Sunday November 16 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 59° A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds.. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

- Trump is pushing a plan to redirect Obamacare (ACA) subsidy money away from insurance companies and send it directly to individuals instead. He says he’s had talks with some Democrats, though it’s unclear who or how serious those discussions are.

- Trump says "release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."

-  BDE: Petirah of Rav Eliyohu Cheshin Z"L of Yerushalayim a  longtime melamed who devoted his life to Torah chinuch and acts of chesed. He was 60 years old. Rav Eliyahu was well known and beloved in the Lakewood whe. He would visit annually and was welcomed with a kabolas panim by the youngeleit.

- Smash House burger will be opening a location in Toms River at the shopping center next to seasons kosher express a d Twillory.(feder status)

- A visit at the home of the Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva: The leading candidate for the  Chief Rabbinate of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Yitzchok Neriah, arrived with a delegation of rabbonim from the Religious Zionist movement, headed by Rabbi Y. Shapira, Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, for a meeting with the Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood, Rabbi Malkiel Kotler shlita to discuss current issues concerning the sensitive relations between Israel and America, as well as matters of religion and state.”

- BDE:  Petirah of Haavreich Rav Yisroel Meir Freeman Z"L  ben yblc Rav Yaakov Freeman of lower east side

The youngerman,29, was nifter from the injuries when a tree fell on his car on the way to kollel this morning 

Monsey: A tree fell on a yungerman’s car while he was driving in Chestnut Ridge Leaving him Critically Injured. Name is Yisroel Meir ben Raizel.

- The Lakewood Daf Yomi cbsbura will be hosting a Yarchei kallah in E"Y this week with a grand Siyum Wednesday night in Yerushalayim with shabbos up north in the Meron/Tzfas area. The event is for both men and women.

- Parnassah expo men's networking event ages 25-35 tonight at the Westwood business center  1001 Rt 70 Lakewood/Toms River 8:00pm- 10pm

- SNAP receipients The Trump administration mandated all 42 million recipients reapply immediately after the government reopening to purge fraud, deceased claimants, and ineligible individuals.  No specific timeline for the full SNAP reapplication mandate has been announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins or USDA as of November 15, 2025. Existing rules already require beneficiaries to recertify eligibility every 6-12 months, verifying income, work status, and need. This policy builds on that framework to combat fraud, but implementation details remain pending federal guidance to states.

- A Hachnosas Sefer Torah will take place today at the Rachmastrivka beis midrash in the Oak ‘n Vine area of Lakewood, procession leaving 5:30pm from 16 Turin ave, with the seuda following at the River Terrace Hall.

- A Hachnosas Sefer Torah will take place today at the Forest Park Shul. The procession will leave from Newberry Ct. and Pine St. at 2:30 p.m.

- Hachnosas sefer Torah at Khal Yaakov Akiva Raintree, neighborhood procession leaving 2:45pm from 6 Emerald CT to the shul.

- This Tuesday will mark the shloshim for the four bochurim, z”l, who were tragically killed in a car accident. The families will host events to commemorate the shloshim. Tonight a gathering will take place for habachur shloimy  Cohen Z"L at Pine River shul with divrei hesped by Rav Avrohom Schorr and Rav Abba Brudny Rav Dovid Cohen and rebbeim.

- Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron has arrived in Athens on his way to Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe will remain there overnight, and tomorrow afternoon he will continue by private jet to begin his visit in Eretz Yisroel, where he will spend Shabbos in Meron with his chasidim.

-  The Chabad Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet

Will twkebplace today  main program 2:00 PM at the New Jersey Conference and Expo Center 97 Sunfield Avenue, Edison, New Jersey

- The mashpiah Rav Tzvi Meir Zilberberg shlita arrived in the US today to attend a fundraiser dinner for his mosad Nachlas Yaakov taking place at the Wetshester County center.

- Jackson: Following complaints from residents that leaves are still on the trees even though their leaf-pickup schedule has already passed, Jackson officials say crews will come around again to make another sweep of those zones. Additionally, next year the city will rotate the zone schedules so some areas will have a later pickup

- New Jersey Bill Looks to Push DEI Mandate on parents that are  Homeschoolers “This would force parents to teach a curriculum that highlights and promotes diversity  including economic diversity  equity, inclusion, tolerance, and belonging in connection with gender.. orientation, race and ethnicity, disabilities, and religious tolerance.”(Fox News) 

Parents insist they will ignore the law even if it passes.

- Garden State Distillery will close its Toms River facility next month in a move to a new, larger location in Brick Township. The current Toms River location will close at the end of December.

- Construction is moving along at the new Gourmet Glatt location on West County Line Road in Jackson, at the site of the former Stop & Shop.

The former supermarket space is being divided to accommodate multiple retail stores in addition to Gourmet Glatt. No opening date has been announced yet.

As for Moisha’s upcoming location in Howell, there is likewise no confirmed opening date at this time there were some rumors of another supermarket taking it over.

Additionally Ouri's Market is reported to open a location in Howell at the former Lidl on Rt 9.