Tuesday December 9 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 36° Sunshine and clouds mixed. 

 storm system will bring rain to most of the New Jersey on Wednesday, with a brief period of snow or a wintry mix possible in northwestern counties.

-Nightly  road closures art 9 and James Street  due to construction.

-Updated:All clear has been given no credible threat

Bomb Threats at Lakewood and Toms River hospitals tonight

Authorities are responding to simultaneous bomb threats at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Kimball in Lakewood and Community Medical Center in Toms River. Both hospitals received threatening messages Law enforcement is securing the facilities and assessing the credibility of the threats, while additional emergency units are on the way and precautionary protocols have been activated at both campuses.

- Giyus Updates:

 The Moetzes of Chasidic leaders of the  Agudas Yisrael  faction in EY  is expected to convene and issue a decision opposing the conscription law.

-Israeli media reported  that  In recent days, Rav Eliya Ber Wachtfogel  Rosh Yeshiva of Zichron Moshe in South Fallsburg has been working to convene leading Talmidei chachomim and roshei yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael to voice their position on the emerging conscription law. he reportedly held phone conversations with  Rav Aviezer Piltz of the Tifrach Yeshiva, Rabbi Dovid Cohen of the Chevron Yeshiva, and Rav Chaim Feinstein of the Ateres Shlomo Yeshiva.

- Yuli Edelstein said he does not believe the Conscription Law will pass, adding that Netanyahu will not “commit political suicide” over it.

- Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot said he would not support what he called a “draft-evasion law,” warning that the proposed Charedi conscription bill is a historic mistake that endangers Israel’s security. He delivered his remarks during meetings of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

- Dayan Rav Ahron Dovid Dunner shlita of London, who is in Lakewood for a grandchild’s wedding, will be speaking tomorrow evening as part of the “Hashkafa in the Workplace” series. The event will include a Q&A and will take place at the Torah Links Learning Center, 1301 Central Avenue, Lakewood, at 8:15 p.m.

- Pescada, the well-known Brooklyn restaurant, is expanding to Jackson, New Jersey, with a new location set to open next month. The restaurant will be located at 109 North County Line Road. Further updates, including the menu and additional details, are expected soon.

- Mikie Sherrill performed best in East Orange City, Essex County, winning by a margin of +91.2 points. Jack Ciattarelli’s strongest showing was in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, where he led by +80.7 points.

- A recent pashkevil criticized what it described as a double standard in the public’s reaction to military-related arrests: while a large protest was organized when a bochur from an Ashkenazi yeshiva was jailed, there has been little public response to the current arrest of a Sephardi yeshiva student. The notice argues that this disparity reinforces concerns that Sephardi bochurim may unfairly bear the burden of meeting quotas under the proposed IDF draft bill.

- Police departments across New Jersey have launched their annual holiday-season crackdown on drunk driving, supported by state grants. Lakewood received $10,500, and Howell received $7,000 to fund their enforcement efforts.

- Giyus: Top Knesset lawyer: draft bill falls short, won’t meet army demands

A draft proposal would allow up to 10% of annual conscripts to serve in agencies such as the Prison Service, Shin Bet, Mossad, and the police. Miri Frenkel-Shor, the legal adviser to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told members Monday that counting national civil‑security service toward draft quotas, as currently proposed, does not meet security requirements and cannot easily be included in the targets.

- Giyus: Likud MK Ariel Kalner stated, “I am not unequivocally declaring that I will vote for the Bismuth enlistment law. The law does not fully reflect the aspirations of myself and many of my colleagues, and there are corrections that need to be made.”

- The scheduled Lakewood  Planning Board meeting for today  has been canceled.

- ICE agents have been active in Lakewood this week, making arrests and detaining undocumented individuals. 

- Zohran Mamdani’s transition team has faced backlash after the mayor‑elect appointed Bronx activist Mysonne Linen to a key advisory role. Linen, a former rapper whose career was interrupted by an armed‑robbery conviction over 20 years ago, was chosen to help shape criminal justice policy despite a history that includes two violent felonies.

- FDA recalls blood pressure medication over cholesterol drug contamination

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' tablets contained trace amounts of cholesterol drug ezetimibe