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- Several local school Bus companies are now offering tracking service for the parents on the morning routes. They are charging for it though with a monthly fee.
- Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates not just from covid "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?" Florida requires current vaccinations for students going to public school. The state is not banning vaccinations.
- Chanukas Habayis and Siyum event today at Cong Zichron Binyamin Rabbi Yosef Bitton shul 701 Princeton Ave at 6:45 pm
- About 2.4 million Americans will lose SNAP benefits because new rules require more groups including parents of teens and adults up to age 64 to work, volunteer, or train at least 80 hours a month, or risk losing aid.
-Photos circulating on social media of a heimishe girls school, claiming that kids were not allowed in to the building if tuition balance was not paid up, reports on social media indicate the schools take is if parents can go on exotic vacations lease luxury cars they can prioritize tution payments.
-Lakewood township committee vacates road to allow bigger office building faanews reports
Lakewood residents already struggle daily with bumper-to-bumper traffic, overdevelopment, and a planning process that often feels more like backroom dealing than public service. Yet somehow, in the middle of all that, Township officials found it fitting to gift away a piece of a public road - not for safety, not for infrastructure, but simply to help a private developer make an already oversized office building even bigger. The Township Committee has just voted to introduce an Ordinance vacating 12.5 feet from the width of Franklin Boulevard to make way for a wider office building more
- First day of school for girls elementary orientation at high schools and playgroups busses may show up a bit late
LSTA back to school reminder as 60,000 students will be transported on buses to school it may take some time for drivers to get comfortable with their routes please be patient.
- Earlier bus routes won't wait around if no one is at the stop as they have a few more routes to scheduled
- Lakewood Elks #1432 at 711 W. Kennedy blvd will be closing it's doors and holding its last event this weekend as the property was sold to a daycare center
-The ATM at the bank of America branch at 4th a d Madison in Lakewood is temporarily closed for construction and will reopen September 27. The other location is on rt 70.
New sefarim published
-Sefer מתנת חיים from the mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Solomon has been released as a 2 volume set for Elul Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur based and vaad in that were said.
-Sefer ידידות מנוחתך on Inyaneu Shabbos from the mashgiach Rav Moshe Wolfson ZTL has been published ahead of the 1st yartzeit.
- Powerball lottery Jackpot now $1.3 Billion with drawing tonight.
- A judge sets trial date for the "yeshiva chemdas hatorah"'s application to add 500 cars to lakewood's james & cross intersection more
- Trump posts: Tell Hamas to IMMEDIATELY give back all 20 Hostages (Not 2 or 5 or 7!), and things will change rapidly. IT WILL END!
- The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is battling a wildfire in West Milford . The Buckabear Wildfire broke out near the Clinton Reservoir in Passaic County yesterday. As of last night 10pm the fire is 70 acres in size and 0% contained.
- NJ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill launched her first TV ad today and will remain on the air through Election Day.
-Faanews: The Lakewood Township Zoning Board of Adjustment is set this coming Monday night, September 8, 2025 to again consider an application for development on Prospect Street.
at the 6.38 acres site at 1501 Prospect Street, the existing Cambridge Pavers site.
The developer is now returning under ZB 4367 for a mixed-use development of up to 34 duplex units, up to 14 single family homes, a recreational area, a Shul and retail space more
- China held the largest military parade in its history to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II. The parade took place in Tiananmen Square in the presence of many heads of state who were already in China for the summit in Shanghai. Among the prominent dignitaries are Russian President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The parade showcased nuclear missiles, laser interception systems, ballistic missiles, fighter jets, and tanks.
- Longtime journalist Mark Knoller, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 73, will be buried this afternoon at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, New Jersey at 12:30.(One Jersey)
- Trump reiterates that Epstein is "a Democrat hoax that never ends... we should talk about the greatness of our country and the success that we're having."
- Giyus; Over 280 Charedim have enlisted to the IDF in the current recruitment stage joining several brigades geard for charedim such as Chashmonaim, Netzach Yehuda and others according to a report by the Lechatchila news.
- With the final numbers now in, a record $145 million has been spent by all candidates for governor of New Jersey, as well as independent groups, during the 2025 primary season.
The candidates have spent a combined $62.3 million while independent committees spent $82.8million. The previous record was the 2005 gubernatorial general election showdown between two self-financed candidates which cost almost $60 million, or $98 million adjusted for inflation.(Shlomoschorr)
if someone chalila joins the IDF they are no longer automatically chareidi and likely a candidate for the OTD status, you cannot give a hechsher to a chazer and the IDF is the avi avos hatuma of the Zionists, remember we survived 1939-1945, Stalin we will survive Netanyahu.
ReplyDeleteYou are sick to compare joining the IDF which protects yidden (like it or not) to Hitler and Stalin. Signed a Charedi who wants Bnei Torah to learn.
DeleteCharedim didn't survive 39-45, Stalin any more than chilonim.
Delete(Not that the current concept of charedim existed then, compared to now. In fact, plenty of charedim were drafted into resistance, the machteret, and even Tzahal.
Stalin-idf is the perfect example of both are there to shams ty for the mashal
DeleteNow, 75+ years later, which secter is growing steadily ברוך ה?
DeleteWhat was the trajectory like in 1938 and the 20+ years preceding it?
In reality, Torah Judaism has come out stronger. Unfortunately, it seems to really irk certain people
The concept existed, even if as a frei pejorative. There were others terms as well eg adukim
DeleteDrafted? The machteret was [supposedly] volunteer
Rav Gustman said that a IDF soldier who falls in battle is on a higher lever in shamayim than his own son killed in his arms by the Nazis.
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Deleteהרוצה לשקר, ירחיק עדותו.
Without proof, the claim is false.
Rav Gustman told it the noble prize winner Robert Aumann when he was being menachem avel him for his son who killed fighting in the Israeli army. Being that Prof Aumann is still alive and a person who occasionally comments publicly on frum issues (he was a major fighter against NYSED regulations on Yeshivas) and this story is frequently in print (not in the kanoi publications of course) but he never denied it is safe to assume it is true
DeleteYes, I read that as well. Rav Gustman said it to professor Aumann who was sitting shivah for his son, Shlomo Aumann hy"d, who fell in the 1982 campaign in Lebanon. Speaking of his son hy"d, Rav Gustman said, "My Meir is a kadosh; he and all the 6 million who perished are holy." He added: "I will tell you tell you what is happening now in Gan Eden. My Meir is welcoming your son Shlomo into the minyan and saying to him, 'I died because I am a Jew -- but I wasn't able to save anyone else. But you, Shlomo, you dies defending the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.' My Meir is a kadosh, he is holy, but your Shlomo is a sheliach tzibbur!" Professer Aumann replied, "I thought I could never be comforted, but Rebbi, you have comforted me." That's the perspective a Gadol B'Yisrael.
DeleteThe statement is 100% true.
DeleteA bit of context.He made belittled alot of modern zionism idioms & modern hebrew
DeleteWhat exactly does that give any "context" to, if it's even true?
DeleteThe whole Rav Gustman thing is irrelevant. There are many geonim and tzadikim who we respect greatly but we don't go with their hashkafos b'inyanei hashaa
DeleteRav Chaim Shmulevitz compared fallen soldiers to Harugei Lud.
DeleteAnd who told you that we don't follow their hashkofa?
“We don’t go with their hashkafos” ahhh nice to just pick and choose
DeleteThe whole Rav Gustman thing is irrelevant. There are many geonim and tzadikim who we respect greatly but we don't go with their hashkafos b'inyanei hashaa That is the way I feel about a lot of what hear these days. I'm staying with the haskafa of people like Rav Chaim Shmulevitz and Rav Gustman etc. instead of changing and adopting the haskafa of some of the people I'm told are Daas Torah today, who don't come anyone near them in gadlus in Torah.
DeleteCorrect. Anyone today who, in the name of Daas Torah, would dismiss what Rav Gustman said , is not only not as big as him. They are not in the same league!
DeleteRov minyan ubinyan of the Chareidishe velt today follow the hashkafos of the Chazon Ish and Brisker Rav as given over to us by Rav Shach and the Steipler.
DeleteThe gedolim of the moetzes from R Ahron, R' Moshe, R' Yaakov till today.
None of them would have made such a comment as Rav Gustman did.
That doesn't take away from his gadlus, but trying to make as if he was a kovea in the hashkafa of today's Chareidi Yeshiva crowd is laughable
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Deleteiirc How many of their descendants served in the army If any?
Rav Moshe and Rav Yaakov never spoke out against the medinah or the army, and for good reason. When it's a matter of life and death, and the army is protecting the Jewish people, and young kedoshim are dying, it's not a time to denigrate them (if ever). Until the 'neturei karta' and their ilk are ready to fight and lay down their lives to save other Jews, I don't want to hear from them or their Lakewood spokesmen.
DeleteNone of them would have made such a comment as Rav Gustman did You don't know if that is true. Did any of them know personally someone whose son was killed in the IDF and went to be menachem avel? Had that not been the case with Rav Gustman you would think he wouldn't have said such a thing either. Rav Chaim Shmulevitz referred to fallen IDF soldiers as Harugei Lud and publicly spoke against those who had no hakaras tov. They also all certainly never publicly used the vitriol used by some who we are told are Daas Torah today. And were very opposed to those who did.
DeleteArmy officer came to see Rav Shach many times and he always thanked them for protecting us. It has nothing to do with Zionism. Its basic kakoras hatov, basic decency.
Deleteiirc How many of their descendants served in the army If anyMore than you are told and would think reading the kanoi publications. Rav Moshe had a grandson in the IDF, There is even a teshuva in Igros Moshe written to him about carrying seforim with you if are on guard duty on Shabbos where Rav Moshe writes very positively about the mitzvah of protecting other Yidden. We'll stop there.
DeleteRav Shach thanking army officer is different than saying that soldiers killed in battle are greater than the Holocaust kedoshim
DeleteEvery Jew killed by the Nazis becomes a kadosh, even those who were assimilated. He didn't say the fallen soldier was higher than Rav Menachem Zemba. He was saying that his baby son became a kadosh for being murdered for being a Jew. So did the fallen soldier for the same reason. On top of that, the soldier CHOSE to put his life on the line to defend Klall Yisroeol.
DeleteBut the reason I brought up Rav Gustman was not to show who is on a higher level in shamayim, but simply to show that this Gadol among Gadolim expressed hakoras hatov for the soldiers who (with Hashem's help) protect us. As I showed, Rav Shach did the same. This is something that your Chareidi world and its present day leaders will not do. That is something new and not something you should be proud of.
He didn't say he was bigger than Rav Menachem Zemba. All Holocaust survivors , even assimilated ones automatically have the status of Kedoshim.
DeleteAll Rav Gustman said was that the automatic status given to his baby son, is even greater for a soldier killed in action because not only did he die because he was a Jew but CHOSE to put his life on the line to defend Klall Yisroel.
But I didn't quote
About time pictures of schools with security guards are circulating with girl sitting outside the school and security guards aren’t letting them in for balance in tuitions
ReplyDeleteSchool isn't a free for all. It's a service that you have to pay for. If you didn't have your tuition paid up by the start of the new year, you can't continue receiving the service for free. I feel terrible for those who can't afford today's high tuitions. My own children are having trouble making ends meet and paying tuition. But it's the reality. You can't keep taking a service for free. As important as that service may be.
DeleteReally? Then your parents would have been frei today! Except that the community bore the obligation!
DeleteThey’re private institutions….. these aren’t Torah u mesorah community schools. Kills me to hear the news like this but it’s essentially a business like any other.
DeleteBut they still umbrella with TU. They still take the benefits ,& use communal organizations as if they were TU
DeleteThey keep blaming everything on the state while ignoring us. Nothing will change until we get rid of the people in power and bring in real neighborhood representation with term limits.
ReplyDeleteThe so-called “Ask the Mayor” email just proves the point — easy questions get answered for show, but anything real is ignored.
The corruption in Lakewood, fueled by Unzereh, is a dark stain on the reputation of the ihr HaTorah. They have caused immense pain and financial strain for local residents through their shady dealings.
DeleteThe politicians, too, are complicitcatering to the powerful askanim, securing grants for their projects, while ignoring the genuine needs of the community. But the most insulting part comes during election season, when they pressure and manipulate voters with false promises, claiming they're helping the community, when in reality, they are only using your vote to serve their own interests.
It’s disgusting, despicable, and shameful that this continues to happen.
& THEREFORE
DeleteI don't know what you're talking about.
DeleteWe've had tuition credits for several years now that our Demoncractic Party politicians have promised and arranged it.
No problem.
205 -- everyone has the right to buy a nursing home or two
DeleteLake is not corrupt
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DeleteIs that a decent field just because grubbe make heaps there?
RA Feldman stated in 2020 everybody in nursing homes should get out
Same for the Daycare and Security grant scams. They make it look as if they’re trying to help us out, but meanwhile, these are just money grabs for a few individuals. Daycare system should be shut down and the scam security grants should never happen. Invest the money in improving the lives of the community.
ReplyDeleteWhere where did you see pictures of girls schools with security guards not letting girls in???
ReplyDeleteUnfortunatly the corruption is from the top . The entire chamberbridge development (ave of americas) was taken from taxpayer land given to the 'powers that be' and buildings were built that are practically tax free. How does any of this benefit any of us taxpayers?? Vote all incumbents out! Are there anyone running for the BOE this year??
ReplyDeleteVoting hasn't helped! We need something more aggressive
DeleteMaybe we need to think for ourselves and not unnamed campaign claiming listening to them = you’re fulfilling a mitzvas aseh
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Deletelike burn, baby, burn
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