Monday April 13 News Updates

Weather 80 ° Cloudy.

- Back to school today for summer season plaugroups, elementary and girls high schools resume today.

- White House economists estimate the U.S. is short at least 10 million single-family homes.

 - Trump announces the U.S. "may stop by Cuba" when finished with Iran

- Kentucky Passes Law to Contact Chabad Before Cremations Kentucky has passed legislation requiring that, before cremating an unclaimed deceased individual, authorities must make a good-faith effort to notify Chabad or another relevant religious organization.

- Shuvu held a fundraising event in Lakewood today at the Tomohawk restaurant attended by the delegation of gedolim visiting from EY who came briefly to Lakewood before heading back to NY.

- Giyus: The IDF Military Police arrested  7 yeshiva bochurim  today who were spending bein hazmanim in the Eilat area

- U.S. forces killed five alleged narco-terrorists during two kinetic strikes on vessels approaching America's borders in the Pacific Ocean.

Bein Hazmanim shiur today in Lutzk B"M by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin shlita 12:45pm

- Trump was scheduled to visit Israel this coming Week to celebrate Israel's Yom Haatzmaut but as of now he will not be coming according to reports. 

- Lakewood zoning board meeting today 7PM watch livestream Here see agenda Here partial list of applications to be heard:

 – SK Prospect Cross Lakewood, LLC – Major subdivision for 8 duplexes (16 units); use variance.

– 1501 Prospect Street, LLC – Single-family homes in M-1 zone; use variance.

– Duvie Holdings, LLC – Boulder way  Subdivision to create 5 residential lots.

 – 1 E. 13th st Dormitory addition to existing school.

 – Peace Realty Holdings, LLC – Ashley Ave Single-family home; bulk variances requested.

– Rabin & Company, LLC – Residential development (single-family + duplexes); use variance. Nassau Street, Amsterdam, Columbus and Nostrand Avenues.

 – Beth Medrash Govoha – Major subdivision for 74 homes and a school lot; prior use variance.

- The Lakewood Police Department will join New Jersey’s “Goal: Zero” campaign on April 14, increasing enforcement on speeding, distracted driving, DUI, and traffic violations to reduce crashes and promote safer driving.

- Continued tefillos for Habachur Mordechai Zelig ben Blima who was injured in a accident Early Sunday morning  and in need of Rachel Shamayim.

- Shiva for Habachur Eliyohu Schepansky Z"L at 14 Garden of Eden Drive Lakewood.

 At the levaya yesterday in Lakewood, the maspidim all echoed a common theme: his great maalos his chesed and lev tov. He was always looking out to help others, never expecting anything in return or seeking recognition. Full of heart, with no chitzoniyus, he embodied a true Toras Chaim and ahavas chesed. He was a serious ben aliyah, a true ben Torah diligent and strong in his learning, always standing out, proudly carrying himself with the dignity and appearance of a yeshiva bochur.

- A lakewood Hatzolah volunteer was praised on a public facebook forum for stopping to help victims of a multi-car crash on Route 70 in Lakewood, while others drove past. The volunteer immediately provided care, despite the victims not being from the Jewish community, highlighting Hatzolah’s dedication to helping anyone in need.

- One person was killed and another critically injured in a shooting at the Excelcare nursing and rehabilitation facility in Egg Harbor Township on Monday morning. Officials said the individuals involved knew each other and confirmed there is no ongoing threat to the community.

- A Rutgers-Eagleton poll shows President Donald Trump remains broadly unpopular in New Jersey, with 61% viewing him unfavorably, 26% favorably, and 12% with no opinion.

-Ambassador Mike Huckabee: As Yom HaShoah begins this evening, we remember the six million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust, the systematic attempt to annihilate the Jewish people from the face of the earth.