Friday October 30 News Updates Lakewood

Shabbos Hachnosas Orchim

Friday, October 30, 2026.                                      י״ט חשון תשפ״ז ערב שבת פרשת וירא

Candle lighting 5:38pn

Shkiah/Sunset 5:56 pm

Weather 73° Sunny. tonight low 41 

Shabbos 61 sunny and cooler 

Change clocks this Motzei Shabbos Daylight saving time in the United States ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2:00 a.m. local time, when clocks "fall back" one hour to 1:00 am

- Sof Zman Krias shema/Gra Sunday morning 9: 03 am

-19 Cheshvan Yartzeit of Rav Dovid Feinstein ZTL

Admor Temeshvar shlita will spend shabbos in Lakewood at 425 12th street.

Rav Shaul Alter shlita will spend shabbos in Tampa Florida

Loitzk rebbe will be in Baltimore for shabbos

- NYC Marathon The Verazzaano upper level  will be closed Motzei Shabbos 

- The Secret Service ordered short-range surface-to-air missile systems and counter-drone technology to be positioned in and around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

- Giyus 35 bochurim/avreichim will be spending shabbos in military jails  while they have not been visited by any of the frum knesset members.

-Trick or treating is tomorrow for those celebrating Halloween

- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is weighing blocking Russian diesel from being unloaded in New Jersey.

First Shalom Zachor this shabbos at Lakefront community Okochobbee, Florida.

- Tefilos for the NIkolsburg Rebbe Rav Mordechai Jungreis of the Woodbourne shul who is in need of rachmei shamayim name is Mordechai Zev ben Necha Leiba 

- New Jersey Democrats have added more than three times as many voters as Republicans since last year’s gubernatorial election, widening their registration lead by about 31,000 voters heading into next week’s midterm election. Democrats added 42,901 voters statewide from November 2025 through September 2026, according to state data. Republicans added 11,815 voters over the same period, and the number of unaffiliated voters grew by 27,844.

- EY: A bus driver in his 50s was killed Friday morning when the bus he was driving, carrying girls from Moshav Tifrach on their way to seminary, collided with a tractor on Route 25 near Moshav Shibolim and Netivot. 22 girls were injured, in moderate and light condition. According to MDA, a 61-year-old Morah was also seriously injured. Names for  Tehillim are יעל בת אורה ,עדינה בת פייגא 

- Audio when you call the city of Sedom

- Lakewood Shopper Local election editorial

There are many examples of money still being spent on various property purchases and land swaps, on the questionable shuttle bus system, and in other areas that only benefit one or a few people. Furthermore, businesses are still being granted tax abatements, thus denying the township of the important taxes from rateables that a city needs to balance its budget. While helping businesses is important, and such tax abatements are sometimes justifiable, one still may wonder if they are being handed out too easily and frequently, and at the expense of the public in general.

We have been attempting to get answers to these questions for weeks, to no avail. We have heard many excuses, but no solutions of substance have emerged. No candidate has campaigned on a platform that addresses these and other crucial issues that acutely affect every Lakewood resident.

It must be noted that these are topics that are taken very seriously by our da’as Torah. The Shopper is privy to first-hand information regarding behind-the-scenes meetings between establishment activists and Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbanim, in which these figures have pressed for endorsements of candidates who may not be the best for the community, but who will push certain specific issues that fit a defined agenda. The Roshei Yeshiva brought up quality of life issues – such as the fact that one has to sit in traffic for much of the day just to get to yeshiva – but were told that issues like this must be sacrificed for the sake of specific things which are important to the powers that be. The problems with this situation should be self-evident. Elections are not a joke, but, sadly, the consequences are not being taken seriously by certain individuals.

In our conversations with elected officials and public representatives, The Shopper has brought up many practical ideas – quite a few of which were suggested by our wonderful readers – that could help solve some of the problems this town is facing. We are sad to say that, for the most part, very little action has been taken on any of these ideas.

In short, the truth remains that we have gotten no real word on how these matters will be addressed.

We also have received no indication that Lakewood’s problems will receive any real attention on the state or county level. Governor Sherrill is clearly antagonistic to Lakewood. Lakewood is the fourth largest municipality in the state, with a population of over 141,000. (In truth, it is probably the third by now.) It is also the fastest-growing township in the state (and second fastest-growing in the country), and it is not one of the wealthiest townships. Despite all this, Lakewood is receiving almost nothing from the state. And with Sherrill’s new cuts, that funding has gone down much more.

What efforts are being exerted to change this?That’s another question we have no good answer for. Having said all this, we feel that it is impossible for us to weigh in on whom to vote for or why.