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- Lakewood Girls High school acceptance letters arrive in the mail for first round. No word yet on how many still not accepted yet.
- NJ Transit strike could hit in 2 days. ‘We’re preparing for the worst,’ Murphy says.
- Gezeiras hachinuch: The New York City Education Department, in a letter today to the parents of the UTA Satmar Borough Park Rav Aaron institutions on 36th st, announced that the institutions will be cut off from all programs, and children will no longer be able to study in the institutions due to the fact that the newy york state education dept determined that the school is not substantially equivalent. Parents are given an option to either send to public school or to another private religious school but the child has to be reevaluated to see what impact the current school had on their learning since it was not substantially equivalent
- Vizhnitz Rebbe reb Srultche has returned home today to EY after 3 months away for a medical procedure. He was greeted at the airport by hundreds of chassidim welcoming him home.
- Giyus: Israeli Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara made clear that the Israel Defense Forces must begin sending conscription orders to all eligible menq including those from the chareidi population during the next draft cycle starting in July.
- Reports of girls high school acceptance letters going out this week but so far no letters have been sent, schools are working to place as many girls as possible before sending out letters
- Giyus: Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef warns: "If yeshiva students are arrested - we will all go abroad to Chutz Laaretz. We have no right to remain in Eretz Yisroel if we do not have Torah."
- A Petition launched to stop the Assemblyman shnall sponsored bill A5460 asking the legislature to Protect NJ Solar Customers and Clean Energy Incentives this bill sends a damaging message to future solar adopters including those entering the Successor Solar Incentive (SuSI) program that New Jersey cannot be trusted to uphold its solar incentive promises. The solar industry in New Jersey is already grappling with high interest rates and rising material and labor costs. Passage of A5460 would be a devastating blow, further destabilizing the market and erasing years of clean energy progress. We urge the New Jersey General Assembly to reject this bill in order to protect solar customers, restore trust in clean energy programs, and preserve the solar industry in our state. sign HERE
- Governor Murphy Unveils Executive Actions to address soaring electricity prices, one of them is the expansion of solar energy incentives. Ironically the bill A5460 targets customers who signed up for solar energy!!
- Ottimo Cafe is under the strict kosher supervision of the Vaad Kashrus Mehadrin (Rabbi Tzvi Altusky).VKM
- Lag baomer Skulen hadlaka will take place at different location off 2nd street
-ABC news reports: The Democratic National Committee will now fly a plane with a banner that reads "QATAR-A-LAGO" over Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
-Power in the Pines air show returns to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
On May 17 and 18, the highly anticipated 2025 Power in the Pines Open House & Air Show returns with stunning displays from the world's top aerial performers. gates open at 9am general admission is free General parking is free, more
-Drama in Antwerp Belgium: Early this morning, a court-ordered search was conducted at the home of the mohel, Rabbi Aharon Eckstein, and other mohalim in the city. The police confiscated all the knives they had in their possession and requested a list of the children they had circumcised in the past year. The background: A defiant lawsuit filed a year ago against the mohels in Antwerp over the mitzvah of circumcision (M weisberg)
- Lakewood township committee members showed up in person to 2 events one in Jackson yesterday at the opening of CHEMED satellite location and this morning for a ribbon cutting at the renovated Hilton hotel on Rt 70 in Lakewood, yet their own township meetings in Lakewood are held virtually since covid and they have not shown up in person for 5 years.
- US Senator Josh Hawley: Allstate insurance should apologize to every policyholder it's hung out to dry—not just the ones present in this hearing room today. The company's running a system of institutionalized fraud Their customers' worst day is Allstate's pay day Allstate's CEO is cashing in $26 MILLION a year—but the company can't “afford” to pay out their customers' claims . . Homeowners & whistleblowers just told Congress the truth behind insurance companies' deliberate strategy to maximize profit When families were trying to piece their lives back together after Hurricanes Helene & Milton, companies delayed, denied, and lowballed them.
-Agudah: Yesterday House released a draft budget document that includes the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA). legislation will provide $5 billion in K-12 scholarships per year. It does this by allowing a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for donors who contribute to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO). These SGOs would then provide scholarships for a range of educational expenses, including private school tuition.
- In response to last year's drone drama in New Jersey, the FAA is expected to have a requirement for near real-time tracking of certain civilian drones in a pair of draft rules the agency is working on, The pending rule would designate critical facilities that drones must avoid, including amusement parks, energy facilities and factories. (SSchorr)
- Trump endorsement of Ciattarelli “New Jersey is very much in Donald Trump’s psyche. I think he would love to deliver New Jersey for the Republicans.” Micah Rasmussen strategist NJ advanced media reports Neither camp knew an endorsement was coming, multiple sources told NJ Advance Media, until the president called Ciattarelli 90 minutes before making the announcement on his Truth Social platform. The Spadea camp was taken by surprise, a source close to the campaign said, expecting Trump to remain neutral in the race.
Quoting” These SGOs would then provide scholarships for a range of educational expenses, including private school tuition.” The fact that in our kehillos, our SGOs, specifically Agudah & their SGO, are not stating unequivocally that it would fund “SOLELY TUITION” is very concerning. As soon as funds begin to be allocated to other school programs, we know how that siphons off money from the klal, as is seen with therapy programs via schools for example.
ReplyDeleteOn Agudah webcast available to the public two weeks ago, Schnall could not even state that it would “primarily” address and “fund tuition scholarship”. Why are the regular folk constantly on the losing end?
Unfortunately, the Chilonim and the Daati Leumi would rejoice if all the Haredim leave, so I doubt that it's much of a threat. Also, I don't know which frum community is willing to host so many Haredim joining their communities.
ReplyDeleteI mean, think about it. When Rav Moshe Hillel came he raised a relatively-measly 100 million. It sounds like a lot of money, but it's a mere HUNDRETH of what some INDIVIDUAL gvirim are worth. The frum gvirim in America aren't interested in supporting Israeli Yeshivas. We prefer that the secular Israelis give their money to Yeshivas. So if the frum Israelis come to America, who will support their Yeshivas? They will be back right where they started. Instead of going to serve in a secular army, they will go to work in a secular corporation.
Out of curiosity, can you please name gvirim who are legitimately worth 10 BILLION?
DeleteThat remains false. Contra to what you've imbibed &/or what they'll proclaim.
DeleteThey would go nuts actually if the charedim get up & leave.
(Similar potentially to how many mainstream antisemites would go bonkers, if in spite of their purported wishes, orthodox jews would pick up & actually leave.
Both) have subliminal need(s) for that Other to hang around to be abused.
A charedi engineer at IAI discovered as much in an private survey. The secular [,& DL though they're naturally even more loathe to admit] need the charedim to give some meaning to their own identity or lack thereof
The committeemen get paid lucrative salaries from our tax monies for their no-show jobs. Government politicians at their best.
ReplyDeleteCould you imagine how much worse things would be if they would show up more often
DeleteThere was barely enough room last year for the Skulen Hadlaka, why are they making it this year in a smaller location ?????
ReplyDeleteBecause the donors have to save money to allocate to yeshivot.
DeleteBR always demands the highest tuition with out any regard for parents who may be struggling. They should be shut down!!
ReplyDeleteThere are other options. Why do you have to send there ?
DeleteCiattarelli is a weak candidate He was literally handed a win last time with all the school board elections taking place the same time (that's how Ed Durr won) and still he lost! Remember his last campaign - all he attacked Murphy on was taxes - (as if any politician is going to lower our taxes) he did not resonate with with voters There were so many real issues that would've resonated with voters from Covid disasters to bag and straw bans etc. Instead it was taxes - Weak
ReplyDeleteYet he finished way closer than was expected of him at the very start of the campaign
DeleteSo please go out and vote for him. For Your interests.
DeleteHe should be ahead of others that won in credit to their filthy campaigning.
Lag Ba'Omer Special Feature Shiur was given by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin about Rabi Shimon bar Yochai and Rabi Akiva
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/nJo1aSG873A?si=HcFjwMq5QG0_Dknh
Ok
ReplyDeleteAnyone has any more details on the plan to merge Adirei Hatorah and Keren Olam Hatorah?
ReplyDeleteSo far, all I've been able to find out is that it's not so much a merger as an expansion of Keren Olam Hatorah at the expense of Adirei Hatorah. (I doubt the administration of Adirei Hatorah wuld be so keen to the idea.) I also found this, though I don't know how accurate every detail is, as they seem to acknowledge themselves.
https://fixinglakewood.blogspot.com/2025/05/keren-hatorah-haolami.html
Wondering if this is standard operating procedure that a hecsher , here KCL plasters teh entire town that they are not giving a hechsher on Ottimo. Like there is some problem when all it is Ottimo is switching hechserim. What right does a hechser have to be mafsid an establishment when all they are doing is switching a hecsher. Am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteIf it was a switch, the establishment would have announced the new supervision first without having to close for a couple days
DeleteYes, that is standard. If a hechsher takes off their hechsher from any establishment for any reason it is their duty and our right to be notified all around.
DeleteSo is New York getting involved in our education or is it over?
ReplyDeleteAre they adding funding and disqualifying others?
Perhaps a petition should be arranged in New Jersey to keep the state out of our education before it's after saving us, canceling worse laws. Equivalence is not something we want.
ReplyDeleteNJ State is not keeping their hands on private education.
DeletePerhaps they should.
Imagine how restaurants won't be able to afford expensive hashgschot, among other higher cost of living expenses.