Wednesday Rosh Chodesh Oct 22 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 64°Sun and clouds mixed. 

- Final day of  Sukkos bein Hazmanim today as the long winter zman begins tomorrow 

- Another night of arrests as IDF military police arrest 3 more yeshiva bochurim in their home.

- Trump: Ask former President Barack Hussein Obama whether or not he really believes that in 2020 Joe Biden got 15 Million more Votes than he did in 2012 (65.9 vs. 81 Million). Additionally, ask him why it is that Joe Biden “beat” Obama in every single Swing State with the Black Vote in 2020, even though Black Voters hate him, but in no other State? THE 2020 ELECTION WAS AN ILLEGAL SCAM/HOAX THAT THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY WILL NEVER FORGET!

President Trump says the U.S. has not approved Ukraine to use long-range missiles deep inside Russia. As was reported by the WSJ.

- A fundraiser for Dem candidate for governor Mikie Sherill took place today in Lakewood at Tomhawk steakhouse. She was accompanied by Democrat assemblyman Avi Schnall.

Several  balei batim in the nursing home healthcare industry were in attendance as were representatives from BMG the LSTA and others. She made stops in Chai Lifeline and visited a local day care center. A reporter asked her what's her pitch to voters in the Trumpiest town in New Jersey she said she's just working hard to drive peoples costs down and making sure we are protectibg and fighting for our kids and accountability for government.

- Jack Ciattarelli lawn signs pop up and dot Lakewood intersections  calling on the community to vote for Jack as " a vote for Jack is a vote for tuition  relief " and  "ג'ק טוב ליהודים" 

- Rav Moshe HIllel Hirsch shlita acknowledges the Bneio Torah Peleg Yerushalmi faction and said after delivering a shiur in Prison 10 that he encountered a peleg protests on his way to Beit Lid, "If there is no choice, the entire public will join in theses demonstrations . They need to understand that it is impossible for them to arrest young men who are studying Torah."

- Mamdanni campaign puts out campaign flyers in Yiddish targeting the chassidishe communities promising to tackle anti semitism to provide security housing affordability and child care 

- Mikie Sherril is in Lakewood today for a fundraiser at a local restaurant 

- Curtis Sliwa quit his 77 WABC radio show after a heated on-air clash with the station’s owner, who told him to drop his NYC mayoral bid. 

Sliwa walked off live, making it clear he’s putting his run for New York City Mayor ahead of everything.

- Congressman Byron Donalds "OBAMA is coming out for Mikie Sherill in the final weekend of the campaign, bringing out the big guns. "She's gotta bring in the former president? That means SHE'S IN TROUBLE! But she's gonna find out, just like Kamala Harris found out - that if you bring him in, it doesn't matter. You're still gonna LOSE." "It tells me they're struggling here in New Jersey...the energy is off the charts EVERYWHERE that we've been!" for Ciattarelli 

- Driver charged in car crash od the 4 bochurim: Christopher Neff, a 41-year-old man from Colorado, has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly driving the wrong way on the New Jersey Turnpike and causing a head-on crash that killed four yeshiva bochurim early Sunday. Neff's pickup truck collided with a Mazda CX-5 carrying the teens, which was then struck by a tractor-trailer. All four victims—Yaakov Kilberg (19), Aharon Nosson Lebovits (18), Shlomo Abba Cohen (18), and Chaim Simcha Grossman (18)—were killed. Neff sustained serious injuries.

Investigators have not disclosed whether drugs, alcohol, or excessive speed played a role in the crash. State Police and the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office are continuing to probe the circumstances surrounding the wrong-way driving.

- Giyus  Rav Moshe Hillel HIrsch shlita  will be going down to prison 10 to deliver a shiur opening the winter zman to bochurim from yeshiva Aters shlomo after a the IDF arrested a yeshiva bochur with a 20 day sentence  for draft dodging 

 

-Giyus: IDF ramps up the arrests of yeshiva bochurim this time  a bochur from Ateres shlomo was arrested for 20 days last night military  police went to a house of a bochur who was in the middle of shiva for his father and arrested him. after a public backlash he was freed. Due to the arrest Against, a student of the 'Ateres Shlomo' (Sorotzkin) Yeshiva, by the military police at his home in Ramat Gan, was sentenced to 20 days in the military prison.Rabbi Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, ordered the yeshiva students to go out and protest in front of Prison 10. Shuttles left at 3:00 PM from all over the country. Tav Shalom Ber arrived in the US for a wedding and flew right back after the arrest of a bochur in his yeshiva.

- With just 13 days until the 2025 general election in New Jersey, a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll of the race for governor shows Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill leading Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli by a 5-point margin, 50% to 45%.Their last poll in August showed Sherrill with a 9-point lead.The poll of 795 likely voters has a margin of error of 4.7%.

- BDE: Petira of Leah Gitty Ruvel A'H, daughter of R' Moshe Yosef and Brynie Ruvel. Levaya 3:15 p.m in the 7th st. Chapel. Kevura in the 7th st Beis Oilam.

-Lakewood township has been awarded a legislative grant from the State of New Jersey in the amount of $8 million.to support public health and safety. This funding did not bring down the newly imposed property tax and the township gave out a similar amount in tax abatements 

- A flashing light beacon will be installed at the intersection of Route 9 and Ford Avenue/Finchley Boulevard in front of presidential estates

- The LIC Lakewood industrial commission will hold a meeting today and vote on a resolution to keep the meetings virtual thorough next year as has been done since Covid. 

- The New Jersey Vote By Mail file is in for 10/22.

Democrats pick up just over 7,000 raw votes to increase their turnout lead and cut the Republicans' return rate edge by 10 basis points.

- Trump a factor in the NJ governor's race as more than half of the state’s likely voters say President Donald Trump is a major factor in where they land.

- Turns out this was a hoax  Authorities in Monsey are investigating after a newborn baby, identified as Malky, was found abandoned along with a handwritten note indicating that her parents are unable to care for her. The note reportedly reads, “This child's name is Malky. She is a Yid! Please take care of her. The parents do not have the ability to care for her. Thank you.”

- A federal judge has ordered Toms River to pay nearly $30,000 in attorneys’ fees amid two ongoing lawsuits involving the township’s zoning board and shuls whose applications were denied nearly a decade ago. The legal battle stems from the township’s rejection of zoning applications submitted by Bais Brucha and Khal Anshei Tallymawr, who sought permission to establish shuls in residential areas. 

- Today, dramatic testimony emerged in the trial of Prime Minister Netanyahu. One of the police investigators revealed that many steps taken during the investigation were inappropriate and potentially illegal, all aimed at building a case against the Prime Minister.

-In the wake of the devastating car crash that claimed the lives of four yeshiva bochurim on Sunday, Rav Yaakov Bender, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, sent a heartfelt and urgent message to parents and staff, pleading with the community to drive with greater care and vigilance.(Matzav)

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch speaking at Prison 10 delivering a psicha shiur while a bochur is in jail for Draft dodging the IDF.