Thursday, December 18, 2025

Thursday December 18 News Updates Lakewood

4th day Chanuka חנוכה תשפ"ו

Weather: 52° Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds.
Tonight: Cloudy with occasional rain late. winds increasing to 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.

Tomorrow erev Shabbos Chanukah 58° Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a half an inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Downed trees, branches and power outages could result from the storm

- Chanukah gelt Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.5 billion drawing Motzei shabbos 

-There will be early school dismissal today in advance of Shabbos Chanukah vacation, as many families will be heading out or traveling away for Shabbos.

- Clashes erupted Thursday afternoon near Bar Ilan Street in Yerushalayim as hundreds of local residents confronted police, following rumors of attempted arrests of yeshiva students for draft dodging. The riot reportedly broke out after municipal inspectors issued parking tickets to several yeshiva students, and quickly realized that they were draft dodgers. When police tried to hand over the students to the Military Police, they were met with resistance from bystanders, which mushroomed into a protest. Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd; about 10 officers were lightly injured. The protest spread from Rechov Chana to the Yirmiyahu–Eli HaKohen intersection. A spokesman for United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf declines to comment when asked about this afternoon’s riot in Jerusalem in which ultra-Orthodox demonstrators injured 10 police officers, threw stones and overturned a police vehicle.When asked for a comment, the spokesman says, “We saw this” and shares a clip of an armored officer hitting young Charedi men with a baton.

- Sesame chanuka pop up now open in Long Branch at Salt market through Monday

- New  Gourmet Glatt location in Jackson copmpleting construction expected to open within a few weeks

- A New Jersey review found that 16 school bus companies across eight counties, including two in Lakewood, repeatedly failed to submit required safety documentation before the school year began. While this does not necessarily mean drivers were unqualified, the state lacked proof of their training and credentials at the time.

- ICE agents in Lakewood today detaining individuals 

- 8 schools in Paterson and Passaic lose $7.9M in federal grants

- Boris Tetleroyd, H’YD, was identified on Thursday as a victim of the massacre at Bondi Beach.

- Giyus: Shas party knesset members paid a  visit to yeshiva students held in military prison for draft dodging.

- Giyus: Rav Dov Landau, delivered a strong address of chizuk at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Ozer after a talmid was arrested by the Israeli Military Police. Condemning the arrest as a “horrific crime,” saying the bochuhr was jailed solely for learning in yeshiva and not enlisting, calling the act deeply shocking and terrifying.

- Israeli aviation authorities announced stricter passenger screening at Ben Gurion Airport after recent security breaches, including tighter boarding-pass checks at additional checkpoints. The changes will be rolled out gradually, and officials warned of possible longer waits and congestion during the initial phase.

- Five Islamic men suspected of carrying weapons were arrested by Australian police near Bondi Beach in the city, where the deadly attack took place on Sunday. According to a report  a suspicious vehicle with five men inside collided with a police car, and then they were arrested

- Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz is expected to retire in the near future following the Township Council’s approval of a settlement related to a lawsuit he filed against the township.

- APP: The Jackson Board of Education has accepted a $40 million bid from Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG) to purchase the Christa McAuliffe Middle School, Lakewood Alerts reported Wednesday.The Lakewood-based BMG is the second-largest yeshiva in the world. It has about 9,000 students on its four Lakewood campuses.
McAuliffe School, located at 34 South Hope Chapel Road, has a 37.5-acre campus.
BMG has not publicly stated what it plans to do with the campus, and no formal proposal regarding future use of the property has been announced

- A new federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Lakewood Township and several Lakewood police officers in U.S. District Court. The case names the township, the police department, and individual officers as defendants.

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