Weather. 89° Sunshine Near record high temperatures.
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- President Trump on Israel and Lebanon
"Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow. Nice! President DJT"
- The R"Y Rav Nechemiah Kaplan shlita got remarried tonight in Brooklyn and delivered a shiur to talmidim during the chasuna with the attendance of many Roshei Yeshiva partaking in the Simcha.
- The Trump administration is now asking automakers (GM, Ford) and other American manufacturers to start weapons production, reminiscent of a practice used during World War II per WSJ
- US Military planning for a possible Pentagon-led operation in Cuba is quietly ramping up, in case President Donald Trump gives an order to intervene there, USA today reports
- Giyus: Degel MK The wording of the law is still not final since it is subject to the approval of gedolei yisroel, but there's no point in advancing a law that won't withstand the High Court test and will be immediately struck down."
- White House's Leavitt announces that plans to begin construction on Trump's 250-foot United States Triumphal Arch will be submitted tomorrow.
- Khal East Veterans of Jackson has appointed Rav Chaim Zev Kirschenbaum shloita as the new Rav of the kehilla a maamad Lchaim was held to mark the occasion
- Lakewood township to have a Drone Show Display For The Independence Day celebration At Lake Carasaljo on July 5th
- Egg prices have come down after Pesach, with a dozen now selling for 69 cents at Bingo and 98cents at NPGS.
-Smash House Burger Soft opening today 2066 Lakewood Rd, Toms River, NJ 08755
Grand Opening on Sunday, April 19!
- Busing woes continue with HT busing not picking up the morning routes
- Construction crews have completed upgrades along Avenue of the States, introducing a new traffic pattern that includes added turning lanes and the removal of some divider islands.
- Preparations are underway at the kever of Reb Shayala Kerestirer, where thousands are expected to gather for the yartzeit early next week. Kitchen staff are busy preparing food for the many pilgrims, including those who will be spending Shabbos there.
Additionally, the kever of his brother will be open 24 hours at the Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Staten Island, beginning Sunday evening.
- The Lakewood Industrial Commission meeting today resolution approving a market value appraisal of land in the Main Street / Franklin Street redevelopment area, identified as a key gateway to Lakewood’s downtown.
- Lakewood has approved an emergency month-to-month contract extension for the Shuttle Busing Liaison project, awarding services to Neighborhood Navigators at up to $12,500 per month to help manage transit updates and reduce traffic and safety issues.
- Lakewood Township approved paying $30,000 annually from Foreign Trade Zone
funds toward the LDC Executive Director’s compensation for duties related to managing and administering the FTZ program.
- A Lakewood bochur critically injured in a hit-and-run on Hope Chapel Road Friday night before Pesach has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. name is Daniel Shmuel ben Shifra
- The Lakewood Cheder has joined other schools that have already announced they will begin the 2026–2027 school year on August 19, about a week earlier than usual, resulting in a shorter summer break with the current year ending July 9.
- A Rutgers-Eagleton poll finds most New Jersey residents are struggling to afford basic needs, though some financial pressures have eased slightly since October. About 68% report difficulty with education costs, 63% with utilities, 62% with housing, and nearly 60% with food, while gas and transportation costs are the only category showing increased strain, rising to 59%.
-New Jersey’s lawsuit against New York over Manhattan’s congestion pricing program is being sent to mediation after the Sherrill administration requested a 30-day stay. The case, filed in 2023, seeks to overturn federal approval of the plan.
- NY Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a luxury second-home tax in NYC, prompting support from Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who said, “We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.” Rep. Elise Stefanik criticized Hochul for breaking tax promises and pointed to the SALT cap increase as a major tax cut for New Yorkers.
What does "early next week" mean?
ReplyDeleteOr does it mean we can celebrate by eating all week long, including shabbat?
I think " second homes" should include rentals.
ReplyDeleteThus Mandami will have to pay for his two rentals, in Astoria and Gracie Mansion.
Why would anyone go to the grave of r shayele brother due to one guy claiming he had a dream? He had a laundrymat and was a nice Jew but so were thousands of others in America at the time.
ReplyDeleteBecause he'll listen to his bro and intercede with God on your behalf - duh!
DeleteSo why not straight to Hashem instead of going from Herman Steiner(perhaps) to r shayele and then Hashem. Since when is there a point in going to brothers or random relatives of Rebbes?
DeletePeople are giving money to pay for drinks and meals and have a good time, and you're complaining?
DeleteHurley Avenue connecting to route 88 has been suggested multiple times to our great township leaders. If an actual leader, with just a little bit of vision will actually ever step up to the plate, traffic can be alleviated somewhat.
ReplyDelete??
DeleteOh, no no!
DeleteFor Ave of the Americas business park (which BTW doesn't pay any taxes) at the slightest hint of congestion crews will be there making turning lanes and moving dividers while the rest of Lakewood sitting in endless traffic it takes years for something like restriping the road to make a turning lane. Something involving real construction or a traffic light, forget it
This shuttle bus liason for empty buses
ReplyDeleteWhy are taxpayers paying this
What happened to the $300,000 salary
I was wondering the same
DeleteIt's like USAID slush fund
DeleteWe need doge in Lakewood
ReplyDeleteThe rich don't have second homes, they are all in trusts. This is a BS legislation catering to her dumb constituents.
ReplyDeleteThe end goal is to tax the summer homes of the Yidden in the Catskills. This is where this is headed.
Deleteab,
Deletethere are lots of mass housing slumlords. Reap what they deserve
What is being gained by shifting the boys summer vacation??? Can anyone explain?
ReplyDeleteSo they could learn a little bit before Rosh Hashana
DeleteSo let me understand, we are aligning the boys and girls school start. Great!
ReplyDeleteBoys yeshivas know how to pull this off right away.
Girls schools need an extra full year to figure out how to get the start date to be the same as the boys.
And until the girls schools figure this out, the boys will need to carpool??
I'm looking at opening a niche retail store. Is there any shopping center that has sufficient parking?
ReplyDeleteNot only will you have to carpool you will have your kids home half the day!! Now YOU can entertain them. The girls schools won't start in middle of August no morahs are gonna do that. They don't get paid enough and they took jobs with a 10 week vacation they're down to 8.5-9 weeks they're not doing a 5 week summer vacation. Alot of the morahs run day camps or take summer jobs to supplement their teaching salaries.
ReplyDeleteSo instead of learning for 2 weeks before rosh hashana they'll learn for almost 3 weeks. Nu nu. But they'll roam the streets every afternoon for 2 out of the 3 weeks. That in itself can undo any extra learning. There needs to be a normal schedule that works for the girls and boys so families can live normally over the summer. Families have a right to go away for a few days together. With these schedules the only way to do it is take the kids out of day camp which you're paying a bloody fortune for and then have them home when day camp is over. Makes alot of sense!!! I think Lakewood schools are the only ones where the boys and girls schedules aren't in sync. How many parents lost 4 weeks worth of pay last summer and will lose the same this year???? Lakewood killed the whole litvish sleep away camps and the local day camps. The local day camps can't find counselors for 1st half because the girls camps are only for 1st half with the exception of a few camps that run full summer so there are no hs girls to be counselors and come 2nd half and alot of girls can't get jobs so they're home doing nothing. If someone would just look at the whole situation and make the girls and boys in sync (no the girls should not have school during the summer it's bad enough the boys do) people's summers would be more enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteNo one expects this to be easy, for the 1st few years there will be some inconveniences
DeleteBut the system needs to be changed. There's no reason that schools and camps aren't working around the Hebrew calendar
Gedolim are against all this free time.
DeleteWhy, the boys and girls will learn how to socialize, and when they get older, they'll be able to meet and date and marry without benefit of shadchanim, and and maybe solve the shidduch crisis and lead to failure of the freezer, which (some) gedolim worked hard to establish (for no particular reason other than control)
Better your children stay cooped up at home and cry to mommy (since activities are also forbidden) and a few years later develop a hatred for Torah learning (and go OTD).