Wednesday Rosh Chodesh Av News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 101° Sunny to partly cloudy. Areas of smoke reducing visibility at times

Air quality alert due to smoke from Canadian wildfires 

An Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. today for Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Ocean, and southeastern Burlington counties, with heat index values up to 107 degrees. Dangerous heat and humidity could cause heat-related illnesses, and temperatures will remain very hot on Thursday, with heat indices near 100 degrees.

NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill Smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to reach New Jersey later this evening, affecting our air quality. Sensitive individuals should limit time spent outdoors and avoid strenuous activity.

Today Rosh chodesh marks the 26th yahrzeit of the Bobover Rebbe Rav Shlomo Halberstam the Divre Shloime zt"l, Thousands expected at the Tziyun located ad Floral park cemetery Deans, NJ 

- The Knesset voted Wednesday 65-51 to pass a law significantly weakening the powers of the attorney general The legislation, which is currently set to enter into effect in January 2027, two months after the next elections, would effectively strip the attorney general of authority over the government by allowing ministers to reject the attorney general’s currently binding legal positions.

- A new New Jersey law taking effect July 17 expands Family Leave Act protections by covering employers with 15 or more employees instead of 30. The law also reduces the employment requirement from 12 months to 3 months and lowers the minimum hours worked from 1,000 to 250, extending job protection to more than 400,000 additional workers in the state.

- Power was out briefly along the Pine Street corridor and Cedarbridge corporate park. It has since been restored

- The Sanzer Rebbe along with thousands of his Chassidim will gather tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. outside Prison 10 for a Atzeres tefillah rally, protesting the arrest of two bochurim f

affiliated with the Chassidus for draft dodging 

- A moment of silence in the Israeli Knesset in memory of Senator Lindsey Graham

- BDE: Petirah of Reb Yissochor Tzvi Halevi Lowy Z"L of Brooklyn father of R' Yitzchok and R' Eliyohu of Lakewood Kevura in Lakewood today 4:30pm

- The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to build a “mission training center” for F-16 fighter jets stationed at the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township, on the edge of Atlantic City International Airport, the latest element of a multipart push to expand air power in South Jersey.(OneJersey)

- For the 9 days lakewood restaurants will have extended hours Mendelsohn's pizza n Toms River/Lakewood open until 9 pm

Fleishig restaurants will have Parve menus in addition there will be fleishigs available for shabbos and siyumim 

- Giyus: A Hafgama was held outside the Tel Hashomer Recruitment Office against the scheduled conscription day for Charedi tracks in the IDF. Demonstrators gathered to protest the ongoing draft efforts targeting yeshiva students. In yerushalayim members of the Eidah hacharedis protested in front of the lishkat Giyus on Rechov Rashi 

- Netanyahu to travel to D.C. Saturday for Lindsey Graham’s funeral.

- Firefighters responded to a fire Wednesday at at Atlantic Coast Recycling of Ocean County on  New Hampshire Avenue. It was put out shortly after

- As they do on many Rosh Chodesh mornings, members of Women of the Wall gathered at the Kosel today for their monthly provocation as hundreds of seminary girls and other women assembled nearby, reciting Tehillim loudly to drown out the group. 

- The Lakewood Fire District plans to construct a memorial monument at the corner of Monmouth Avenue and Fifth Street commemorating the 50th anniversary of the loss of two Lakewood firefighters.

- Lakewood Township is expected to introduce its 2026 municipal budget, though the full details have not yet been released. There is a possibility of a tax increase, following reductions in state funding and municipal aid from Trenton.

- President Donald Trump is directing ICE officers to resume conducting traffic stops, rejecting a recent Department of Homeland Security decision to suspend the tactic following two fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Maine and Texas. “We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.”

- Giyus: The new law freezing the arrest of yeshiva bochurim who have not reported for the draft comes into effect at a particularly sensitive time just one week before the start of Bein Hazmanim, during this period, many travel, take trips, and spend more time on the roads and in public areas, leading to increased interaction with police officers. Officials warn that despite the temporary freeze, the coming weeks could still see a significant number of encounters and possible arrests before the law is fully implemented or enforced.

- Trump calls on New York to reverse its data center moratorium “immediately,” warning it could hand AI leadership to China.

- Arkia Airlines will expand and upgrade its Tel Aviv-New York route in response to strong demand, adding Monday and Wednesday flights between Tel Aviv and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in August and September.

-Lakewood Police Arrest Suspect Twice in One Week Lakewood Police arrested Anthony Bivins Jr., 48, after two separate investigations. He was first charged in connection with a residential burglary and theft of tools, and days later was arrested again for allegedly stealing a vehicle from a local repair shop.

- Neptune Township has joined more than 25 New Jersey municipalities in restricting data centers and in addition they voted to restrict Department of Homeland Security detention centers within the municipality.

-New Jersey beer sales rose about 10% during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, making it the second-biggest drinking host region after Massachusetts.

- Benjamin Netanyahu on Zohran Mamdani: "I think Zohran Mamdani secretly hates America. He champions Hamas, which wants to massacre every Jew on Earth. Those who hate the Jews and Israel ultimately hate America."

- NJ Assembly GOP: A $150,000 earner with a $400,000 home in New Jersey pays roughly $21,350/year in state and local taxes.

The same person in Florida: $4,300.

That's a $17,000 difference. Every year.

And we just raised taxes another $800 million

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