Sunday, August 16, 2026

Sunday August 16 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 83° Partly cloudy this morning. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High 83F. Chance of rain 60%.

- 3 Elul Yartzeit of R'Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886-1948). Rebbe & Menahel in Torah Vodaas. Founded Torah Umesorah with a goal of setting up day schools in every major city in America. 

- Majority of U.S. voters say they are financially worse off since Trump took office, according to a Financial Times poll

- GSP North was shut down  to to an accident at mile marker 135.

- 100th Yartzeit of the Ohr Sameach Rav Meir Simcha Hakohen ZTL of Dvinsk. There will be several events in Lakewood. Rav Michoel Sorotzkin will speak at Lutzk B"M 1pm

- There will be a evening of Torah and Chizuk with crashes by Rav Yankel Drill man shlita, Rav Uren Reich shlita Rav Lipa Geldwirth shlita at the Torah Links B"M 1301 Central Ave Lakewood 7:30 pm

- Moadim LSimcha sukkos order deadline is Tomorrow August 17

- Frum Schools are tightening enforcement of unpaid tuition balances ahead of the upcoming school year. Some schools will not complete registration or reserve spots for students until outstanding balances are paid.

- Attorney General Todd Blanche announces that he has officially received the criminal referral for Anthony Fauci and an investigation is currently underway.

- Giyus: Reports that Agudah Yisroel party has offered the Bnei Torah Yerushalmi faction to join for the upcoming elections welcoming them and giving them a slate for  representatives.

- Meat prices soar. Besidea for the shortage i. Tge kosher market due to a fire at Agri processors. U.S. cattle herd plunges to a nearly 50-year low, sending beef prices to record highs.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Avrohom Yitzchok “Avry” Juravel zt”l, one of the foremost experts in contemporary kashrus, whose extraordinary command of halacha, coupled with a rare mastery of the technical realities of modern food production, made him a trusted authority in the field for more than four decades. Rav Juravel, who was a resident of Monsey, NY, had battled illness and medical challenges the last few years with tremendous strength and fortitude. Rav Juravel was widely known through his longtime work with OU Kosher, where he served as Rabbinic Coordinator for Technical Services. Levaya inspiring Valley today 11am at Khal Zichron Yitzchok(Matzav)

- Ponovezh  a judge has enforced the arbitration notifying the yeshiva under the leadership of Rav Shmuel Markowitz shlita that they must vacate the current location by September as ler the ruling.

-  South Korea proposes talks with North Korea to formally end the 70 year old Korean conflict.

- Hurricane Lala is pounding Hawaii with torrential rain and dangerous winds after narrowly missing a direct landfall. The storm is far from finished, and at least one person has been killed. Meanwhile, historic flooding in Indiana has killed at least five people, prompting President Trump to approve an emergency declaration for the state.

- Those who ascend  the Har Habayis have now been  allowed to bring a siddur along with them by Israeli police.  Most poskim forbid going on the temple mount. 

Video: Habachur Yosef Levi  of Yeshivas Porat Yosef is released from IDF military Prison after 3 months. His father sat outside the jail for 42 days protesting his sentence.




1 comment:

  1. The unpaid tuition balances are a quiet crisis in Lakewood that isn't getting nearly as much attention as it should. Schools are collapsing under the weight of the unpaid tuition, but at the same time, the families with unpaid balances are genuinely unable to pay up. With just three days to go until boys start their school year and two weeks until girls start theirs, many families literally have no idea whether their children will be able to continue to attend school this year.

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