Thursday January' 15 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 39° Plentiful sunshine. Tonight low 21

New Jersey could see snow this weekend, beginning with a light dusting shabbos morning in northern areas, with a potentially stronger storm Sunday still uncertain.Probabilities have increased to around 35 to 45% along the Jersey Shore 

- Tonight Shloshim end hespedim for Rav Yitzchak Abadi ZTL An evening of remembrance featuring Divrei Hespeid by Rabbonim and Talmidim at YTT 873 Vine Ave Lakewood 7:00pm livestream here

- Tonight Yartzeit seuda for Rav Shamshon Refoel Hirsch zatzal of Frankfurt  at Satmar B"M 405 Forest Ave Lakewood 8:45pm.

- Fox News: military assets are moving toward the Middle East after a recent withdrawal of Navy firepower in the region.”

-Trump:  It was my Great Honor to meet María Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today. She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!

- Trump is sending a clear message to Hamas: …”Demilitarization Agreement with Hamas, including the surrender of ALL weapons, and the dismantling of every tunnel. 

- Moetzes of Agudas Yisroel admorim in Eretz Yisroel publicize their decision against the Giyus draft law in a front page of Hamodia newspaper.

The moetzes reiterated their prior decision from 2019 against any law that has sanctions and quotas for Bnei Hayeshiva.

-Trump: “It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed. The Members of the Board will be announced shortly, but I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

- Trump to Netanyahu: "Be prepared to pay very high prices if Iran attacks."

- Lindsey Graham I am traveling to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team at this crucial time in the history of the Middle East. The goal is to build on the historic opportunities created by President Trump’s unprecedented leadership, to stand up to evil, and to support the people who are sacrificing for freedom.

- Hundreds of Boyan chasidim joined the search today for habachur Moishe Ludmir who went missing near a stream in Modiin as authorities fear he may have been swept in by the currents name is Moshe ben Raizel Vered 

- New York Times and NBC Network: Prime Minister Netanyahu also asked President Trump to postpone an attack on Iran

- A Saudi official told AFP that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman persuaded President Trump to give Iran “another chance,” urging more time for diplomacy.

- Karoline Leavitt: “The president and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences.”

“And the president understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted.”

“And so the president and his team are closely monitoring this situation, and all options remain on the table for the president.”

- Mesivta farher process begins as parents can call yeshivos for applications today.ordinances. some yeshivos did not sign the takings that were implemented.

- R' Aaron Lang who sued the state on behalf of lakewood children, comments on the state takeover of the Lakewood school district: "We are just weeks before the NJ Supreme Court looks at the matter. We are at the end of the road. Dahmer pulled a fast one. The state is going to say they are trying something new so that the Supreme Court should not interfere. The monitor argument was a loser. B"H they already filed their response to our petition to the SC but if they take the case, I'm sure they will plead that the state takeover will fix the problem." A Lang

- Lakewood township committee meeting tonight 5:30 pm watch livestream Here see Agenda Here 

On the agenda: A new position created for the Lakewood shuttle at the cost of $25,000 for a 

"Neighborhood Navigator"is acting as the Shuttle Busing Liaison, responsible for coordinating shuttle operations and communicating service updates, closures, and emergency information to the public to support traffic flow and public safety. 

-Watershed Inventory Report Phase 1 Public Hearing

-Rejecting a bid for the property located in the vicinity of Old Brook Road and Kennedy Boulevard East as insufficient for the asking price of 500k. No new ordnances.

Comments may also be emailed during the meeting to comments@lakewoodnj.gov

- Giyus: Degel HaTorah party now ads another vote in favor of the draft law after Yitzchok Pindrus returns to the knesset in a rotation agreement with Belz as MK Eichler has stepped down. Netanyahu sweetened the deal for Eichler to leave by appointing him Deputy communications minister. This turned a potential no vote by Eichler to a yes vote by Degel which gives it a majority.

- Trump unveils “Great Health Care Plan” to lower drug prices, boost price transparency, and send ACA subsidies to Health Savings Accounts. Insurers, hospitals, and doctors would disclose costs clearly, while Congress would fund ACA cost-sharing reductions to reduce premiums.

- The Toms River Jewish community Cemetery, also known as B'nai Israel Memorial Park at 1224 W Whitty Rd is now under frum ownership

- There has been minimal coverage this week in the frum U.S. media of the atzeres in Yerushalayim last week and the yeshiva bochur who was tragically killed by an Arab bus driver.

- Gov. Phil Murphy is leaving office with a C-grade rating from New Jersey residents, according to a Rutgers–Eagleton poll, earning a 2.09 GPA, with his weakest marks on affordability and taxes and strongest on education.

-Frogs Here frogs there... its Frog week at Gelbsteins bakery in Lakewood New this year the Famous Frog Cupcakes-12 per 9x13 for $68.00 that's over $5.50 per cupcake 

- LSTA Audit of the Lakewood school district reported in the state takeover filing shows The Lakewood Student Transportation Authority (LSTA) is funded by the Lakewood Public Schools to transport approximately 25,000 nonpublic school students at the maximum aid-in-lieu rate $24.7 million, from courtesy bus family fees $260 per student $2.5 million, and township contributions $1.2 million for public school courtesy students. In FY 2022, revenues of $27.3M fell short of $30.8M in expenses, driven mainly by contracted bus services, leading to operating losses and growing receivables.

A state review praised LSTA’s innovative approach for a large nonpublic student population but flagged weak oversight, potential conflicts of interest, data issues, and concerns over $14M in federal ESSER funds and unused resources that should have been returned to the district.

- Trump: If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT

- Al Jazeera, citing an official Iranian source, has said that Trump informed Iran that he has no intention to attack.

- A planned U.S. strike on Iran was reportedly called off minutes before launch after Donald Trump personally intervened, according to Walla analyst Amir Bohbot. Iranian airspace reopened, assets scrambled from Al Udeid were recalled to standby, and the mission was halted after advisers warned a strike could not guarantee regime collapse or withstand major Iranian retaliation. Trump made clear he would not act without a decisive outcome, and Al Jazeera reports an Iranian official said Trump told Tehran he does not plan to carry out an attack.

- A 4.2-magnitude earthquake has been reported in the Dead Sea region of southern Israel. No injuries or damage reported.

- US. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker in the Caribbean 

- FoxNews: “Iranian protester will no longer be sentenced to death after President Trump’s warnings. Likewise others.” 

- An IDF soldier serving in the Givati Brigade was reportedly charged today with spying for Iran, in what a senior security official described as one of the most serious espionage cases investigated with Iran to date.

- NYT: The US is increasing pressure on Mexico to allow US forces to carry out joint operations inside Mexico to dismantle fentanyl labs. Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, said earlier this week that she ruled out the possibility of US military intervention in the fight against drug cartels, following a "good conversation" she had with President Trump on security and drug trade issues.

- NYC mayor Mamdani moved into Gracie mansion , he was photographed passing the main entrance’s mezuzah, installed by New York’s first Jewish Mayor Abraham Beame after his election in 1973.