Wednesday May 28 Rosh Chodesh Sivan News Updates Lakewood

ראש חודש סיון תשפ"ה חדש עלינו את החודש הזה לטובה ולברכה לששון ולשמחה לישועה ולנחמה לפרנסה ולכלכלה לחיים ולשלום למחילת חטא ולסליחת עון

Weather: 60° Rain likely. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.

- U.S. Court of International Trade just blocked President Trump's tariffs, stating that authority is with Congress and not him.

- ELON MUSK departs : As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.

- FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announces FBI investigation into the coverup of origins of COVID-19.

 

- Vaad Hayeshivos in Eretz Yisroel published a letter from Rav Dov Lando addressing all yeshiva bochurim and kollel members that due to the worsening situation, everyone who has received a draft order, not to leave the country at all after the latest crackdown by authorities at the airport."

- Adirei Hatorah invites the general public to partake and join in a siyum haShas that will take place at the event in Wells Fargo arena. To choose a Masechte see Here 

- The hanhala of Yeahivas  Chevron Givat Mordechai Yeshiva today convened the fifth-year bochurim and instructed them not to get engaged during the winter and that anyone who gets engaged will lose their place in the dormitory and must sleep at home.

- Shavuos shopping

J&J Cream cheese at kosher west $2.99

Creme cheese 2/ for $5 at Nutmeg

Free cheese cake or bouquet flowers with $250 purchase at Nutmeg

Family pak Salmon $9.99 today at shloimys kosher world

Tasters choice 14oz $12.99 at GG today till 5pm

Ami &Mishpacha $11.99 for shavuos issue

- Traffic light installed at Intersection of Broadway and rt 9 by Evergreen after years of local residents speaking up at meetings due to the dangers to cars and pedestrians.

- Traffic light getting installed today at Vermont Hickory intersection in Toms River after viral video showed daily accidents from confused drivers with yellow blinking light.

- United Airlines sets a 45-minute check-in rule for domestic flights and 60-minutes for international flights starting June 3.

- Daf Yomi commission have announced that the 14th Siyum HaShas will take place on Sunday, June 6, 2027, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

- NJ Primaries with 13 days to go, and over 691,000 New Jerseyans have requested to vote by mail for the Primary. With over 234,000 mail ballots returned to far. In the 30th district which includes Lakewood, Howell there were 4987 absentee requests for dems and 7177 for Republican only 112 for unaffiliated Both parties are on track to exceed 2021, 2022 and 2023 official vote by mail turnout. Ryan Dubicki reports As expected: the Democrats are starting to pull more ahead with the mail return rate.

- Following serious measles cases in EY and fears of widespread spread, Rav Yitzchok Zilbershtein issued a letter calling on the public to "hurry up and get vaccinated against the disease and vaccinate their children."

- US issues level two travel advisory for Italy amid terrorism concerns

- Judge Jeanine Pirro sworn in as Interim U.S. attorney for D.C.

-Sec of state Marco Rubio announces a visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who censor Americans."Foreigners who work to undermine the rights of Americans should not enjoy the privilege of traveling to our country."

- Giyus: the United Torah Judaism party is said to be preparing to resign from the government over its failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service.the party will either withdraw from the government or initiate proceedings to dissolve the Knesset and go to elections should the law not be passed immediately after the Shavuos.

- Musk on the big beautiful bill “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing which was created to slash government spending. ” 

- Cross street expansion The Ocean County Board of Commissioners has launched a major infrastructure project to widen Cross Street into a five-lane corridor, creating a new east-west connector to serve the growing populations of Lakewood, Jackson and Toms River.

- Eretz Hakodesh estimates that  the conservative  campaign hanging up pashkevillin in Yerushalayim cost the slate up to 20,000 votes. More  

- Rep. Josh Gottheimer - a Democrat candidate for New Jersey governor whose campaign has been endorsed by the establishment leaders - has consistently aligned himself with LGBT advocacy groups, supporting legislation that expands protections based on.. orientation and gender identity. Gottheimer voted for the Equality Act and has co-sponsored multiple bills promoting what he describes as "full LGBTQ+ rights." He has also spoken at events celebrating Pride Month and condemned what he termed "efforts to roll back LGBTQ+ protections." "Discrimination has no place in our country, and I will continue to stand with the LGBTQ+ community in the fight for equality," Gottheimer said in a recent speech on the House floor. faanews 

- Baltimore Rabbi Emanuel Goldfeiz, 62, scared off two masked men who assaulted him in an attempted carjacking on Motzei Shabbos by pulling his licensed gun. He suffered facial injuries; the suspects fled. No arrests yet.(Kol Haolam)

- A Philadelphia bus driver was arrested for endangering 47 children and 3 adults returning on a Bais shaindel school graduation trip from  Rhode Island back to Lakewood involving a high-speed incident on the Garden State Parkway. Reports say Authorities confirmed the arrest of Xiao Lei Lei Tian, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, who was charged early Wednesday morning with 47 counts of child endangerment and multiple motor vehicle violation.  According to news reports he was  driving erratically at high speeds, swerving between lanes, and using a cell phone while operating the vehicle and stood up leaving the wheel unattended

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