Weather: 82° A good deal of sunshine. Higher wind gusts possible.
Allergy alert high pollen count today at 11.5
Today marks the 5th yahrzeit of 45 Kedoshei Miron
-About 100 pro palestinian protesters wearing Keffiyehs gathered near Park East Synagogue in Manhattan tonight during an event promoting real estate in Israel and the West Bank; some clashed with police after trying to breach barricades, injuring one officer, and the protest later continued toward Hunter College with no arrests reported. Mayor Mamdani didn't comment.
- Tens of thousands of Satmar chasidim men - women a day children line the streets of Williamsburg for a hachnosas Sefer Torah with the Satmar rebbe Rav Zalman Leib dedicating it to the shul on Rodney Street today at the close of Lag Baomer.
- Gas prices are closer to $5 and gallon as average around Lakewood area has jumped to $4.70
- Thousands headed to Deans,NJ Floral Park cemetery onag Baomer to daven at the kever of previous Bobover Rebbe Reb Naftoli Halberstam, who said “Rabi Shimon ben Yochai will be by me on Lag BaOmer”. There's tents with food for all those coming. 40 minutes from lakewood
- List of Hadlokas Lag Baomer day Lakewood area.
- Bais medrash Erech Shai 1st & Madison 7:00
- Yeshivas Harama E 9th st 7pm
- Shedlitz 1151 Somerset Ave Lakewood 6pm
- Yeshiva cheshkas hatorah 704 Whitmore 4 pm
Kol Aryeh 6pm
-Coventry area 5-7pm
Satmar Kennedy 7pm
- UPDATED:Minyan Shelanu WILL e having the annual BBQ today at Blueclaws stadium.
- Thousands participated last night at the Hadlaka of the Skulener rebbe in Lakewood Over 10,000 came throughout the night.
- Long lines at local barbershop with haircut prices going up.
- Newly paved roads off Central Avenue were ripped up just days after crews finished repaving part of a growing pattern across Lakewood. Officials say utility companies, including gas and water, are not coordinating with each other, leading to repeated disruptions. Township officials are facing criticism for failing to take charge and properly coordinate the work.
- President Donald Trump called on Americans especially Jewish communities to observe Shabbos (May 15–16, 2026 parshas Bamidbar) as part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations. In a proclamation for Jewish American Heritage Month, he highlighted Jewish contributions to the U.S., emphasized religious freedom, and linked the initiative to efforts to combat antisemitism.
- Brick Township Public Schools approved a $178 million 2026–27 budget that raises taxes, cuts about 40 positions—including teachers and support staff—and will increase class sizes across all grade levels, according to Superintendent Thomas Farrell.
- At the Lakewood zoning board meeting last night , three applications were carried to the next session, and a new member, Mr. Shalom Friedland, was added. A proposal for 16 units on Prospect sparked debate, with residents raising concerns about families in an industrial area and the lack of space for a shul. The board responded that the use had already been approved years ago and said the current issue is density. Officials advised the applicant to revise the plan making it less crowded and including space for a shul before it returns for discussion in June.
- Many traveled to Miron by foot trekking for a few miles to be there during lag baomer as authorities closed road access. Parents brought their little boys for upsherin outside miron as close as they can get to the Rashbi.
Later today police reportedly opened the gets letting the crowds in.
- BDE: Petirah of Rav Rachamim Eliyahu Mazuz ztll a noted gaon and posek in Eretz Yisrael He was the younger brother of Rav Meir Mazuz zt”l Rav Rachamim served as head of the “Machon Harav Matzliach” publishing institute.
- The Lakewood Police Department joined regional law enforcement at a “Click It or Ticket” safety event at Citizens Bank Park, to promote seat belt use. The campaign runs May 11–31 with increased enforcement expected.
- $1 million, Powerball, April 29: sold at Exxon on Route 37 in Toms River (Ocean County)
- Smash house giving 10% off to teachers this week out of appreciation
- Main seating tickets for Adirei HaTorah have sold out, with only a limited number of obstructed-view tickets still available online. Organizers are reportedly exploring the possibility of moving the event to a larger venue, potentially outdoors in Philadelphia or at a stadium in Piscataway, NJ, though no official updates have been announced yet.
- Jonathan Pollard, who previously served 30 years in a U.S. prison, announced that he is entering Israeli politics and intends to run in the upcoming elections.
- A Stockton University poll found that 75% of New Jersey residents support stronger regulations on children’s social media use, even if it limits some freedoms, while 17% prioritize online freedom. Women showed higher support for increased government oversight than men.
- Police in Toronto arrested Michaelo Markicevic, 67, for the fatal shooting of a Jewish man Daniel Stopnicki, 47, who was killed while walking his dog in a North York park. He was charged with second-degree murder, but the motive remains unclear and no link between the two has been confirmed. The incident comes amid a broader rise in antisemitic attacks in Canada, though police have not determined if this case is related.
Today May 5 is Cinco Demayo Mexican holiday
Selling a $150 ticket for $650. If anyone needs one, please let me know. (Proceeds to support my family for Shabbos, which is a mitzvah.)
ReplyDeleteMakes no sense they didn't realize how quick tickets would sell and it wasn't even available not on the internet.
DeleteIt's good marketing but let's be honest and not play games with people
LOL
DeleteWhy is Matzav not reporting on adirei hatorah are they copying others, while John Sterling gets a full article
ReplyDeleteAdirie Hatorah didn't buy a sponsorship on Matzav, so they aren't considered newsworthy.
DeleteThey are following the lead of the other platforms who are ignoring it.
DeleteBabies
A future fundraiser is not actually news.
DeleteWhen something happens, it is newsworthy.
Haircut prices have been going up at more than double the rate of inflation. I invested in a haircut machine and now (4 haircuts a month) am saving hundreds a year.
ReplyDeleteMinyan is not canceled u can pass by almost all setup
ReplyDeleteHow are those who tragically died in Meron 'kedoshim'?
ReplyDeleteThose killed by goyim are Kedoshim, but dying in a natural accident is sad. But not kedoshim.
Correct.
DeleteMaskim. It's terrible. Probably comes from an inferiority complex vis a vis people getting killed in the army and terror attacks and also wanting it not to sound like chareidi negligence but rather in the service of some elevated cause
DeleteHarugei Meron would be more appropriate.
DeleteThey were korbanos for klal yisroel and referred to as kedoshim in Eratz Yisroel
DeleteHow were they 'korbanos for Klal Yisroel'? Who gets to make that determination? Based on what?
DeleteThe question was about EY, why did the media outlets in EY refer to them as Kedoshim? And why should we care about Israeli PR?
Who decides that they are karbonos of klal yisrael?
Delete@ nb showing your ignorance at the age of the internet is really pathetic. Nothing of what I wrote is a cut and paste but fruits of intensive research on Mexican history and how HKBH was megalgel that thousands of Jews were saved when the USA closed their doors to Jewish emigration. The general Porfirio Diaz then a libera eventually became a dictator that triggered the Mexican revolution that destroyed the country . The president Alvaro Obregón seeing that plus an enemy of the church invited Jewish emigration from the Ottoman empire and Europe. The Franco Prussian war was the catalyst that brought the Dreyfus affair and also left with out protection the pope that was proctected by Napoleon the third . Like Rav Velvel z”l said there isn’t a nail that it’s not hit on its head in this world that the “ kavone” is Am yisroel. But ignorance is bliss Np and you have to be a very happy man
Delete@ nb showing your ignorance at the age of the internet is really pathetic. Nothing of what I wrote is a cut and paste but fruits of intensive research on Mexican history and how HKBH was megalgel that thousands of Jews were saved when the USA closed their doors to Jewish emigration. The general Porfirio Diaz then a libera eventually became a dictator that triggered the Mexican revolution that destroyed the country . The president Alvaro Obregón seeing that plus an enemy of the church invited Jewish emigration from the Ottoman empire and Europe. The Franco Prussian war was the catalyst that brought the Dreyfus affair and also left with out protection the pope that was proctected by Napoleon the third . Like Rav Velvel z”l said there isn’t a nail that it’s not hit on its head in this world that the “ kavone” is Am yisroel. But ignorance is bliss Np and you have to be a very happy man
DeleteThe best way to honor those neshomos would have been to avoid the possibility of another tragedy. Not disregarding the danger and certainly not , given the security warnings, shlepping 3 year old kids for an Upsherin!
DeleteTo be fair I only skimmed the first half. It was really the Monroe doctrine which saved Mexico,though it'll be too much for the Mexicans to give the gringos credit
DeleteCinco de Maio is not a Mexican holiday. Never has been.
ReplyDeleteIt's an American holiday created by beer companies. Buy your Mexican workers a case of cerveza to celebrate.
It’s a Mexican holiday. All government offices are closed and now there is a military parade.There is no school. The celebration is that the Mexican army of the Republican government of Benito Juarez although smaller and in complete disarray beat the invading French army of Napoleon the third that was supporting the consvative government under Maximilian that was Frank Joseph’s brother. The battle was in the city of Puebla and General Zaragoza and Porfirio Diaz beat the French. Mexico lost the war. The French left as the war with Prussia was brewing already, leaving Maximilians empire only backed by the conservative Mexican army. Once the Americans were finished with their civil war they backed Benito Juarez that proceeded to beat Maximilian and the conservatives. Maximilian was killed in el cerro de las campanas by a firing squad. Benito Juarez didn’t pardon him . Maximilian was a ohev yisroel that had Jews in his court and was the fist open Jewish immigration to Mexico. Not Independence Day that is September 16 but definitely a holiday that impacted Jewish immigration from Europe to Mexico because of many reasons
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Deletethe problem with cutting and pasting is that inevitably you will be seduced into believing a left-leaning slant to every story, almost as if it were facts.
What saved Mexico was really the Monroe doctrine. But they couldn't exactly give the gringos credit
DeleteDo u have to pay to go to blueclaws BBQ? Is there real meat or just hot dogs and hamburgers? Is it mixed?
ReplyDeleteGrilled chicken
DeleteThe hate on YWN twitter against frum yidden in Eretz Yisroel today is despicable and disgusting
ReplyDeleteThis is the sad ugly face of the so called Frum media.
How's the traffic with the new traffic pattern at route 9 and central? I still see people turning left onto central
ReplyDeleteHow are we supposed to get to central when James is closed and no lefts onto central ave?
Delete"Bobover Rebbe Reb Naftoli Halberstam, who said “Rabi Shimon ben Yochai will be by me on Lag BaOmer"
ReplyDeleteLubab Rebbuh MH"M said that Rashbi is at Chabad Lubavitch Ayhel in Queens, NY on Lag Baomer.