Thursday August 6 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 92°  chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 102. S Chance of precipitation is 30%.

- Heat advisory in effect from 10am this morning thru Motzei shabbos 8pm Heat index values up to 103 degrees expected.

- New in Lakewood kosher pizza vending machines. Now located at the ExxonMobil station Rt 9 and Countlyine. Hot pizza vending machines store fresh or chilled unbaked pizzas inside a refrigerated internal compartment and bake them on demand using high-speed convection or micro-ovens. They dispense a hot, boxed pizza in about 3 minutes after a user pays.

- BDE: Petirah of Miss Tova Hertz A”H daughter of R' Baruch Barry and Joni Hertz from Brooklyn/Lakewood Pine River Village she was 36. Levaya Friday  10am at the Lakewood Chapel off 7th st with Kevurah in EY.

- A newly released report on Israel  channel 13 that the Gur Rebbe held a private meeting with Satmar philanthropist Yoeli Landau, during which opposition to the State of Israel and possible legal and political efforts abroad were discussed. The report claims the conversation included a halachic discussion regarding cooperation with non-Jewish authorities and presents the meeting as evidence of growing anti-Zionist activism within parts of the charedi community.

- NJ Governor Sherrill posted her housing so-called "affordability achievements" today. Also today: Redfin reports NJ families need $56,000-$94,000 MORE than they earn to buy a typical home — 2.5 to 4 times worse than the national gap. Both NJ markets in the study got less affordable over the past year.Timing is everything.

A young family buying a $450,000 home in New Jersey will pay roughly $10,890 a year in property taxes alone. The same home in Florida: approximately $3,600.That's $7,290 MORE a year. Every year. For as long as they own it. New Jersey has the highest property tax rate in America. We just raised taxes $800 million more. (NJ assembly GOP)

- Rav Dov Landau paid a visit to the Belz rebbe at his home.

- Traffic light at Cross st and White St has been activated.

- Trump strongly defends Pete Hegseth and dismisses recent media reports as false. Trump highlights Hegseth's major military successes in Venezuela and Iran while praising his ending of DEI in the military and record recruitment!

- Authorities in Asbury Park are investigating a series of bias incidents after neo-Nazi symbols and swastika  were spray-painted this week at multiple locations, including a nonprofit agency.

- Updated LPD Alert: The issue in Westgate has been resolved. Earlier today Police activity in the Westgate development. No public safety threat. Avoid the area until further notice.

- Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul moves to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he repeatedly refused to answer questions about his COVID-19 decision making under subpoena."All he had to do was tell the truth more than 100 times. Though he refused.""The chair ruled that Dr. Fauci's assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege was unsupported in light of the pardon and the testimony he offered in his opening statement."

 - Washington Post reports Trump told donors he wants to see JD Vance elected president in 2028, saying at an Oval Office meeting about two weeks ago, “At the end of the day, we need to elect JD

- Fox News: Senate Candidate Abdul A-Sayed Received More Than $115,000 From Members of Organization Linked to Hamas. The campaign of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul A-Sayed has received more than $115,000 from 41 people who work for or have served in leadership positions at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates, and has also been designated or classified as such in the states of Florida and Texas. According to various sources, the organization has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

- Mk Gilad Erdan announced the launch of a new right-wing political party and immediately criticized the charedim: "We will not join any narrow government. A true right-wing government means military enlistment and sharing the national burden."

- The Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA), a AEA member, recently closed on a $4.9 million loan with the New Jersey Water Bank to construct a public sanitary sewer conveyance system. The MUA is expected to receive $3 million in principal forgiveness at long-term closing

- A court settlement will cancel about $23 billion in federal student loans for more than 170,000 borrowers who said they were misled or defrauded by certain for-profit schools. Although the settlement was reached in 2022, implementation was delayed, and eligible borrowers are now receiving the loan forgiveness required under the agreement.

The many derachim in Mesorah (Social media)