Friday August 8 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, August 8, 2025 / י״ד אב תשפ״ה ערב שבת פרשת ואתחנן שבת נחמו ט"ו באב

candle lighting 7:44 pm

shkiah/sunset:  8:02 pm

Weather today 80° Sunny. 

Shabbos day 81° Sunny skies

- Trump The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

- The DOJ has opened an investigation into New York AG Letitia James focused on deprivation of legal rights allegations in her case against President Donald Trump.

Campaign  launched after devastating fire in Westgate please donate Here

- Motzei shabbos Nachamu the annual Skulen seudas Hodahh will take place at the B"M on Park avenue in Lakewood with a seuda starting at 11:30 pm

- N.J. shul collapses in fire, rabbi’s family escapes Early Friday morning, a massive fire tore through the Jewish Community Center of the Meadowlands, home to Chabad of the Meadowlands – Congregation Beth El. It was also where the Shluchim Rabbi Yitzchok and Bina Lerman lived and welcomed guests with warmth and love. B"H, by a true miracle, the Lermans escaped just in time before the flames consumed the entire structure. But they lost everything: their home, their belongings, and the heart of their community.  a campaign was set up to raise funds and rebuild donate HERE

-Giyus: The second day of the protest: MK Meir Porush arrived this morning at the protest office outside the Ministry of Justice and is managing his daily schedule from there while on a hunger strike. against the draft he will stop for shabbos and continue again on Sunday

-Giyus: Hundreds of Ger chasidim will spend shabbos at a protest tent set up in fromt of Jail 10 where several bnei Torah are spending time for draft dodging

- Last night Lakewood township committee postponesd vote on budget since they didn't yet meet with the local finance board and will vote on it at the next public meeting in September. Officials say the tax hike is 8% ,although the APP report and the actual numbers show a 11.8% increase 

- The Lakewood Board of Education voted to accept Michael Inzelbuch’s bid to return as board attorney without comment or discussion, only adding the item to the agenda hours before the meeting

Instead of making $475 per hour as he had for the past few years, Inzelbuch will be paid $350 per hour, which was the highest bid submitted among candidates in a recent open search but did not ask for a monthly retainer. APP reports. The contract was not yet signed and no details given at the meeting. 

Adirei haTorah fundraiser event took place last night in the Catskills with the participation of the Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva

New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials have shut down a secret exit off the Connie Chung rest stop near Exit 151 which gave southbound motorists a no-toll way to exit into Bloomfield. A Turnpike spokesman said   that too many people were using the secret exit, which was creating safety issues for people on Broad Street in Bloomfield.(WOBM)

- Jack Ciattarelli: Homeowners in Neptune Township, Monmouth County, will be paying $1,500 a year more in property taxes because they’re getting (shortchanged) on state aid to their schools. They’re not alone. This is happening all across the state because of an unfair school funding formula. Even Neptune’s  Democratic Mayor, Robert Lane, condemned the formula, saying, “…we are now witnessing a crisis driven not by local mismanagement, but by state-level decisions that have decimated school funding.” We need a new formula. We’ll get one when I’m Governor. IT’S TIME.

New COVID Variant With This Distinctive Symptom Driving Up Cases In NJ

The new variant XFG, or “Stratus,” has become the third-most dominant strain of COVID-19 this summer and is driving up case estimates in New Jersey. Stratus is similar in symptoms and seriousness to other Omicron variants, but it may present a never-before-seen symptom: hoarseness.

- India halts plans to buy arms from the U.S.

- Trump: It is my Great Honor to announce that I have chosen Dr. Stephen Miran, current Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, to serve in the just vacated seat on the Federal Reserve Board until January 31, 2026. In the meantime, we will continue to search for a permanent replacement. Stephen has a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, and served with distinction in my First Administration. He has been with me from the beginning of my Second Term, and his expertise in the World of Economics is unparalleled — He will do an outstanding job. Congratulations Stephen!

-U.S. Congress urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to investigate Ireland’s proposed boycott of Israel: "The United States must send a clear signal that efforts to economically isolate Israel will carry consequences."

Front pages if the papers decrying the arrests of yeshiva bichurim due to Gezeiras Giyus