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Scattered thunderstorms and heavy rain could cause flash flooding across parts of New Jersey on Wednesday starting a stormy stretch that will continue into the weekend.
22 Av 1st Yartzeit of Rabbi Berel Wein
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to speak at an NYPD event in Staten Island. He got booed offstage
- Riders were hanging upside down after an amusement park ride malfunctioned on the Ocean City, New Jersey, boardwalk leaving passengers suspended upside down for an estimated 5-7 minutes before they were safely brought down.
- Likud MK Dan Illouz joined Yisrael Beytenu and backed chairman Avigdor Liberman, the party announced Wednesday Rabbi David Katz, Executive Director of Heritage, responded: “I’m extremely disappointed. I thought Dan had better Torah values
- NJ elected officials seeking reelection could be forced to report taxpayer-funded newsletters, social media posts, & other official communications as campaign spending -- or face fines up to $11,600. ELEC’s sweeping 90-day rule before November is now in effect. NJ Globe.
- Trump: Great news for the Republican Party. El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in his race with the Socialist. As usual, the Polls were way off on this one. She was not expected to do nearly as well as she did. Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!
- President Trump is now expecting gas to plummet toward $2.50 per gallon if a deal is struck with Iran "If we have no friction, I think it'll go down to $2.50 per gallon. It was $1.85 before I made this little journey to the Islamic Republic of Iran. I had to make it."
- Traffic: Construction at pine and Washington
- Jackson Township police are investigating a string of bias incidents in the past few weeks.The incidents include a break-in and antisemitic vandalism at a school recently purchased by a local yeshiva and possible shots fired at the window of a Jewish health advocacy group (Chai Lifeline). APP Reports.
- Armed Man Arrested Near Trump Golf Course While Monitoring Security Ahead of President’s Visit
- Giyus: Bagatz freezes Knesset committee transfer of funds for Charedi schools
- A Israeli Chabad attorney Nechama Tzivin petitioned a beis din to address the soaring cost of sheitels (wigs), some of which reportedly sell for up to $16,000. She proposed that rabbonim regulate the market by setting maximum prices, limiting profit margins based on halachic principles, banning artificial price floors, and encouraging manufacturers to produce affordable wigs for women with limited financial means. The goal is to make sheitels more accessible while discouraging excessive pricing.
- Just one day after the Lakewood UEZ approved a $500,000-per-year Clean Team for the downtown Clifton Avenue area, homeless individuals were seen camping and sleeping in Town Square and other locations along Clifton Avenue.
- Far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed holds a razor-thin lead over Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat a race many expected progressives to win decisively. If elected in November, Abdul El-Sayed would make history as the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate.
- Rabbi Yehuda Gerami chief Rabbi of Iran tells the Wall Street Journal that war and state restrictions have complicated Jewish life, but says the community maintains synagogues, ritual baths and religious institutions and remains deeply connected to Iranian culture
- Rand Paul: Anthony Fauci is fully protected by a sweeping pardon, immune from prosecution, and he still refuses to comply with a lawful subpoena. That's the very definition of contempt for the American people. On Thursday, the HSGAC will vote to hold him in contempt
- More than 90,000 Israelis left the country in 2025 for a period of at least three consecutive months, according to a new study by Tel Aviv University, continuing a trend of rising emigration in recent years. Behind the numbers are families who say they made the difficult decision to leave because of a combination of security concerns, rising living costs and a desire to provide their children with a different future. Several Israelis who recently emigrated told ynet they do not regret their decision.
- A controversial advertising campaign for a museum that has appeared prominently on New York City buses for months will be removed from the MTA’s fleet far sooner than originally planned, following sustained pressure from parents, religious organizations, and elected officials who argued the displays were inappropriate for public spaces frequented by families and children.
Here we go again Construction on Cedar Bridge construction on Pine Street construction on Martin Luther dumb question for the brilliant people that organize this how is anybody that is left in town and not on vacation supposed to get to work and get children to and from babysitters and Day Camp??? There has to be transparency we need answers NOW!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in Lancaster pa all week, and all of Lakewood is here. And his milchig and fleishig food is cheaper than Lakewood.
DeleteThank you to Rabbi Notis.
The construction worker said the construction on cedarbridge will be thru Friday!!!
ReplyDeleteNJ legislators ban everything:
ReplyDeleteI was at a business conference last week, when they announced the Governor will stop by. I met one of her policy aids and wanted to discuss a legislative proposal with one of her policy aids, and grudgingly told me the Governor has no legislative aids.
Meaning everything is a fix, but now it's a fix with the progressives.