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- State officials have confirmed New Jersey’s first measles case of the year in a Hudson County resident following international travel.
Possible exposure locations include Newark Liberty International Airport (Terminal B on April 14, 5:30–9 a.m.) and the Pediatric Emergency Department at Hackensack University Medical Center (April 17, 11:15 p.m. to April 18, 3:15 a.m.).Health officials say anyone present at those times should monitor for symptoms through May 11.
- NYT article profiles Reb Shalom Landau of Williamsburg.
Talking Talmud on TikTok Rabbi Shalom Landau has found a large new audience online, some of which isn’t Jewish. He sticks to ancient wisdom and hopes for the best.
Summary: Rabbi Shalom Landau, a Hasidic leader in Williamsburg, has unexpectedly gained a large following on social media, where he shares short clips blending Torah wisdom with practical advice on life, business, and relationships. Though rooted in traditional teachings, his message has reached a wide and diverse audience including secular viewers, non-Jews, and even critics each interpreting it differently. Despite his online popularity, Rabbi Landau remains cautious, concerned his message is being oversimplified. While the content hasn’t significantly boosted donations to his yeshiva, it has brought unusual influence, with some followers even expressing interest in conversion requests he gently discourages. For him, the spread of his teachings, even if sometimes misunderstood, is part of navigating the modern digital world. More
- Non-adult voting in Newark is a bust
Just 45 votes cast in Tuesday school board election by 16- and 17-year-olds after the state spent 1 Million dollars. (NJ Globe)
- US Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan has resigned effective immediately. Undersecretary Hung Cao will serve as acting Secretary of the Navy.
- Update Levaya of Habachur Yossi Loriner Z"L wh was killed in a car accident in PA, will take place today in Lakewood 6:00pm at the chapel off 7th st with kevura at the adjacent Bais Olam.
- The Stoliner Rebbe shlita is currently in the United States and will travel to Detroit today for the yahrzeit of his uncle, Rav Yaakov Chaim zt”l of Stolin, known as the “Der Detroiter.” He will hold a yahrzeit tish there with many chassidim in attendance.
- President Donald Trump criticized Democratic and Republican Supreme Court justices, accusing Democratic-appointed judges of consistently voting together in major cases and alleging bias in recent rulings. He also criticized certain Republican-appointed justices for not voting in a unified way, blaming them for what he described as unfavorable outcomes in tariff-related cases and potential rulings on birthright citizenship. Trump argued that recent court decisions harm U.S. interests economically and constitutionally, and he rejected calls to “pack the court,” claiming it is already effectively politicized.
- United Airlines announced today it will raise summer ticket prices by 15% to 20% as jet fuel costs have surged during the war with Iran.
- Brick and Basel restaurant opening at the former Ottimo Cafe location on the Lakewood/Howell border
- Road closures and ongoing nighttime construction continue to wreak havoc on quality of life in Lakewood, with no end in sight and little communication from officials besides shifting the blame to state and county again and again. At the same time, the township’s PR department highlights road improvements completed over Pesach to reduce traffic disruptions, yet daily traffic conditions have only worsened. With frequent night closures during simcha season, even a quick five-minute errand can turn into a 40-minute ordeal. There's no communication on what kind of work is being done and how it will improve quality of life for current residents.
-Headline in NJ.com "This N.J. town is so young, the typical resident can’t even legally drink"
According to the New Jersey Department of Health, Lakewood had the most births in the state in 2025, with 5,355 children born, the fifth straight year with over 5,000 births.
Of the 99,721 babies born statewide, 5.3% were in Lakewood. One jersey reports.
According to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, Lakewood, New Jersey remains the second youngest town in the country with a median age of 18.1 as of 2024. Another heavily Jewish municipality, Palm Tree, New York (KJ Monroe) , ranked as the youngest town in the United States, with a median age of 15.7. By comparison, the median age in the state was 40.1, with New Brunswick the second-youngest city in the state, with a median age of 25.
Additionally, Lakewood’s birth rate of 36.1 per 1,000 residents in 2023 was almost three-and-a-half times greater than the state’s 10.9 and the nation’s 10.7 rates.
- A Sefer Torah campaign has been launched l’iluy nishmas Eliyahu Schepansky z”l, an 18-year-old Lakewood bochur who was tragically killed recently in a car accident. Contribute HERE
-A Gap Factory store is coming to Brick Plaza in Brick,NJ.
-WIC updated the 32 oz yougurts now available from Mehadrin non fat strwberry, non fat Vanillla plainm, Normans low fat strawberry greek, low fat Vanilla greek, low fat plain, J&J plain.
- An uproar in Israel followed a video by chanel 12 reporter Inbar Twizer showing two young charedi boys aged 17 and 13 collecting for hachnosas kallah being mocked by her husband over why they dont enlist to the IDF and embarrassing the boys and posting it for social media content. Aryeh Deri condemned the incident, saying it doesn’t reflect Israel’s values, and pledged 1,000 NIS to the family while urging others to give,
-BDE: Tragic Petirah of Yossi Loriner Z"L A 25-year-old Flatbush resident, who was tragically killed in a car crash Tuesday night on I-476 in Pennsylvania while driving home from law school. The accident involved a truck, Authorities are investigating. Levaya details TBA.
- Dozens of worried residents descended on Keyport’s borough hall Tuesday night to demand answers about fears of a possible cancer cluster near a shuttered toxic dump that’s been leaching deadly substances for decades.
- The Israeli Flag was flown today atop the ponovez Yeshiva on yom Haatzmaot a tradition started by the ponovizer Rav zatzal 57 years ago
Today is a very tragic day, so many Yidden have been nichshol in believing that this treyfa medina has even an iota of kedusha when it is run by modern day Hellenists, for me personally it is a day akin to tisha bav and we should recite kinos unlike the Young Israel modox who say hallel.
ReplyDeleteKinos aren't enough, you should fast too.
DeleteThe zman is getting to be too much for you already so you need to start take out your frustration on the "Zionists" again? I knew you would be back a few days into the zman.
DeleteAre you fasting in honor of your your newly proclaimed day that is akin to Tisha B'Av? Or that isn't enough fun. It's one thing to rail against Young Israel modox . But actually putting your boich where your mouth is, is too much to ask for.
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Deletei had to rest as I was fasting till chatzos, correct during bein hazmanim I was away resting and getting my kochos back together. There are so called "yeshivas" "day schools" in places like livingston, englewood and other places that said hallel with the shem of the Abishter earlier today, within driving distance of our ir Hatorah the Yerushalayim of America people can be so misguided and nichshol, it is us with the proper hashkafa that have failed to show them the right path of pure kefira, al zeh ani boche.
DeleteYou're wrong on every level. It was a Divinely orchestrated miraculous event, and it provided, among thousands of other benefits, a homeland for torn and persecuted Jews after the War and for those from Islamic countries, etc. God has His reasons as to why He made it ccme about largely through secular Jews
Deletewhy did the jews from the islamic countries need to leave those countries?
DeleteForty years ago, I thought the argument that the state of Israel caused the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries was a good anti-Zionist argument. When I see how what those countries are like I think B'H they were kicked out then and had where to go instead of waiting for some later catastrophe. I'm still not a Zionist but on that particular argument I did a 180 turn. Plus in their native countries they were become more and more secular. They are a lot better off in Israel with the Ma'ayan HaChinuch HaTorani school than some of the secular Jewish educational school systems that were prevalent in their native countries . If you believe the holocaust was because of increasing secularism (I don't claim to know why it happened) then you should also believe that the expulsion from Arab countries was for similar reasons.
DeleteBased on the data the young guys complaining about traffic are under 18
ReplyDeleteCan we stop spreading the lie about the problems in Lakewood being the invasion of Brooklyn. Most of the growth in the town has been locals marrying of children, and those coming from Brooklyn are newlyweds joining BMG. The number of brooklyners and others that moved for cheaper housing is relatively minimal.
ReplyDeleteWith 5000 births/year we need to expand Lakewood in serious numbers or find alternatives.
Blaming the traffic on the chassidim may not be correct, but the home values going through the roof it directly the result of real estate agents pushing the market towards the chassidim from NY.
DeleteThis occurred around 2015 and that is the exact time that real estate in Lakewood went shooting up so high.
It's a simple matter of supply and demand, when you have a town with limited land available and you take over 1500-2000 units exclusively for a specific group from out of town, and who are willing to pay higher prices, it turns the market on it's head
So why has NJ prices gone through the roof in neighborhoods where there are no jews living at all? This has nothing to do with Chasidim.
DeleteYes maybe in North Jersey it was always expensive there.
DeleteIn Western Jersey near 195 and the turnpike, nice suburban areas, you can get a 3 BR split level with a 2 car garage for 600K.
Try getting anything close to that price in the surrounding towns of Lakewood
Fact is Oak and Vine came on the market when the real estate market was slow it only made sense to market it to oot chasisim.
DeleteThe committee men went to Boro Park to lure the olam and move to Lakewood that is a fact. There was a event in BP showcasing jobs as an incentive for people to move to Lakewood. The developers were allowed to keep prices high while there was zero effort to help the youngeleit.
DeleteThey are now regretting what went on but it's too late. We were priced out of the town we built.
That was pre adirei, now BH the youngeleit are priority #1
DeleteFact is oak and vine was township property and the lots were auctioned off to individual buyers, not investors or groups, specifically to give Lakewood residents housing opportunities. Somehow people played games with the rules, lots still ended up in llcs, groups of lots were marketed to Boro Park mosdos, and lots that purchased for $25,000 were a few years later resold for $250,000.
Deletewe can;t stop spreading a lie if it is the truth.
DeleteOne alternative may be more people working and less learning for 10 or more years. It would also give nachas ruach to Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky who said just that.
ReplyDeleteThe island on Ridge and sidewalks is a Lakewood township project and paid for by lakewood. Since it is on a county road the county 'rubber stamped' it. Mayor Coles in last meeting said the county didnt have approval from Lakewood, this is totally 'pushing the truth'. Lakewood is the one who is doing all this work for whatever reason. Costs are $1.4 million of Lakewood taxpayer money . The county is NOT paying for this. The question is why the urgency for sidewalks in this area? It is not a major pedestrian walkway ? There was a dirt path that people walked on. Why the island? From what I understand even the people living in the neighborhood (yes all of them) were all trying to figure out this walkway/island. Anybody knows what and who is behind all this sidewalk project? It is all Lakewood.
ReplyDeleteSomeone is lying or covering up this smells like a scandal
DeleteIs it connected to the stop sign that went up without approval.it appears as if there's a shadow government running things.
DeleteWho is in charge?
The mayor called it a miscommunication and the committee worked quick to clean their hands from this thing
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ReplyDeleteThe developers* & politicos lackeys were desperate for every yoizel to move here.They made deals & relied on their vote till now.Now they're is blaming them ??
The gall?
Amazing!
*who would have remained the same nothings they once were today if not for those immigrants
Goebbels couldn't have conjured it better
We don't use shoah language.
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DeleteWhen they've been managing all this time to boil the frog so slowly that the frog is supposed to enjoy it and now that fellow comes to tell us it's was never even warm; we've gotten to the level, that such rueful analogies are probably necessary.
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DeleteYou guys come up with everything!
Since you're incapable of dealing with the poignant message, you'll come up with criticize the Messenger on the method??
More comments have been censored on this development AS spin topic than probably any other, in a half decade
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