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- Secretary Kristi Noem warns of a major winter storm this weekend, especially in the Midwest and East Coast. DHS and FEMA are preparing, and the public should stay informed, expect disruptions, and have at least three days of food.
- The New York Times reports the US Greenland deal will be similar to that of the UK-Cyprus agreement
1. The US will have "small pockets of land" inside Greenland
2. US will be involved in Greenland's mineral rights
3. Russia and China must not step in at any cost
4. US "Golden Dome" system will be instalated
5. Opens door to US-backed infrastructure investment
The New Jersey Department of Education granted Lakewood School District an extension until March 5 to respond APP reports. The district is challenging the potential state takeover, triggering a hearing before an administrative law judge, who will make a recommendation. The final decision rests with the education commissioner, subject to state Board approval, and the district can still appeal or sue in court.
- Giyus: Journalist for channel 12 reveals recordings of reveal the objective of senior roshei yeshiva that the objecrive is to stall for time until the High Court of Justice strikes down the law and the Knesset is forced to legislate again while in the meantime not drafting anyone and receiving the benefits that had been frozen. Recording of Harav Moshe Hillel Hirsch and Harav Dov Landau Rav Yehuda Cohen of Shas opposing mandatory IDF service for Haredi men. They reject the state’s enlistment “targets,” say no one will comply, and express confidence the law won’t be enforced and will eventually fail.
- The LSTA has opened the portal for the 26-27 school year. Anyone who has a son entering primary, will not yet be on the portal. Families will need to upload 2 proofs of address from now on.
- President Trump says a "framework of a future deal" has been reached on Greenland after a meeting with NATO's secretary general and the planned tariffs on a group of European nations will no longer take effect. He said “I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland.”
- The Eidah called for a protest in Yerushalayim demanding the release of two morahs still detained after a toddler tragedy, while a bus driver who killed a teenager in Komemiyut was released by the court. One protester was arrested during demonstrations on Yehezkel Street.
- Cheder kids rejoice as "Red milk" is now allowed in schools not just Blue Milk after Trump signs The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 signed into law by President Trump on January 14, 2026, allowing public schools to offer whole and 2% milk again it restores access to whole milk in schools by allowing its exclusion from weekly saturated fat limits in the National School Lunch Program, reversing Obama-era restrictions that limited options to low-fat or fat-free. The law, passed unanimously in Congress, let's schools serve flavored or unflavored milk of any fat level, aligning with updated federal dietary guidelines. Implementation in schools is ongoing
- At last night’s Lakewood Planning Board meeting, there were technical issues with the livestream, and the video is currently unavailable for replay on the township website.
-Trump signs executive order to limit Wall Street buying single-family homes
- YouTubers and social media activists are targeting Lakewood for clicks, often editing residents’ words to spread false narratives. Community members are advised to ignore any attempts to provoke a response.
- Giyus: The IDF says about 30,000 Israelis are designated as draft evaders, roughly half of them ultra-Orthodox. The figure is expected to rise soon, as an estimated 80,000 ultra-Orthodox men of draft age have not enlisted, even as the military urgently needs 12,000 new recruits due to ongoing war demands.
- President Donald J. Trump has arrived at the 56th Annual Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland
Trump to Carney: "Canada lives because of us. Mark, remember that before you make those speeches."
Donald Trump: “NATO is nothing without America.”
Trump: I told Bibi to stop taking credit for the dome. That’s our technology.
Trump: "Greenland is a vast, almost entirely uninhabited and undeveloped territory. It is sitting undefended in a key strategic location between the U.S., Russia, and China."
"This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America, on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere." "It is a core national security interest of the U.S. and in fact, has been our policy for hundreds of years to prevent outside threats from entering our hemisphere."
- Large crowds attended the late-night levayah of the Habochur Naftali Tzvi Kramer z”l of Yeshivas Satmar in Komemiyus, who was killed after being run over while returning from a protest against autopsies. The hespedim called for chizuk amid recent tragedies, as his father accepted the tragedy with emunah.
- More ICE raids in Lakewood today onebtook place near the Quick check at Cedarbridge Ave
- A anti Trump protest was held yesterday in Lakewood off Rt 70 near Leisure village
- Pescada talian dairy restaurant is expected to open within the next two to three weeks, located at 109 N County Line Road, Jackson Township, NJ
- Howell: A cab driver was slashed across the face and carjacked Friday night, Jan. 16, after dropping off two men in Howell, police said. The attack happened around 11:15 p.m. in a parking lot near Oak Glen Park after a fare that began in Neptune. The injured driver fled and was found by a patrol officer, then taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in stable condition. The stolen cab was later recovered abandoned on Maxim Road. The suspects two Spanish-speaking men aged 18 to 24 wearing dark clothing remain at large, and police are asking the public for help.
- Phil Murphy signed legislation reforming New Jersey’s Chapter 192/193 nonpublic school auxiliary services funding program. Sponsored by Assemblyman Avi Schnall New Jersey reformed its Chapter 192/193 funding for nonpublic schools, updating allocations based on current student data and services delivered. The law ensures full use of existing funds, improves instruction and class sizes, and prevents large amounts of unused money, like Lakewood’s $6.6 million returned in FY2024.
'....many such people — crowds of them — standing by bus stops desperately trying to hitch a ride or hire a car service to get them out of the area. Normal responsible adults — the vast majority of whom would identify as “Charedim” — had nothing to do with the protest, didn’t say one favorable word about it, and were the people more directly harmed by it.
ReplyDeleteBut that wasn’t the story. That wasn’t how the protest was framed. I caught a bit of the televised “news” an hour later, and the one word the actors in studios kept repeating was “Charedim Charedim Charedim”, as they showed footage from the “protest” and discussed it.
Meanwhile, once again, young people were injured and killed for nothing. Ironically and eerily, it resembles the way brainwashed young people from the other side of the color war are sent to be injured and killed for nothing, too.
Well, not for nothing; for a larger agenda that has nothing to do with what they believe they are fighting for. As long as they keep hating each other instead of those who use them and abuse them, they will never realize it.
It is critical to understand that the people who organize and promote these protests — whoever they really are — have their own agenda. These protests are not being organized and promoted by Gedolim. These protests are not permissible according to the Torah, regardless of the validity of the pretext for them. These protests do not represent regular people who identify as Charedim, and do not benefit them in any way.
The media, for their part, also has their own agenda. Do you really think media executives call meetings to discuss how they can deliver more accurate and pertinent information to you, because more than anything they want you to be properly informed?
I don’t think anyone believes this — yet they continue to take at face value what the media selectively shows them, get sucked into the narratives, reflexively form the desired conclusions, and react according to the programming. Charedi-haters eagerly take the bait, while Charedim close ranks and defend “their side”.
Very few take the third option, or even recognize that there is one: transcend the labels, talking points, and petty behavior, don’t be pushed into taking one of two sides in an orchestrated color war, look beyond the surface of what is being presented to you in a media that is totally corrupt, and refuse to be played anymore.
There is a reason why police stood by for so long and allowed the production to go on.
There is a reason why these “riots” never really get out of hand and, if you are there, will see are clearly being choreographed and controlled from on high.
There is a reason why the media only shows you the most polarizing content and extreme behavior.
I’m not saying everyone who protested was a state actor who was being paid. But I am suggesting that the protest as a whole was a staged production, even if most of the participants were extras and useful idiots.
The vast majority of adults who identify as “Charedim” are normal people with reasonable intelligence who are trying to deal with real life just like you and me. They dress a certain part to fit in and bought into certain shtick, but, most likely, so did you.
If they were in the vicinity of the protest, they were watching the spectacle like I was, not participating in it. They might not say it publicly (bad for shidduchim, etc.) but they are not big fans of burning stuff in the street, they care a great deal about their children’s safety, and they really wish the roads were open yesterday.'
they can designate all of us as draft evaders and it will make no chiluk to us, we will never serve the Zionists
ReplyDeleteYes, you can never serve them
DeleteTry to get a visa to America or Europe. They don't want you anyway.
If you manage to get one, you'll have to serve in their military.
glad Trump is realizing free trade, open markets are all against the working class and is embracing price controls.
ReplyDeleteName me 3 kids who weren't drinking blue milk, but will now drink red milk
ReplyDelete"as the military urgently needs 12,000 new recruits due to ongoing war demands"
ReplyDeleteUh, remind me please. Which war is currently ongoing now with Israel?
Lebanon, Gaza Syria. Yes it is very possible that there is a need for new recruits. It is that simple. It is ongoing.
DeleteWhen you take a cup of blue milk into your hands before you make a bracha You need to contemplate What is done to the cow in order to get the cow to give a low fat milk The needs to be starved for days till it actually gives low-fat milk. Go Red Go!
ReplyDeleteNothing to do with starvation.
DeleteRashi in Bereishit discusses how cream floats to the top, leaving skim or blue milk. They still make it that way.
If you want to discuss starvation or tzaar baalei chayim, read Rav Moshe's tshuva on veal, but truth is, he's not referring to our type of veal, perhaps something in those days
Loosen up can't you take a joke
DeleteAnd all the chocolate they feed the cows until they give chocolate milk. Uch!
Deletethink about the chocolate they feed chickens.
DeleteWhy are these bochurium not in yeshiva?? Are roshai yeshivas speaking aginst this behavior? blocking the street ? The chilul hashem from the video of the bochurim 'chepering' the lady with the two dogs. It went around the world.
ReplyDeleteNo Rosh Yeshiva has, to date, condemned such behavior.
DeleteThere is no wiggling out of that fact.
The elite are erecting an insidious pretense that the rules-based order was America vs other states. Which it was in a very minor fashion. Really it was that very International elite which parasitically benefited, and the demographic masses in America (and similar demographics In other White countries for that matter) didn't - though you're not supposed to understand that & you're supposed now to feel guilty for the decline . Insofar as much as that rules-based order collapses they'll make sure to spin it in a way they stand to benefit as well. Be very careful i if you wish for that.
ReplyDeleteFINOP Freedom of navigation Operations are still being done very well to keep the International waterways open specifically South China Sea .Several other nations have followed along the US to preserve the rules based order.
On one hand if the US wouldn't have stood up and pushed it forward nothing would never even happen. Really it's the US's credit which of course the media etc will never give.
Yet though on the other hand if FINOPs wouldn't be operating on the basis of buttressing an objective higher rules based order, no other state as well as most of the American population wouldn't be satisfied risking much through getting involved. Just as they wouldn't tolerate the US for example to get involved in some inland waterway in Africa.
If Mark Carney & Europeans are trying to claim the hypocritically, the liberal rule based order is over, they would recommend to all go back to how it was beforehand which this same business Davos elite helped majorly to destroy. That is,the old conservative style European empires. &,more recently, conservative States like South Africa which the liberal business elite interest helped destroy under the guise of being anti-apartheid.
Problem is Trump is partly guilty as well:obviously for this European International elite in their present iteration he has for them disdain.As he well should. But his optics are bad. He's turning it into an America rough vs the proper world .He's losing the masses who would support him elsewhere
The Davos elite personified by Carney only likes one type: elite with access to at least a billion dollars, with access to classified secrets.
ReplyDeleteThis will also be the type of world that dictators & China want.That is a world going backwards. Badly and fast. A chaotic selfish world won't turn out good for you and yours. besides Carney is such a bald hypocrite. He's submissive to Trump in front of him
Nonetheless
ReplyDeleteDo we really want No holds barred total permanent war as preferable-
may well likely will be at first and in part war by every other means but essentially each country tearing every other?
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
China is salivating. It's all very good to break the old elite and the old system, but the US need to ennunciate now principles that are somewhat universal to base a future on
-or-
everyone are just going to fall away from the US and kowtow to whoever is more dangerous
Seems like daas torah is pretty clear on this./...
ReplyDeleteWhile the Satmar Rebbe zt”l, as well as numerous Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel, understood the idea of protest as Kiddush Hashem (VaYoel Moshe Shalosh Shavuos Siman 113-114), as did the Brisker Rav zt”l, there were two indisputable Gedolei HaDor who did not share this view: Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l and Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. They were deeply attuned to the possible repercussion of Chillul Hashem.
In the 5748 edition of HaPardes Volume III page 9, the views of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l and Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l are cited regarding the idea of protests. The American Moetzes Gedolei Torah at the time felt that protests were highly counter-productive. Instead, they opted for the time-tested method of shtadlanus. This method has been used effectively for centuries.
In the 5753 edition of HaPardes (Vol. IV p. 25), Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l also came out strongly against the idea of protests regarding atrocities done to graves by archaeologists, and instructed the Agudas HaRabbonim to send a strongly worded telegram to then PM Yitzchok Rabin. He also stated that strong condemnations should be made from each shul.
In light of these tragedies—these unmistakable directional signals—perhaps it is time to heed the clear guidance of these towering Gedolim. Rav Moshe and Rav Aharon were universally acknowledged as the preeminent Poskim and leaders of their generation. Their view that shtadlanus is the proper path, rather than public protests that risk Chillul Hashem and endanger lives, deserves our most serious consideration.
Rav Eliezer Menachem Shach zt”l was also aware of some of the repercussions and extreme measures that protestors take. He spent time and effort clarifying to his followers that at all times protestors must act with the utmost derech eretz—like true Bnei Torah.
The Brisker Rav believed in protest?!
DeleteWhen was this?
Rav Meller's book quotes him as being anti-protests, and he did not participate, nor did he send his children to participate in any protests, besides one or two.
This is a lie
DeleteWell genius, you answered your own question, he believed in the one or two protests that he and his children DID participate in! Duh
ReplyDeleteRav Aharon encouraged one protest over forced autopsies. It was during sefirah and the bachurim were told to shave in order to looke presentable.
DeleteA far cry from sitting down in front of cars, attacking a bus and calling people Nazis.
So the many hafganos that he opposed are less of a source for today than the couple of exceptions.
DeleteWow!
My point was to show the gulf between R Aharon and those who send bachurim out to protest today. In addition to oppose virtually all hafganos, R Aharon would go ballistic over the behavior of these bachurim and the silence of those who sent them.
ReplyDeleteEspecially the silence of those who claim to be "talmidim of R Aharon"!
Did Rav Aharon join the protest in Washington in 1943?
DeleteEven Rav Moshe did.