Sunday April 19 News Updates Lakewood

Weather 51° Cloudy skies with periods of rain this afternoon Chance of rain 80%.

Freeze watch expands to nearly entire state with temps in 20s in Monday night into Tuesday forecast

- Admor Khal chasidei Yerushalayim will spending the week  in Lakewood at the W. Kennedy area

- Tefillos for the Belzer rebbe shlita who has been in a weakened state in recent days, his son called for tefilos on his behalf of his father asking the chasidim to say kapitlach tehillim and donate to tzedaka. Name is Yissachar Dov ben Miriam.

-Hespedim this evening for Rebbetzin Reva Halpern A"H at Khalid Bais Levi 705 Valley Dr Lakewood 7:45pm. Divrei hesped by Rav Binyomin Zev Halpern shlita, Rav Dovid Schustal shlita Rav Shlomo Feivel Schustal shlit

- Bde: The body of HaBochur Avraham Yeshaya Spiegel z”l has been positively identified after ten days of searches after he and his brother were pulled out to sea at Netanya beach. The levaya will take place tonight in Yerushalayim with kevura next to his brother who passed away following the drowning.

- State police in unmarked cars with traffic enforcement today in Lakewood 

- Tachnun resumes today after chodesh Nissan.

- BMG summer zman begins today as thousands of bnei hayeshiva head back to the bais medrash. The chair usa tumul will take place for the next few days.  The yeshiva will. E learning masochist בבא קמא Perek מרובה. Other yeshivos of bais medrash age bochurim will also begin the zman today.

- Yeshivas Brisk on rechov Press in Yerushalayim is officially closed for new bochurim this zman, though some bochurim were accepted.

- Smash House burger grand opening today in Toms River under tartikov Hashgacha

- Lakewood girls high school entrance exam today at Bais Faigaq

- There  was chaos at the airports last night as people tried to head back to Eretz Yisroel after Pesach, with flights just starting to resume. Many El Al flights were effectively overbooked, and some passengers weren’t able to board despite having tickets.

- A seuda will take place tonight in Lakewood open to the entire community for the yartzeit of Reb Shayala Keristir hosted by the Admor M'Shedlitz Lakewood Khal Yeshuos Dovid. It will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the attendance of Rabonim with divrei zikaron by Rav Shmuel Yitzchok Fefferkorn shlita Menahel Yeshiva darling Stolin. Maariv 10:00pm with bentchbg 11 15pm 120 second st Lakewood 

A synagogue in northwest London was targeted in an arson attack overnight Sunday, officials said, in the latest in a string of assaults in recent weeks that Britain’s chief rabbi called a “sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community.”

- Six flags Great adventure 2026 seaain SILVER PASS $70  access to 3 Parks, Great Adventure, Hurricane Harbor New Jersey & Wild Safari through Labor Day 2026, plus: Free General Parking Discount Bring-A-Friend Tickets More additional benefits

- An article in a local Lakewood publication discussed the challenges young couples are facing when trying to enroll their children in primary school, as many schools have no available space. The cover story drew criticism for its headline, “Too many children,” which some felt framed a blessing as a problem rather than recognizing the bracha of a growing community. The article itself explained that this is expected to be the most difficult year yet: there are 170 more girls applying for primary school than last year. Although four schools have added parallel classes to accommodate 110 additional students, approximately 60 girls still do not have a placement for the coming year.

-A body was discovered Sunday in the waters off the coast near Herzliya, prompting emergency crews to respond to the scene as efforts continue to identify the victim amid an ongoing search for a missing  yeshiva bachur .The parents oRav Shlomo Spiegel and his wife, left their home in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Yerushalayim in the midst of shivah to travel to Tel Aviv and assist in identifying the body, amid fears that it may be their son.

- A missing elderly nursing home resident in  Lakewood, New Jersey was safely found after a coordinated search by police and Shomrim, she was found walking along the train tracks off James st. then taken to the hospital for evaluation

- Can't make it to Kerestir? Preparations are underway for a large crowd who will attend the kever of the brother of Reb Shayala ,Reb Yehuda Tzvi Steiner ZL at the Baaron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island 1126 Richmond Ave staten Island,NY. It will be opened for 24 hours with food and logistics to accommodate thousands there will be minyanin for shachris mincha maariv. The cemetery is 2 minutes off the SI Expressway It is said over that Reb Shayala appeared in a dream and told someone that you can go daven at my brothers kever in New York and will be helped just as if you came to me in Kerestir. 

- FBI Director Kash Patel confirms investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen top-secret scientists tied to the Department of Energy. Trump recently held a meeting on the investigation

- A Hakomas Matzeiva for R'  Chaim Horwitz Z”L will take place today Sunday, April 19 at 4:00 iy”H in the Lakewood cemetery near the entrance opposite the school.