Sunday May 4 News Updates Lakewood

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Allergies Pollen count 8/10 

- President Trump has announced a 100% tariff on all movies imported into the U.S. claiming that holywood and movie industry in America is dying a very fast death. 

-Trump: REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That's the way it's supposed to be. No longer will we tolerate these Serial Offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem on our streets. That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders.

- Updated: The Real Story: Rav Shalom Kaminetsky shares the details of his father Rav Shmuel’s shlita involvement in the “Eretz Hakodesh” issue, including his painful correspondence attempts with Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and final take-away.  He writes in conclusion no psak on this matter should be dependent on my father's shlita position,period. Translated Testimony of Rav Sholom Kamenetsky shlita: HERE

- Newark Liberty International Airport faced a significant amount of flight delays Sunday due to air traffic control issues, days after United Airlines announced it was canceling dozens of flights due to technological and air traffic control issues.  More than 140 flights out of Newark had been delayed and 56 had been canceled as of just after 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, and 184 flights into Newark had been delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

- NJ Newark airport air traffic controller offers damning assessment: ‘It is not safe. Don’t fly into Newark’ per NBC news is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public,” the federal air safety employee reportedly told NBC News correspondent Tom Costello.

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- Trump Warns Iran: "Every Houthi Attack Is Now an Iranian Attack – Consequences Will Be Dire

- More Lakewood residents have reported their EBT SNAP benefits being stolen and emptied right after their cards are refilled for the month. Authorities and government agencies are currently investigating the issue, but the funds have not yet been reissued. In the meantime, local Gabbai Tzedakah have provided gift cards to affected individuals, which can be used at local grocery stores.

- United Airlines: “We have canceled our twice-daily service between Newark and Tel Aviv while we closely monitor the situation,” United says in a statement. “We will make decisions on resuming service with a focus on the safety of our customers and crews.”

- The flight route from Newark to Ben Gurion Airport is temporarily canceled at least through Friday, May 8.

-JCP&L's infrastructure investment plan has been reduced from $930.5 million to $202.5 million. The reduced plan will increase the average customer's monthly bill by 86 cents.

The plan aims to modernize the grid and improve system reliability. 

JCP&L slashes 75% of infrastructure plan in bid to keep rates from rising so much.

- WZO: The leaders of Betar US have been removed from the World Zionist Congress, as the result of a filing by Anti-Netanyahu forces who claimed in filings “There can be no room in the Zionist movement for such racism, thuggery and evil that will ultimately harm the Jewish people. If there is no corrective action by the Zionist movement and no voice to counter this extremism, then this radical rhetoric from Betar USA will poison the good name of the World Zionist Organization.”

- Lakewood real estate: A house in Lakewood that sold for $998,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lakewood area between April 14 and April 27.

In total, 43 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $727,756. The average price per square foot ended up at $315. NJ

- Printed in Israeli paper מבאזל ועד ארץ הקודש  a 26 point letter by Rav Shalom Kamenetzky shlita accounting the behind the scenes maneuvering of the letter written by his father Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita to Rav Chaim Kanievsky ztl about eretz Hakodesh

Some of the points translated

-My Father Shlita was not satisfied with this and urged them the family of  reb Chaim to send the written decision to a trustworthy person trusted by the Kanievsky family and that he would see or bring the written decision to  my father Shlita without delaying the written decision in our hands, and the Chatzer of t reb chaim did not agree to this either.

We made all kinds of efforts to receive that written letter that confirmed the matters and wrote that 'a vote must be taken' but now the Chatzer of Reb Chaim insisted, and did not want to send 

My Father Shlita, pleaded with them so much that they agreed to send the manuscript to Rabbi A. Yosef Stern, N.Y., and he brought a copy of that manuscript to  my father Shlita.

Indeed, there was a handwritten copy, but the words were not at all clear, and what they said should have been written there in his name, was not to say that that was what was written. Simply, the words were very unclear, even though we enlarged the copy with terrible magnifications, but we found nothing there

 The disappointment of my father  Shlita, was terrible. I still remember the face he made when he saw the handwriting, and he certainly didn't believe that there were any trivial matters here

When asked,  why he didn't say anything, he expressed and said: After the things had already been published in Sha'ar Bas Rabim, in particular by the Mashbak of the Harav Eli' Brudny Shlita, he wouldn't want to do anything by him, the things would be revealed that the house of the late Reb Chaim z"l should not be trusted, and the entire chatzer there, including reb Chaim z"l, would not be disgraced. Read full letter translation HERE