Thursday May 22 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 55° Rain likely. Chance of rain 100%.

-Trump admin halts Harvard University's ability to enroll international students effective immediately — NYT

-Philadelphia yeshiva: לקיים בנו חכמי ישראל

Please daven for the Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita who was hospitalized  last night after feeling  very weak. They hope that the RY will come home in the next few days. Name is שמואל בן איטא עטיל

- Lakewood township committee virtual meeting today 5:30 pm watch livestream Here see agenda HERE

On the agenda street vacations

5 year Tax abatement for building at 1965 

Swarthmore 

Tax abatement for Building at kikar shabbos 20 Fourth Street; and Public  land Sale Of Block 459, Lot 7  Beaver Street And Nussbaum Avenue .55 acres; R-20 minimum bid price of $515,000.00.

- Pothole alert  due to rainy weather many potholes have formed  on local roads 

- Tehillim please continue to daven for Batsheva Rochel bas Hinda Gittle a young mother in need of rachmei shamayim 

- Keren Olam hTorah delegation of roshei Yeshiva will once again visit Lakewood on Tuesday June 17. There currently no confirmed list  of who will be coming and if there will be a public  kabolas panim as last year

- Attorney General Pamm Bondi: "I was on the phone with President Trump all evening long all evening. He called me first thing this morning. He is horrified by what happened President Trump. We will support our Jewish community."

- Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey voiced firm opposition this week to a proposed federal school voucher program that would direct public funds toward private school tuition,  Gottheimer vowed to fight the bill, along with other Trump administration policies from his position on Capitol Hill.

- The U.S. Mint will stop producing new pennies by early next year, the U.S. Treasury says in a statement, adding that businesses will need to start rounding up or down to the nearest 5 cents. The move is expected to save over $55 million annually.

- There are ~3500 Democrats and ~22,500  unaffiliated voters that are Orthodox Jewish in Ocean County (One jersey)

- Agudath Israel is horrified by the antisemitic terror attack at Jewish Museum

tonight. We are praying for the two victims who were killed and their families.

We are grateful to law enforcement and AG Pam Bondi  for their response and look forward to the perpetrator being brought to justice.

- SCOTUS: Creation of nation's first religious charter school blocked

 A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major case about the separation of church and state.

The court split 4-4 over whether to allow the school, leaving in place the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision that a religious charter school would violate the Constitution.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the decision.

- Kanye West says he's "done" with antisemitism  "God forgive me for the pain l've caused" he said after the murder in Washington DC.

- Trump: “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” has PASSED the House of Representatives! This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country! The Bill includes MASSIVE Tax CUTS, No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, Tax Deductions when you purchase an American Made Vehicle, along with strong Border Security measures, Pay Raises for our ICE and Border Patrol Agents, Funding for the Golden Dome, “TRUMP Savings Accounts” for newborn babies, and much more! Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson, and the House Leadership, and thank you to every Republican who voted YES on this Historic Bill! Now, it’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! There is no time to waste. The Democrats have lost control of themselves, and are aimlessly wandering around, showing no confidence, grit, or determination. They have forgotten their landslide loss in the Presidential Election, and are warped in the past, hoping someday to revive Open Borders for the World’s criminals to be able to pour into our Country, men to be able to play in women’s sports, and transgender for everybody. They don’t realize that these things, and so many more like them, will NEVER AGAIN happen!

- Adirei HaTorah update: The ma’amad will feature inspiring words from rabbonim representing different parts of the lakewood community, highlighting how the partnership between working families and yungeleit has strengthened the entire community. Special emphasis will be placed on how this partnership has enhanced family life, chinuch habonim, and the overall ruach of Lakewood’s kehillos.

The Rosh HaYeshiva  Rav Malkiel emphasized that the upcoming ma’amad represents more than just an organizational milestone—it embodies a kiddush Hashem that strengthens the very foundations of our community.

The Rosh HaYeshiva shared how the Adirei HaTorah initiative has begun to resonate far beyond Lakewood, spreading to frum communities worldwide. “What began here in Lakewood has become a model for communities across the globe,” the Rosh HaYeshiva explained. “Just last month, I was invited to address an event in Mexico City called ‘Amudei HaOlam,’ which was directly inspired by our Ma’amad Adirei HaTorah.” He recounted how several members of the Mexican kehilla had attended last year’s Ma’amad Adirei HaTorah in Wells Fargo and left so deeply inspired that they decided to create a similar framework in their own community. “They told me how seeing the partnership between ba’alei battim and kollel yungeleit in Lakewood opened their eyes to what was possible in their own kehilla,” the Rosh HaYeshiva said.