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- The United States struck Iran’s strategically important Qeshm Island on Monday, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. The attack is reportedly part of a series of limited, previously undisclosed U.S. strikes against Iranian targets in recent weeks. According to U.S. officials, the operations are intended to prevent Iranian threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Mussar Shmuz subtle Mashgiach shlita at BMG Beren hall.
- Nusach Ashkenaz- As of Mincha yesterday 90 Shemonah esreis have been said with the inclusion of משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם therefore beyond this point one who is unsure if he added Mashiv Haruach can halachicaly be presumed to have said it and need not to repeat shemonah esrei. (nusach Sefard never needs to repeat) (one who served as a shliach tzibbur during this time period may count his chazaras hashatz toward the count of 90. (Tidbits by Klal Govoha)
- Iranian reports indicate explosions were heard in the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas following a reported U.S. strike targeting an Iranian air defense system on Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz. The reported strike comes as Washington and Tehran are engaged in diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement.
- Youngeleit in Lakewood were holding large signs against voting for Booker due to his anti Torah agenda.
- Trump: Oil Prices are DROPPING LIKE A ROCK, down almost $10 a Barrel, A RECORD, because people feel that there will not be a War with Iran. Iran wants a settlement, as soon as possible. It could happen!"Things are trending in the right direction for America.
- Netanyahu says he is open to talks on forming a broad government, while rejecting any coalition dependent on Ra’am or the Joint List, which he accuses of supporting terrorism and denying Israel’s existence as a Jewish state. He says Likud emerged as the largest party and argues that the result gives him a mandate to lead the next government.
- Trump says Iran wants a deal and that an agreement is possible.
-Antisemitic Graffiti and Nazi Swastika Symbols found scrawled on Four Williamsburg School Buses of frum schools Police Investigating
- The Texas Senate race is now the most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. history, with a record $573 million pouring in. The latest Fox News poll shows Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico tied at 49%,
- Israel elections president Herzog Urges 'Open Heart' in Coalition Talks as Arab Parties Prepare to Back Eisenkot as will Liebman, the Shas party is leaning to back Netanyahu.
- Ehud Barak is backing down from the conscription Giyus flag: "The IDF is not capable of absorbing all the Charedim, suggests giving them national service,"
- Avigdor Lieberman: The opposition failed a crushing failure, the responsibility lies with Yiznkor and his people who ran an egotistical campaign. We lost 7-8 mandates in the last 10 days.
- Segal: Lieberman has effectively chosen elections. Liberman has ruled out a government with Netanyahu (even in a rotation offer) and support for a minority government. After meeting key leaders, he confirmed Yisrael Beiteinu will endorse Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister and support Yair Lapid for Speaker of the Knesset By backing Lapid over Eisenkot's preferred Speaker choice—a move that burns bridges to a unity government—and ruling out a minority coalition, Lieberman leaves only two real options: a full unity government or new elections. Lieberman has effectively chosen elections.
New Jersey Senate and congress elections.
America’s big elections this year are about Congress, and New Jersey is one of the states to watch as control of the U.S. Senate and House hang in the balance during the midterms of President Donald Trump’s second stint in office.
At the top of the ticket in the Garden State, Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is running for re-election against Republican Justin Murphy in a relatively low-profile race.
Getting more attention: All 12 of the state’s House seats are also on the ballot — including a huge race in the swing 7th District. There, Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is in a competitive battle with Democrat Rebecca Bennett that could help determine whether Republicans keep their majority in the chamber.
There’s also a question if Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew could be in trouble against Democrat Zack Mullock in South Jersey’s 2nd District as the national mood seems to be tilting against Trump and the GOP.
- Lakewood elections
Twenty years after promising to restructure and establish an Ichud Rabbonim to ensure broader community representation, the Lakewood Vaad has yet to deliver. Despite tremendous growth in the community, it continues to operate without elections, public accountability, or meaningful input from the broader Kehilla. Critics say the Vaad only becomes active around election time, issuing endorsements and robocalls while remaining silent on residents' concerns. The central question remains: Where are the promised reforms, transparency, and representation? After 20 years, perhaps it's time to let the community choose who speaks on its behalf.
22 cheshvan has been 30 days since mashiv haruach
ReplyDeleteNobody is stopping someone from starting another organiziation representing the taxpayers. In case people are unaware the VAAD does not represent us the taxpayers but the special interests in Lakewood, Builders, BMG, Schools but not you.
ReplyDeletePlease everyone should realize that the increased Lakewood property taxes are directly caused by our elected township committee officials. For many years, the townshop committee has been giving away freebies to their well connected friends, which has limited the tax revenue available to our town, and has thus required the town to increase taxes on everyone else.
ReplyDeleteOne example is called tax abatements. This means that the town allows a property owner to pay no taxes for thirty years! This tax abatement is given to many of the multi-floor corporate buildings that you see - and maybe even work in - all around town. Some prime examples include corporate buildings on Route 9, Avenue of the States, and Avenue of America. If these corporate buildings were paying property taxes like you and I are paying, then we should be able to decrease our property taxes since the township would have more tax revenue from these huge buildings with large properties and large square footage of building space. That would amount to a lot of money in taxes!! Instead of increasing our taxes every year for the last many years, our taxes should be lowered every single year as there are more big buildings and more residential houses being built to help pay into the taxes required to run this town.
Another example is giving away cheap land to the well connected. The township owns a lot of land in Lakewood, and over the years has sold some of this land for dirt cheap to well connected friends. One example of this is the land that was used to build the CHEMED building in Route 9 South was given by the township to CHEMED for $1 (one dollar) a year!! CHEMED is a private organization that is making more than enough revenue, and has gotten many government grants. Why are they not paying for prime property on Route 9 that they used to build a massive healthcare building? Another example is the recent sale of 60 acres of prime property on Airport Road to CHEMED for a mere $26 million!! That land should be worth at least $150 million for prime Lakewood real estate! If Lakewood Township would have an extra few hundred million from all these land sales that were given away cheaply, our taxes would be decreasing instead of increasing!
Increased property taxes increases everything in this town.
Increased taxes increases our already high mortgages.
Increased taxes increases our already high rent for our young families.
Increased taxes makes it so much harder for parents to help support their married couples!
Increased taxes increases the rent to the local food stores, which will in turn increase prices on our groceries!!
Increased taxes increases the rent to the local clothing stores, which will in turn increase prices on the clothing we buy!
Increased taxes increases the cost of everything that is sold in this town!
Increased taxes will make many Lakewood families no longer be able to pay their children's tuition!
Increased taxes will make many Lakewood families no longer be able to make ends meet!
Enough is enough!!
We need to fire the township committee members who have spent the last twenty years making it more and more difficult financially to live in Lakewood. They have failed us tremendously!
I'm not even going to mention the traffic and the many other issues that should have been addressed too.
We need to elect new people to OUR Lakewood Township Committee that really care about our needs, our costs, our paychecks, and how we will pay our bills.
Two of the township committee members are up for reelection. Let's not make the same mistakes.
Let's hire new people with new ideas that are not part of the well connected Lakewood corruption, and will hopefully be able to reverse the tremendous damage and make our town a more affordable place to live.
Sincerely,
A local Lakewood family
Have we heard any actual ideas from the alternative candidates?
DeleteI have HUD since 1996 and does not effect me but I dont support all this growth as more traffic when I drive, thankfully I dont have to schlep for work to Brooklyn or Manhattan
DeleteNo more tax abatements is an excellent idea.
DeleteEven if that was the only idea promoted, it would be enough.
Remember, the office buildings did not require the abatements to be profitable. They would have been built without the abatements. They were just to make the rich richer, with no benefit to the town. Your commute would have been shortened if they paid full taxes.
You probably mean to say that even if those buildings weren't built on Free land they were still be profitable......
DeleteFor some reason you admitted the biggest elephant in the room Cedar Bridge development was given valued at that time 200 million dollars of Free land. If that land was sold at auction we would have no taxes for quite a few years and on top of that they got tax abatements simply an outrage
DeleteSpread the word and educate people to vote out the incumbents they no longer have the ability to represent or fight for the olam and lakewood residents, they are there for a few powerful yechidim while costing everyone else money and agmas nefesh. The ihr Hatorah deserves better than this.
Deleteno other alternative is still no reason to support/vote for worse than that
Delete11:22 - have we heard actual ideas from the incumbent candidates?
DeleteThey don't campaign, they don't hold rallies, they don't put up lawn signs anymore. I've seen a very few ads that don't say anything
At least you mention one came to pizza Plus, but you mention it after the event.
I proudly voted as did my wife fully in line with the Vaad/ Daas Torah dictates, you cant go wrong if you follow daas Torah.
ReplyDeleteNot all of us are paid by the vaad to troll online or get tax exemption. Also hiding behind daas Torah to steal from other yidden is worse than not following dass Torah
DeleteYou proudly trolled the tzibbur in Lakewood.
DeleteI don't believe that you voted, neither do I believe that you have a wife.
12:00,
DeleteHow much does the Vaad pay for such comments?
Much as we detest them, if they would give us the same offer or tuition discounts..
As far as I know, there are no rabbanim on the Vaad. There were no rabbanim that signed along with any Vaad notifications. The vaad is NOT daas Torah. It's a few wealthy well connected individuals in this town that own big businesses. If someone can give us a list of the people that are on this Vaad, I think everyone would appreciate that.
DeleteAs far as I know, Rav Shmuel Blech is a member of the VAAD.
DeleteYou're a foolish golam
DeleteYou can't go wrong but you can pay much taxes and sit in much more traffic enjoy
DeleteQuote from Anonymous 4:23
Delete“ the Vaad is a few wealthy well connected individuals in this town that own big businesses. If someone can give us a list of the people that are on this Vaad, I think everyone would appreciate that”.
You know that they are wealthy and well connected individuals. But you don’t even know a single Vaad members name or what they do for a living.
That's because despite of them being anonymous you can see that whatever they do or propose is for some rich individuals benefit
DeleteVoted against the mushchas booker
ReplyDeleteperhaps you might be jewish or religious.
DeleteThe question is, who says the VAAD represents Daas Torah???
ReplyDeleteSo predictable. As invariably happens after elections, and coalition negotiations commence..
ReplyDeleteThe disgraced 'Ehud Barak is backing down from the conscription Giyus flag: "The IDF is not capable of absorbing all the Charedim'
..Then the carousel will start all over again
They might represent days torah but the days torah is only being presented their side of the story so they can't actually make a righteous decision. Basically they're puppets
ReplyDeleteI hope to go vote tomorrow. But I am clueless. Please tell me who to vote for.
ReplyDeleteJust look at what the vaad says to do & vote the exact opposite & you'll be fine
DeleteIf you love the traffic and paying all your money to taxes please vote for the vaad
DeleteIf you use the seichel Hashem gave you it should be easy to figure out.
If you are clueless then vote for Moshe Raitzik and straight republican down the ballot, and for other township seat do write in or don't vote
As usual the Satmar strategy of gleefully allying with every menuval communist antisemite as is backfiring once again, who would have guessed
ReplyDeleteSatmar are mischievously consistently corrupt.
DeleteMost of others have till now been generally prepared to tell us to support virtually the same smelly garbage.
Just so long
a. they're ready give lip service support for Israel
b.mega-millionaire real estate deals
Yes go get them those chassidims! You sound like the riff Raff mob.. for some reason we're allowed to vote for every degenerate which smiles our way...... Without much thought of what their agenda really is. The difference is we remain those losers who get nothing. Route 9 is still a parking lot. Whereas those chassidims actually benefit the joke is on us
ReplyDeleteWrite in Rich Roberts, he can save us
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