Tuesday Rosh Chodesh Tamuz June 16 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 78° Abundant sunshine. 

-  The Vaad Hakehillos Technology Office is pleased to announce that customers with home phone service through Exchange Telecom/Skywire can now add the Vaad Hakehillos AI Block to their phone line by calling Skywire at 1-844-SKYWIRE, giving them access to a block list that currently includes more than 10,000 phone numbers.

- Netanyahu’s Likud Party has canceled a planned election campaign highlighting the premier’s close ties to US President Donald Trump, after assessing that the messaging will not help Netanyahu’s chances at the upcoming election, the i24 news outlet reports

- Suspects in White House attack plot targeted politicians linked to Israel, FBI says

The FBI first received intelligence on the plot on June 10, days before it was carried out. A Signal group used to coordinate the operation had 23 members - 5 have been arrested so far. One of those arrested told investigators the goal was to target "billionaires and capitalists" receiving money from the Jewish lobby AIPAC.

- Reminder: This Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States.

As a result, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will be closed, and most banks and financial institutions will not be open for regular business. Most major retailers, supermarkets, and big-box stores are expected to remain open.

- Update: Lakewood girls schools will end this coming Monday 

- The court in Yerushalayim ordered the release of American yeshiva bochurim who were arrested last night in a dirah on rechov Pines for "disturbing the peace," after rejecting the police's request to extend their detention by five days.

- Giyus: Ger chasidim are planning a massive atzeres protest in front of prison 10 where a bochur from ger has been jailed for draft evasion the rebbes son Rav Nechemiah Alter shlita, will lead the rally with thousands expected to join 

- Giyus: The Avreich Harav Aviel Cohen,of a kollel in Kfar Avraham, Petach Tikva, has been sentenced to 14 days in military prison.

- Keren Olam HaTorah event today in Queens at yeshiva Chofetz Chaim with the Rachmastrivka rebbe from EY joining the delegation 

Rav Bunim Schreiber will drover a shiur at B"M of Albert Lakewoof 7:20 pm

Rav Chaim Mordechai Ausband will speak divrei chizuk at Coventry shul tonight 9:00 pm 

- Tefillos for the Vizhnitz rebbe of Bnei Brak Rav Srultche who is weak and needs a refuah name is Yisroel ben Leah Esther 

- At the Kosel this morning on Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, members of the Women of the Wall group held their monthly minyan A group of Israeli seminary students also arrived as they do regularly, and protested the gathering by singing and davening loudly in an effort to drown it out

- Machlokes between Slabodka Roshei Yeshiva over the the planned vehicle protes agains the drafting of yeshiva Bochurim According to the report, Rav Dov Landau issued an unequivocal opposition to the protest, he has asked whether the protest is likely to be effective under the current circumstances, and his decision will be based on that assessment. Meanwhile, Moshe Hillel Hirsch reportedly continues to support holding the protest.

- More travel chaos is expected for Tuesday’s World Cup match at MetLife Stadium, with nearly 30,000 train tickets reportedly still unsold as of Monday evening. Transit officials are urging fans to plan ahead amid concerns that transportation issues could once again impact travel to and from the event.

- Three Lakewood police officers were suspended following internal investigations into separate incidents involving a vehicle pursuit and the handling of an injured crash victim. One officer was disciplined for violating pursuit policies, while two others received 10-day suspensions for failing to provide aid to an injured motorist despite repeated requests for medical assistance. All three officers remain employed and were ordered to undergo additional training.

- Central Jersey Hatzolah has unveiled a new $400,000 ambulance funded through a grant secured by Assemblyman Avi Schnall. It will be the first ambulance dedicated specifically to the Howell community

- Toms River residents will see no municipal tax increase for the fifth consecutive year after the Township Council approved Mayor Daniel Rodrick’s $142.2 million budget. The municipal tax rate remains at 43.7 cents per $100 of assessed value, keeping the average homeowner’s municipal tax bill at about $1,969 annually. APP

- Dime Commercial Bank has opened a branch in Lakewood, the 162-year-old bank's first location outside of its New York home turf. The new two-story building, which has a Dime branch on the first floor, is located at 500 Boulevard of the Americas.

- The FBI is handling an investigation following an ICE agent being struck by a vehicle while trying to pull it over, officials said. The incident occurred at about 9:30 a.m. Monday on Route 72 near Mermaid Drive, Stafford police said.