultimately be provided through international agencies. (i24 News)

- Trump: "The Gaza issue came up in the conversation [with Netanyahu] and I said that we need to be good to Gaza. We are taking care of it. We are putting great pressure on Israel to bring food and medicine into Gaza. Netanyahu responded well to the matter."

 WSJ: Major disagreements in US-Iran nuclear talks today — mainly over Iran's right to enrich uranium and US demands to include Iran's missile program. Still, both sides called the talks useful and positive, and agreed to continue nuclear talks next week again.

Motzei Shabbos Shmini News Updates

היום ארבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות בעומר/לעומר

Ben Gvir will be in Flatbush tomorrow at sharei zion, Hamas protest expected outside.

- Fire tonight in woods  on E.County line Rs near Brookhill andv villas lots of trucks heading with sirens 

- Iranian port explosion: This morning, a massive explosion ripped through the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran. The explosion wounded 700+ people so far and killed at least 10. The port is still burning and rescue operations are still underway.

- Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces is spreading along the Line of Control.

- Jones Road Wildfire - 

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 15,300 acres 

🔥 60% contained

Overnight rains provided 'some relief' in the fight against the Jones Road blaze, local authorities said. As of Saturday night, the fire had burned 15,300 acres across Waretown and Lacey Township in South Jersey.

The fire is still actively burning and 'not a safe condition at all,' Lacey police said Saturday.

- Earlier today The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for East central Ocean County until 6 p.m as a severe thunderstorm was located near Toms River at 5:31 p.m., moving east at 25 miles per hour.

- Grand opening tonight Pizza shop in Raintree off Carmel ct

- Heavy fighting all across Gaza - 2 Israeli soldiers Killed.

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsh in meeting with MK Porush says the matzav of frum yidden in Eretz Yisroel was never this bad and we can onky6coubt on a yeshiva from Hashem.

-Trump met with Zelensky in Rome

Trump: American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America. I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation!

Kever of Rav Chaim Vital was desecrated in Damascus, Syria.

-Trump: No matter what deal I make with respect to Russia/Ukraine, no matter how good it is, even if it’s the greatest deal ever made, The Failing New York Times will speak BADLY of it. Liddle’ Peter Baker, the very biased and untalented writer for The Times, followed his Editor’s demands and wrote that Ukraine should get back territory, including, I suppose, Crimea, and other ridiculous requests, in order to stop the killing that is worse than anything since World War II. Why doesn’t this lightweight reporter say that it was Obama who made it possible for Russia to steal Crimea from Ukraine without even a shot being fired. It was also Liddle’ Peter who wrote an absolutely fawning, yet terribly  written Biography, on Obama. It was a JOKE! Did Baker ever criticize the Obama Crimea Giveaway? NO, not once, only TRUMP, and I’ve had nothing to do with this stupid war, other than early on, when I gave Ukraine Javelins, and Obama gave them sheets. This is Sleepy Joe Biden’s War, not mine. It was a loser from day one, and should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened if I were President at the time. I’m just trying to clean up the mess that was left to me by Obama and Biden, and what a mess it is. With all of that being said, there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פרשת שמיני מברכים חודש אייר

Friday, April 25 / כ"ז  ניסן תשפ"ה ערב שבת פרשת שמיני  מברכים חודש אייר 

- Candle lighting 7:28 pm

- Shkiah/Sunset 7:46 pm

- Rosh chodesh Iyae is  Monday & Tuesday 

Corrected: TY

- Molad is on Sunday night 8:30 PM and 2 chalakim. דער מולד וועט זיין זונטאג ביי נאכט דרייסיג מינוט מיט צווי חלקים נאך אכט

Weather: Friday night 59°  rain showers overnight.Chance of rain 80%.

shabbos day 75° Rain showers in the morning with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%.

Sefiras haomer reminder

- Minhag Hayeshiva  not to say אב הרחמים this shabbos mevorchim even though it is sefirah (sefer Noheg Bachachma)

- פרקי אבות פרק א

שלא חסר בעולמו כלום וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובים להנות בהם בני אדם

יְחַדְּשֵׁהוּ הַקָּדושׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא

עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל עַמּו בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל

לְטובָה וְלִבְרָכָה

לְשָׂשׂון וּלְשִׂמְחָה

לִישׁוּעָה וּלְנֶחָמָה

לְחַיִּים טובִים וּלְשָׁלום

לִשְׁמוּעות טובות

וְלִבְשׂורות טובות

וְלִרְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה

וְלִגְאוּלָה קרובָה

וְנאמַר אָמֵן.

שבת שלום!

Israel At War Friday April 25

 Israel at war day 567

-US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow food and medicine into the devastated Gaza Strip.

- Heavy fighting again in Gaza 3 IDF soldiers injured  from RPG mortar attack one critical

- Foreign Minister Gideon Saar’s idea to cancel the 200 shekel notes that entered Gaza was raised in the cabinet yesterday. Netanyahu said it was an excellent idea and asked for its feasibility to be looked into.

- Defense Minister Israel Katz said on X that despite great achievements in Gaza, dangers remain high and costs are heavy. Thousands of IDF soldiers are fighting to free hostages and destroy Hamas, with intense operations protecting ground troops amid recent large strikes in northern and southern Gaza

- The IDF issues an evacuation warning to Palestinians residing in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City ahead of Israeli strikes on the area.

Friday April 25 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, April 25, 2025 /  כ״ז ניסן תשפ״ה ערב שבת פרשת שמיני מברכים אייר

Candle lighting 7:28 pm

Shkiah/sunset 7:46

weather: 77° Sunshine cloudy this afternoon.

Friday night 59°  rain showers overnight.Chance of rain 80%.

shabbos day 75° Rain showers in the morning with scattered thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%.

Rosh chodesh Iyar Monday & Tuesday 

Minhag Hayeshiva  not to say אב הרחמים this shabbos mevorchim even though it is sefirah (sefer Noheg Bachachma)

- פרקי אבות פרק א

- Today is the 24th yahrzeit of Rav Avigdor MIller zatzal today

-The Schrohn family wedding Hall on Oak Street in Lakewood will be completed in time for the busy June season featuring  two separate ballrooms: Ateres Esther and Ateres Blima.The halls will offer a full-service wedding package, including chefs, photographers, singers, and musicians, for just $13,000. Catering will be provided by Glatt Gourmet limited to 125 couples and 48 children

There will be an additional 250 portions for simchas chosson Vkallah of chicken & kugel Music must end at 11:30pm additional $1000 option for mitzva tantz included music photog and food must end by 1am.

Lakewood will now have the ability to have 10 weddings a night across town with more halls coming.  

- The FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who he says “intentionally misdirected” federal agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse last week.

- India has completely cut off water flow to Pakistan from the Salal and Pakal Dul hydroelectric projects on the Chenab River. According to Pakistan, this means WAR

- Rav Dov Landau shlita underwent a surgery this morning after he fell in his home this week. he will be hospitalized over shabbos and  released early next week

-Giyus protest scheduled this Monday in Yerushalayim, Tel Hashomer called by gedolei yisroel

- The Toldos Aharon Rebbe asked Rav Sternbuch for daas Torah on the issue of the gezeiras hagiyus. In response, Rav Sternbuch said: “This is a calamity that isn’t written in the Torah. They want only one thing: control over us. But when they see that we are strong and refuse to give them that control, in the end, they’ll back off.

-NJ WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Road Wildfire - Ocean & Lacey Townships, Ocean County

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 15,300 acres

🔥 60% contained

-A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll – on NJ gov primaries has Jack Ciattarelli leading big on the GOP side, Mikie Sherrill is narrowly ahead in the six-way Dem field.

Dem:

Sherrill: 17% (+5)

Fulop: 12%

Spiller: 10%

Gottheimer: 9%

Baraka: 9%

Sweeney: 7%

Undecided: 32%

GOP:

Ciattarelli: 42% (+30)

Spadea: 12%

Bramnick: 4%

Barbera: 3%

Mario: 0%

- Trump: I didn't stop an Israeli attack, but I didn't make it convenient for them because I thought we could reach an agreement with Iran

-Trump: Not afraid that Netanyahu will drag us into war with Iran if there is no agreement - we will lead the campaign

- Lakewood shopper editorial: No democrat running for governor has done or said anything to being tuition relief for the community.

- Trump on running for a third term:

“I'd rather not discuss that now, but as you know, there are some loopholes that have been discussed that are well known. But I don't believe in loopholes. I don't believe in using loopholes.”

Shlossel Challah in Kerestir

Shlissel Challah, the Key to making it, the reasons behind it

10 Reasons for Shlissel Challa on shabbos after Pesach see below

There is a minhag to bake shlissel challah (shlissel means key in Yiddish) for the Shabbos after Pesach. Shlisel challos are best known as a segula for parnasa,Some bake the challah with an actual key inside,
some make the challah in the shape of a key and some put sesame seeds on top in the form of a key. The Ohev Yisroel says about shlisel challah that “the minhagim of our fathers are most definitely Torah”. There are many reasons given for this minhag of baking shlissel challah; (Some of the items written below can also be found in Taamei Minhagim, Nitei Gavriel, Sefer Hatoda’a and Minhag Yisroel Torah)

Oif Simchas Thursday 27 Nissan

ברוך אתה ה אלוקינו ... אקבו"צ על ספירת העומר

היום שנים עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וחמשה ימים בעומר

Chasunas:

Friedman - Weiss Fountain Ballroom

Katz - Kanarek Ateres Reva 

Malin - Weinman Fountain Ballroom 

Hertz - Golub Cedar Palace 

Israel At War Thurs April 24

 Israel at war day 566

- Soldier killed in Gaza identified name is Asaf Kafri HYD,26, from Bais Chasmonai

 1 IDF soldier a tank driver killed in Gaza today by Hamas sniper fire  2 others injured near Beit Hanoun. 

- IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said, “if we see no progress in the the return of the hostages, we will expand our activities to an intense and even more significant move.” “Hamas is mistaken when it comes to our abilities, intentions and determination, just like Nasrallah and his top command.”

- New Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that Damascus seeks to normalize ties with Israel, US Congressman Cory Mills told Bloomberg on Thursday after a meeting with him last week in Syria.

- Trump: We’re going to expand Abraham Accords

- Trump on Iran: I think we are doing very well with respect to Iran. We are having very serious meetings. There are only two options. One option is not a good option. I think we are doing very well on an agreement. That one is well on its way. We could have a very good decision. A lot of lives will be saved.

Thursday April 24 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 78° Mostly sunny. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times

- Action in Crown Heights tonight as Anti-Israel protest outside 770 Eastern Parkway  chabad headquarters during Israeli national security minister Ben Gvir’s visit. Chaos and fighting reported several police officers injured.

- New Jersey state Senator bobsinger is calling for "an immediate halt to all taxpayer funding to Princeton University until they demonstrate concrete steps to address and eliminate anti-Jewish bias on their campus."

- The official Trump store started selling Trump 2028 caps on the website hinting a fourth run for president

- NJ Dem primary: Gottheimer’s internal poll puts him within five points of Sherrill, Fulop, Baraka also in striking range in wide-open Democratic gubernatorial primary

An internal poll conducted for Rep. Josh Gottheimer shows him surging in his bid to win the Democratic primary for governor and puts him five points behind the leading candidate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill among likely Democratic primary voters in a contest that remains close. Sherrill leads Gottheimer, 19%-14%, with two other Democrats in a statistical dead heat with Gottheimer for second place: Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop is at 13%, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is at 11%.  Trailing: New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller (11%) and former Senate President Steve Sweeney (5%). (Nj Globe)

- A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in K-12 public schools.. States were given until Thursday to submit certification of their schools’ compliance, but the New Jersey Department of Education said they would not comply with the order. (Onejerseyschorr)

- There are no air quality alerts in effect in New Jersey on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Smoky conditions are expected in the area until about 2 p.m.

- Pesicha shiur for the new zman Tonight at Skuken BM in Lakewood with divrei chizuk from the Skver dayan of Lakewood 

- Summer zman in BMG will begin Sunday night with up-to 1000 new talmidim KA"H joining. The yeshiva is doing some minor construction in the 6th st dorm and will be learning maseches שבת.

- A 19 year old  from Waretown Ocean township was charged with arson in nj wildfire. A man who authorities say didn’t properly extinguish a bonfire has been charged with starting a wildfire in Ocean County that has burned more than 15,000 acres.

The wildfire may continue to burn until rain drenches the area, likely on Friday night.

- Trump: Gas and grocery prices are WAY DOWN, just like I said they would be. Eggs are plentiful, and down 87%. NICE!

- NJ republican candidate for governor Bill Spadea had a meet and greet last night at  the we shoot gun range in Lakewood. He said "When I’m Governor our state will stop treating law abiding gun owners like villains."

-Rav Dov Landau, shlita  rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Slabodka  was taken to Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center early Thursday morning after suffering a fall at his home during the night. with concerns that he may have sustained a fracture  and will  remain under observation for the time being.name is  Ephraim Dov ben Devorah.

- Nightly road closures and construction on Central avenue resumes with no warning or explanation of what is going on from public elected officials. while lakewood township put out a press release on new safety upgrades at the $th and Monmouth intersection 

-Several chassidishe rabbonim are  calling for a protest itoday in manhattan in front of the Israeli consultant where minister Ben Gvir wil be present they wrote that he has been the cause of hisgarus Baomos with  his going to the har habayis among other things. 

- There will be a toameha Thursday night. Holent event with Ben Gvir at Essen in Flatbush 

- Trump :Harvard is an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution, as are numerous others, with students being accepted from all over the World that want to rip our Country apart. The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE. It is truly horrific! Now, since our filings began, they act like they are all “American Apple Pie.” Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired. He’s not that good, anyway, and I hope that my very big and beautiful company, now run by my sons, gets rid of him ASAP! 

- Coming up at the Lakewood zoning board next week a correspondence for the application on  Lanes Mill LLC, Lanes Mill Road, To construct 79 lots, 74 dwellings, applications for dormitories at yeshiva Nezer Hatorah and Yeshivas Toras Chaim. 

- Trump: I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!.

- The situation between India and Pakistan is escalating by the minute: The Pakistani government announced that any move by India to stop the sharing of the waters of the Indus River, as New Delhi has threatened, will be considered an act of war. Pakistan announced the removal of Indian military advisors from Islamabad, the suspension of all trade with India, including through other countries, and a ban on all Indian airlines from flying over Pakistani airspace

Oif Simchas Wed 26 Nissan

Chasunas:

Berniker  -Taplin Ateres Reva

Snow -  Goldberg Cedar Palace

Waldman - Kupperman Bais Faiga

Schneider  - Weil Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Dorfman  - Konic Fountain Ballroom 

Lichtshein - Cohen Ne'emas Hachaim

Central Ave closed by Rt 9

Wednesday April 23 News Updates Lakewood

Weather 72° Sunshine and a few afternoon clouds

- Smell of smoke from wildfire hits Lakewood as officials continue to contain it.

- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is considering pulling the Covid-19 vaccine from the CDC’s list of recommended immunizations for children.

- Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Zelensky, saying he is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.”  -AP

- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says there will be no unilateral Tariff reduction with China ‘China needs to make a deal with the United States of America’

- Tight security for Iarael interior minister Itamar Ben Gvir who'll be at Yale University tonight.

-India has ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country within 48 hours following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that killed 28 people, mostly Indian tourists.

- Rav Nisson Kaplan shlita bein hazmanim shiur today at Lutzk B"M 1:00pm

- Skydiving to return to Lakewood Airport in new deal that allows development APP reports. The new skydiving lease agreement will be with ISkyDive America, which is based in Michigan and operates similar recreational parachuting services in several cities. The agreement will allow the company to operate under a $6,000 annual lease fee, while also renting a trailer for $75 to $100 per month. All proceeds by law will go into the airport’s improvement fund. Despite safety concerns the FAA approved it.

At least three skydiver deaths have occurred at the airport, in 1964, 1965 and 1976, according to news reports.

A 60 acre parcel  adjacent to the airport was given over to the LIC by Lakewood township  it would more than likely be sold to a developer, the township would not receive the money for that sale, it would go to the airport,” mayor Coles said. “It could be anything from office space to a high-end health village.

Giyus: In an update to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the IDF says it has so far issued 18,915 draft orders to Charedim, of which only 232 actually enlisted.

American Jews faced a record 25 antisemitic incidents per day last year — more than one per hour — with most related to hatred of Israel according to the ADL annual audit 

States with the largest Jewish populations reported the highest number of incidents.

New York led the country with 1,437 incidents, followed by California with 1,344 and New Jersey with 719 reports of Jew hatred.

 Axios: CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot warned Trump Monday that his tariff policy could disrupt supply chains, raise prices and empty shelves within 2 weeks. Yesterday, the President signaled he won’t be tough on China and is open to a deal.

- Yom Hashoah begins in Israel tonight 

- New Jersey grew 2.28% in population between 2020 and 2024. Largest % and increase: Ocean County, 637.3k -> 666.4k (+4.57%/29.1k)

- Nichum aveilim  shiva for Mrs. Esther Frankel is at 646  14th street Lakewood shachris 8:00 am, Mincha 7:30 pm, Maariv 8:50 pm

- Tens of thousands of pending home sales across the U.S. fell through in March, according to a new report by Redfin, as growing economic uncertainty is leading many aspiring buyers to double-guess whether they should be making such an important investment.

-Raging wildfires spread near Yerushalayim evacuations underway, Route 1 to shut down

Several major highways  have been closed due to the fires. 

- BDE: Rabbi Menachem (Mendy) Raitport, Z''L a longtime resident of Crown Heights  passed away in a tragic car accident on Tuesday night, on the I-95 in Georgia as he traveled back from spending Pesach in Florida. He was 57.

- Ocean county launches ‘Goal: Zero’ traffic enforcement campaign in response to spike in roadway fatalities As of April 15, New Jersey has recorded 140 traffic fatalities, with 16 of those deaths occurring in Ocean County alone.

“Our mission is not to maximize citations, but to minimize loss of life,” said Prosecutor Billhimer. The next coordinated enforcement operation is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and will focus on State Highway 37. 

Israel At War Wednesday April 23

 Israel at war day 565

- Hamas released a sign of life for hostage Omri Miran

-  Over a Hundred Gazans left today through Ramon Airport in Israel for France and other countries. They left as part of a program for "academics at risk" in France.

- PA President Abu Mazen to Hams: Return the hostages so Israel has no excuse to continue the war

- MK Avigdor Liberman says the government continues sending water and allowing between 150-200 million shekels per month to be transferred to Gaza."Finance Minister Smotrich is silent on this," he says. Liberman calls to cut the water supply to Gaza, block all aid until all hostages are returned, and prevent any reconstruction of the strip until Hamas is disarmed and dismantled.

- IDF destroys dozens of Gaza construction vehicles it says used for terror activities

Military notes some of the equipment it targeted was used by Hamas in Oct. 7 assault; Gazan officials report 26 killed in other strikes across Strip

Jones Rd Wildfire in Ocean County Updates

Jones Road Forest Fire Ocean County New Jersey

April 24

2:00pm

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 15,100 acres

🔥 50% contained

7:00 am

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 13,250 acres

🔥 50% contained

Oif simchas Tuesday 25 Nissan

היום עשרה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ושלשה ימים לעומר/בעומר

Chasunas: 

Green - Stebben Ne'emas Hachaim 

Fishbane  - Metzger Lake Terrace 

Hamel - Roth Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Yablonsky - Wilhelm Fountain Ballroom 

Mazliach  - Barash Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Kollel Chazu end of Bein Hazmanim chizuk event at BMG Bais Medrash Bais Yitzchok guest speaker Rav Ephraim Wachsman shlita

Supermarkets open for post pesach restocking

Tuesday April 22 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 81° and partly cloudy.

12:30 am 

The NJ Forest service said the next update won't be before 11am tomorrow morning.

Gov Murphy has yet to issue any public comment 

Lacey Mayor Peter Curatola said three structures in the township’s industrial park caught on fire, and one of the buildings was lost.

-11:00pm New Jersey  forest Fire Service Update:

🔥 8,500 acres

🔥 10% contained

⚠️ Approximately 1,320 structures threatened

⚠️ Approximately 3,000 residents evacuated

 Multiple evacuation shelters have been established. Southern Regional High School is open to evacuees with pets

10:15 pm Power is out for about 25,000 JCP&L customers in the area of the fire and was expected to remain out throughout the night, according to a statement from the power company. 3000 residents evacuated 

9:30 pm WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Road Wildfire - Ocean & Lacey Townships, Ocean County New Jersey Forest Fire Service remains on scene of a wildfire burning in Ocean & Lacey Townships, Ocean County.

SIZE & CONTAINMENT

🔥 3,200 acres

🔥 5% contained

Closed Oyster creek nuclear power plant in N.J. on ‘round-the-clock watch’ as nearby wildfire rages

The southbound Parkway has been reopened between interchanges 69 and 63,  and the northbound Parkway has reopened between interchanges 74 and 80

8:15 pm Update: Wildfire, is 5 percent contained as of 8 p.m., is currently threatening 1,320 structures and has forced the evacuation of 3,000 residents in numerous towns in the vicinity of the fire, officials said. It consumed 3,200 acres. The north and southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway were closed between Exit 63 in Stafford Township and Exit 80 in South Toms River shortly after 5 p.m.

7:45pm Wildfire update: 

EVACUATION NOTICE: Jones Road Wildfire

Mandatory evacuations are underway in the area of Route 9 in Lacey Twp., Ocean County

Firebrand burned 1200 acres with 0 containment 

- President Trump is considering issuing a $5000 baby bonus for mothers to increase birth rates, according to the New York Times. The White House is reportedly coming up with strategies to tackle declining birth and marriage rates.

- FDA is taking action to remove petroleum-based food dyes from the U.S. food supply and medications.

- Ocean Township fire: Wildfire in Barnegat NJ forces evacuations; Parkway closed from exit 80 to 63

An uncontained wildfire on the border of Barnegat and Waretown has forced the closure of the Garden State Parkway, the Barnegat Police Department said in an alert.

The northbound entrance to the Parkway has been closed in Barnegat as well as the entire stretch of the parkway between the township and Lacey, according to the alert.

Mandatory evacuation have been taking place on Route 532 between from Bryant Road to the Garden State Parkway, the forest fire service said.

- Trump weighs banning nonprofits from sending grant money overseas which could have a effect on tzedakos that send money abroad to Eretz Yisrael NY Post reports the  order would be  — hitting groups founded by Zuckerberg, Gates and Soros   President Trump is considering issuing an executive order banning nonprofit organizations from issuing grants beyond US borders, a source familiar with discussions told The Post Tuesday. The order would target so-called “501(c)(3)s” — referring to the section of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with tax-exempt organizations. The action, if carried out, would also restrict religious organizations that send grants abroad and smaller relief organizations that deal with war and natural disasters.  

Trump: I’ve just spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding numerous topics, including trade, Iran, and more. The call went very well—we are aligned on every issue.

Former Senior Mossad Official Zohar Palti: The U.S. and Iran are making progress in negotiations and have reached the stage of exchanging drafts.

Tax Increase Alert: The New Jersey Department of Education has informed 281 of the state's 590 operating school districts that they are not taxing their residents enough to fund schools. These districts may be eligible to exceed the state-mandated 2% cap on local property tax levy increases for the upcoming school year. In Ocean and Monmouth counties, some districts notified of potential eligibility include Howell, Jackson, Lakewood, Manchester, Toms River, and more.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: At a closed-door investor summit on Tuesday, Bessent stated that the tariff standoff with China is "unsustainable" and that he expects the situation to "de-escalate," according to Bloomberg.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon: President Trump’s education secretary defended the administration’s decision to resume student loan debt collections, arguing that greedy colleges have “profited massively” from Biden-era forgiveness measures by increasing tuitions and forcing students into debt.

Back to School: Elementary boys and girls return to school today. High schools are also back in session, while mesivtos and batei medrashim have not  begun their zman yet. Many bochurim are heading out this week to learn in Eretz Yisroel.

Lakewood Planning Board Meeting: Scheduled for today at 6:00 PM. The agenda includes several items in the correspondence and discussion sections, with no public comment allowed. See agenda here.

Gas Prices Drop: Gas prices in Lakewood have come down, with the current average at $2.96 per gallon.

Education Lawsuit Coverage: The Voice of Lakewood Pesach edition reported on the ongoing lawsuit to fix the state funding formula for Lakewood. Unfortunately, the full-page article failed to mention those behind this decade-long effort—R’ Aaron Lang and Prof. Paul Trachtenberg. While the legal case was named, the article omitted these individuals who have selflessly fought for over 10 years to secure state aid, tax relief, and quality education for Lakewood students. In contrast, the next article praised Assemblyman Avi Schnall’s work on tuition relief.

Giyus Update: Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman spoke on Chol Hamoed about the gezeiras giyus, stating, “We will not give up on even one yeshiva bochur. No individual has the authority to forgo the holy Torah.”
At the shiva for Rav Meir Mazuz zt"l, a sign displayed his last will: even those not currently learning are prohibited from joining the IDF.

Israir Airlines: Israir has received preliminary approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin flights to the U.S. The airline plans to launch nonstop Tel Aviv–New York service by Pesach 2026, using Airbus A330 aircraft with its own flight and maintenance crews.

New trend Hatzolah of Central Jersey reporting numbers: Over Yom Tov, Hatzolah responded to 416 calls, completed 198 transports, and executed 34 paramedic activations. Their efforts reflect the unwavering dedication of HCJ’s devoted members.

A Dream After the Levaya: Israeli media reports a remarkable story circulating in Yeshiva Kisei Rachamim. A young grandson of Rav Meir Mazuz zt"l reportedly dreamed of the Rav telling him to “continue in my way,” the day after his levaya.

WZO Elections Turmoil: Allegations of voter fraud have surfaced in the World Zionist Congress elections, with calls to disqualify several slates. TOI reports that the American Zionist Movement (AZM) is investigating claims of multiple votes cast from the same locations using suspicious credit cards and unverifiable contact info—primarily affecting the Eretz Hakodesh and Am Yisrael Chai slates.
Meanwhile, Kikar Shabbat reports the Conservative movement allegedly launched a fake campaign in Israel using the names of Gedolei Yisrael to discourage Chareidim from voting for Eretz Hakodesh.

Lag Baomer Preparations in Meron: Preparations are underway, but concerns remain. Rav Dov Kook of Teveria has called to cancel hadlakas this year, as Lag Baomer falls on Thursday night. Authorities plan to delay some lighting events to Motzei Shabbos to reduce crowding, but this could lead to significant chilul Shabbos by police and security personnel.

Antisemitism on NJ Campuses: The ADL warns of an “alarming new normal” as antisemitic incidents continue to rise on New Jersey college campuses. A year after reaching an all-time high, incidents of harassment, intimidation, and vandalism are still increasing.

U.S. Fertility Rate Hits Record Low: In 2023, the U.S. fertility rate dropped to a historic low of 54.5 births per 1,000 women—less than half of the 1957 peak. Between 2005 and 2022, all 50 states saw declines, with Utah experiencing the sharpest drop (-33.9%). Women aged 30–34 now have the highest birth rate at 95.1 per 1,000, overtaking the 25–29 age group.
Top 2022 Fertility States: South Dakota (66.5), Alaska (64.9), Nebraska (63.6).
Lowest: Vermont (44.3), Delaware (44.9), Oregon (47.3).

March of the Living: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy, and NJSP Colonel Pat Callahan are traveling to Poland today to participate in the International March of the Living on April 24, in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). (via OneJersey)

Israel At War Tuesday April 22

Israel at war day 

- 9 pm missile from Yemen intercepted over Central Israel 4am loud booms heard 

- Trump: We will not allow Hamas to control Gaza after the war

- Trump: I’ve just spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding numerous topics, including trade, Iran, and more. The call went very well—we are aligned on every issue.

- Former Senior Mossad Official Zohar Palti: The U.S. and Iran are making progress in negotiations and have reached the stage of exchanging drafts.

- Egypt has taken lead in Gaza hostage release talks in place of Qatar, official says

- BBC report: Egypt and Qatar are proposing a ceasefire of between five and seven years, a formal end to the war, a complete IDF pullout from Gaza, and the release of “all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails,” 

- Shai Graucher of the Beyachad Nenatzeach org, will light a torch on  Yom Haatzmaut at the national celebration 

-IDF targeted strike in Lebanon  the terrorist eliminated in the attack in Lebanon - Sheikh Hussein Atwi - was a senior figure in the terrorist organization's Hams and "Jamaa'a al-Islamiya" in Lebanon.  x.com/jewishwarrior1…

- An Israeli strike in Gaza killed a terrorist who took part in the October 7, 2023, invasion, the military said Monday, announcing hundreds of strikes on targets in the Palestinian enclave over the past three days.

- American sources to Al-Arabiya: Since the start of the operation in Yemen, more than 500 Houthi fighters and activists have been killed, including senior officials