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Monday, January 10, 2022
Monday January 10 News Update
Weather: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 32F.
- 700 new covid cases in Lakewood over the weekend (deaths revised down by 29) totals 21176/303
- 369 new covid cases in Jackson (deaths revised down by 6) totals 11089120
- 619 new covid cases in Toms River (deaths revised down by 17) totals 18676/345
8:30 pm Urgent Tehillim 13–year-old Chaya Malka bas Basheva went into Cardiac Arrest again.
- U.S. reports more than 1.1 million new coronavirus cases, with some states yet to report, as weekend backlogs are released
- Murphy says he will sign the abortion bill after it passed both houses in NJ today
- Update from Family of Chaya Malka bas Batsheva she is still in a state of forced unconsciousness, but the Dr. 's have eased up some of the paralyzing medications to allow for some crucial testing that will map out the plan for the next few days. We ask that everyone please continue to storm the heavens with tefilos, tehillim, and tzedaka, and we are confident our daughter will pull through.
-Today Gov Murphy signed the same-gender marriage bill codifying marriage equality into NJ state law.
-The Toldos Aaron Rebbe recited parshas Haman tonight the kever of רבי יהודה בר אלעאי for the segulah for Parnassa on yom gimmel beshalach. The Viznitז rebbe Rav Mendel will travel with his chasidim to the yam suf tomorrow to say parshas haman,
- Murphy says Mask mandates in schools and daycares will continue in N.J.s because of the coronavirus pandemic
- Of the 6,075 people hospitalized with covid in NJ, just 2,963 are there principally for covid, Commissioner of Health Judith Persichilli says. (News12NJ)
- The New Jersey state legislature is poised to vote today Monday on a abortion bill that would further strengthen laws allowing citizens to end the lives of unborn children at any stage of pregnency for any reason see below
- Mishpachas Kamenetsky will be sitting shiva at 2018 Upland Way, Philadelphia, PA, through Sunday morning. Shachris 7:30 am Mincha 3:30 pn Maariv 9:45 pm.
- Maspidim at the Levaya of Rebbetzin Kamenetzky a"h, The R"Y Rav Shmuel, sons Rav Dovid (Yerushalayim), Rav Zev, Rav Sholom, sons in law Rav Shaya Shechter, Rav Tzvi Berkowitz, R"Y Rav Yehuda Svei, Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler Rav Yeruchom Olshin,Shlita.
- Covid continues to hit Roshei Yeshivos in E"Y. Mir R"Y Rav Lazer Yudel Finkel and ponovez R"Y Rav Berel Povarsky, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch R"Y Slabodka test positive for coronavirus.
-A group of frum mothers from Jackson spoke up last week at the Board of Education meeting telling officials about the challenges of transporting children to Lakewood schools. While they are getting aid in lieu checks, they blamed the BOE for their late notice in August that they will not be providing bussing leaving them with not enough time to arrange other options for transportation.
- The CDC director said today over 75% of “covid deaths” occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.
- Lakewood township officials vote to have free health insurance for life for committeemen that served for 20 years currently Ray Coles Menashe Miller and Meir Lichtenstein will reach 20 years in this current term.
- Lakewood Public Schools introduce Test to Stay program, allowing unvaxxed students preschool to12th grade to stay in school if they're a close covid contact and remain asymptomatic. (NJ12)
- Residents of the Brookhill neighborhood in Lakewood launch petition asking the township to implement Widening of E Kennedy Blvd From Milano Dr thru Twin Oaks Drive, Lighting & Sidewalks.
Tehillim for יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל American bochur injured in Meron tragedy. When Yossi was first admitted, he was given a
BDH: Rebbetzin Temi Kamenetsky a”h
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Matzav- is with great sadness to report the petirah of Rebbetzin Temi Kamenetsky, a”h. She was 92.
Rebbetzin Kamenetsky was the wife of Maran Hagaon Harav Shmuel Kemenetsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Philadelphia and member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisroel of America. She was a daughter of R’ and Mrs. Mordechai Brooks.
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Sunday January 9th News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Cloudy this morning with showers during the afternoon. High 43F. Winds at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%..Northern Jersey could see freezing rain this afternoon
- KA"H: According to U.S. Census data, Lakewood Township is number 1 in the country (minimum 50,000 residents) with the largest percentage of residents under 5 years of age - 18%. Number 2 is Lehi, Utah at 12.2%.23,851 children were born in Lakewood from 2016 through 2020. (reporter Onejerseyschore)
- BDE. Levaya of R' Berel Brody Z"L brother of Rav Pinchos shlita and Dayan Rav Tzvi Brody shlita at Lakewood bais olam 9:30 pm
-CDC director Walensky: "What the vaccines can't do anymore is prevent transmission."
- Horrific Bronx fire leaves at least 19 dead, including 9 children dozens more critically injured. The five-alarm blaze broke out just before 11 a.m. at 333 E 181st St, a 19-story building in the West Bronx,
New Jersey on Sunday reported another 12 COVID-19 deaths and 26,615 positive cases,
- Tehillim: Message from Philadelphia yeshiva to daven for Rebbetzin Temi Kamenetzky wife of the R"Y Rav Shmuel shlita. Who is in need of Rachmei Shamayim. name is Tema bas Charna Raise תמה בת טשארנא רייזל. Tehillim is being recited in the Yeshiva
- CDC Director Walensky says CDC will provide data on "how many of the 836,000 deaths in the U.S. linked to Covid are from Covid or how many are with Covid,"
- Steep rise in serious coronavirus cases, in Israel climbing from 172 the previous day to 205. Out of those severely ill, 48 are connected to ventilators. 17,521 new coronavirus cases had been diagnosed over Shabbos.
- Lakewood MUA board members will get a $10,000 raise for their annual "compensation" going up from $5,000 to $15,000 annually. This comes right after the board voted to increase water rates on Lakewood residents by 15% over the next 3 years. Lakewood residents serviced by the MUA will see an immediate 7.5% increase in their bills. The township committee voted to give the raise with a first reading of the ordnance, the second reading and vote is this Thursday at the township board meeting. Members on the MUA include Mayor Ray Coles, committeeman Meir Lichtenstein, Mrs. Yocheved Miller wife of deputy Mayor Menashe Miller, state senator Bob Singer and others who do not reside in Lakewood or in areas serviced by the LTMUA.
- Omicron hits Israeli Roshei Yeshiva. Rav Gershon Eidelstein, Rav Dovid Cohen R"Y Chevron,Rav Baruch Weissbeker R"Y Bais Mattisyahu, Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein R"Y Yad Aaron, Rav Yaakov Stefansky R"Y Torah betifarta, all tested positive for covid and diing well with mild symptoms.
- Lakewood residents will be eligible for up to $2,500- $3,000 for tuition relief or towards educational expenses. The grant came from the American rescue plan and will be managed by Agudath Israel. There are limited funds available and applicants will be entered into a lottery. To be eligible you have to show a loss of income on your 2019 and 2020 tax return which means that alot of families will not be eligible. More info at TVOL issue this and will be posted at Agudah website
- OU statement: "But we may not allow this moment to pass without increasing awareness of the more prevalent and hidden incidence of ... abuse between siblings, family, and peers. These are the stories that occur far more often but due to their narrower scope and lower profile rarely create a headline. As a result, we tend to be far less educated about this danger, leaving us less vigilant in detecting it and less receptive to claims that it has occurred".
-Strickmans yeshiva siyum Kesivas Sefer Torah in memory of R' Refoel Rubin Zt"l T at Estreia 978 River Ave 1:00 pm.
Vizhnitz Rebbe from Kiamisha NY will be staying in Lakewood today through Tuesday at 1002 W. Kennedy
- Midwinter giveaway family fun event today Jan 9th at Oorah headquarters 1:00 pm -4:00 pm pm1785 Swarthmore ave. Air mattresses Toys, Juicers, Blenders Balloons and Feivish While supplies last
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Motzei Shabbos Bo 5782 News Updates
- Rav Gershon Eidelstein shlita tests positive for corona he had a fever and is being treated at home. Name for tehillim Yetachmiel Gershon ben Miriam
- The NJ Department of Transportation ordered a commercial travel ban on the New Jersey Turnpike and other highways starting at 2 a.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the northern half of the state.
- Ocean Place popular dating spot says they will be closing the bar at 7PM and will not be allowing dates to sit there after that hour. (Simchas.net)
- Sunday 7 Shevat Yartzeit of Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Klugman known as the Tzadik of Freehold Hebrew Cemetery in Freehold, New Jersey is located along NJ-33 Business (which is a split-off of Rt-33) right before Cardigan Bay Lane behind the Freehold Raceway Mall. (Kevarim)
- Murphy We’re closely monitoring the forecast for freezing rain tomorrow, which could cause icy roads.
- Long Lines at Urgent cares, waiting lists
- New Jersey on Saturday reported another 72 COVID-19 deaths and 29,564 positive cases. The surge is driving up hospitalizations and the number of patients in ICU is 849 with 441 on ventilators.
- New York state reports 90,132 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record,
- US Record if 899k cases
- Continued tefillos for Chaya Malka bas Batsheva 13 year old girl who is still sedated in stable condition following a heart attack. Doctors hope to wean off over next few few days.
Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim Insider Auction Here
Chedvas Bais Yaakov Inaugural Dinner at Eagle Ridge 8:00 pm
Orchos Chaim Dinner tonight
Yeshiva Darchei Torah evening of music chinuch inspiration watch Live Here 9:00 pm
Tomorrow Strickmans yeshiva siyum Kesivas Sefer Torah at Estreia 1:00 pm
Midwinter giveaway family fun event at Oorah headquarters tomorrow Jan 9th 1:00 -4:00 pm1785 Swarthmore ave
Friday, January 7, 2022
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת בא תשפ''ב
Friday, January 7, 2022 / ה׳ שבט תשפ״ב ערב שבת פרשת בא
לְכָל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה אוֹר בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם
Candle lighting 4:29 pm
Shkiah/sunset 4:47 pm
weather Friday night Clear skies. Low 18F. shabbos day Sunny. High 33F.
וְאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וְאַל תֵּחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי הִנְנִי מוֹשִׁיעֲךָ מֵרָחוֹק וְאֶת זַרְעֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם וְשָׁב יַעֲקֹב וְשָׁקַט וְשַׁאֲנַן וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד
Friday January 7 News Updates Lakewood
Snow this morning will give way to some clearing this afternoon. High 34F.Snowfall around one inch. Higher wind gusts possible.
Erev Shabbbos Parshas BO candle lighting 4:29 pm Shkiah 4:47 pm
-winds will turn gusty Friday afternoon, and when they calm down tonight, temperatures will drop into the low teens 18 in Lakewood
- 327 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 20476/332
- 148 cases in Jackson 10720/126
- 234 cases in Toms River 18057/362
- LPD warning drivers to clear off the top of their vehicles before driving. The snow on rooftops can easily turn to ice and become dangerous on the roads.
- Continued Tehillim for Chaya Malka bas Batsheva. still critical
- Yated editorial In every age and in every time, things happen in our world and in the world in general that are difficult or impossible to understand. People wonder how it can be. How can it happen? Why did it happen? We are the eternal people, and for all time we have turned to the Moshe Rabbeinus of the generation for guidance, instruction and support.
Scoffers and people who are not bnei Torah accuse us of every sin in the book. They say chareidim are cruel and heartless, don’t care about their children and don’t care about people’s feelings. They paint us as Neanderthals locked in the past, cave dwellers in ghettos, because we don’t mouth exactly the words they want us to when they want us to. When a chareidi person is found to be an evil abuser, we are all abusers, they say. They say that we all don’t care about what he did and his victims, when nothing could be further from the truth. Of course we abhor evil; of course we care about his victims and all victims. Of course we condemn a man who used his position to cruelly and sadistically take advantage of people and ruin untold numbers of lives.
There is no group more compassionate collectively than chareidim. The amount of chesed performed with victims and others is hard to fathom. Our hearts break. Many tears are shed. There are many professionals, rabbonim, tzaddikim and fine members of the community who work hard and with much compassion to help heal victims and other people in need of support. It is ridiculous to say otherwise.
- Over the last week Lakewood had 1834 positive cases of covid
-The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on vaccine-and-testing rules for large private employers and healthcare workers.
- Lakewood gets a total of 5 inches of snow
- ChaimVchessed Tourist Entry to Israel, Patience Advised Here
- Mishpacha magazine now $8 per issue joining Ami in raising prices
- The CDC updated its Covid-19 quarantine and isolation guidance for K-12 schools Students, teachers and staff can end isolation after five days after their initial positive test or the onset of symptoms, or if they are fever-free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication and their symptoms have improved.
- 8:30 am Several boys yeshivas are open for the older grades. Lakewood cheder is closed.
Roadways are mostly plowed businesses are open
7:00 am - Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour accumulated early this morning across the state. Snow continues across New Jersey, is expected to start decreasing around 8 a.m. and come to an end shortly after.
- Girl schools in Lakewood will be closed today
- No LSTA busing today
-Jackson school district NO TRANSPORTATION to any out of district school on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.
- Mesivtos shachris delayed, boys elementary yet to announce
- Due to the impending snow storm, the Lakewood Public School District will be closed on Friday, January 7, 2022
- Please continue to daven that Chaim shaul ben pessil he made some progress but still needs rachmei shomayim for a complete refuah
- General Electric has decided not to renew its hechsher with the Star-K for the Shabbos mode on ovens produced in 2022.The feature, had been standard on GE ovens for twenty years, will be discontinued, and instead the company will offer a feature called “The Shabbos Keeper” as an add-on for an extra cost of $200-$250 dollars. This new feature will be under the supervision of the Orthodox Union (OU).
-Hamodia editorial: Hamodia stands firm in the face of frivolous accusations of coverup or whitewash. The Torah demands that evil be expunged from our midst, and there are proper venues for this process.
Hamodia: Picking Up the Pieces
Hamodia editorial Picking Up the Pieces Friday, January 7, 2022 at 7:00 am | ה' שבט תשפ"ב
Hamodia: A cacophony of voices with all types of messages, delivered with passion and purpose from every venue and platform available to individuals and to professionals, accusing, analyzing, blaming, defending, ultimately confusing, assaulted all of us. Since last week it’s been almost impossible to measure the deluge of opinions written and spoken by people from all walks of life rushing to share their viewpoints, many jumping to conclusions and condemnations without full information and without regard to the collateral damage they were causing all around, the korbanos they were sacrificing on the altar of “the public’s right to know.”
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Thursday January 6 News Updates Lakewood
Weather - Partly cloudy. High 39F
-Snow will fall after midnight 3-5 inches expected.
- 276 new covid cases in lakewood +2 deaths totals 20149/332
- 139 cases in Jackson 10578/126
-200 new cases in Toms River totals 17773/362
- 9:00 pm: LPD- Snow emergency beginning at 12am on 1/7/22. Remove all parked vehicles from roadways to facilitate plowing.
-Long lines at supermarkets with shabbos shoppers ahead of the storms. Stores have run low on some meat items.
- Tehillim link tehillim b'yachad Here
for A 12 year old Lakewood girl was found unconscious at school in Bais faiga this afternoon the teacher began CPR and she was rushed by hatzolah to Jersey shore Hospital has now been transferred to CHOP. name to daven for is Chaya Malka bas Batsheva.
Update: Several minyanim tehillim are taking place around town (LNN)
-Moderna CEO says people may need fourth Covid shot as efficacy of boosters likely to decline over time (CNBC)
- Gov. Phil Murphy declared a statewide state of emergency in New Jersey starting at 10 p.m. Thursday with a snowstorm expected to effect most of the state overnight, dropping as as much as 6 inches in some places.
- High virus spread in all 21 counties as N.J. reports 106 COVID deaths, 27,404 cases. Hospitalizations increased to nearly 5,600. 746 were in intensive care and 378 were on ventilators, Officials say that others are recovering much quicker than at the beginning of the pandemic.
- Torah Umesorah has issued a statement addressing the current issue says the books should be removed from schools and libraries. They call it a chavas Daas and not a psak. (see below)
- Snow could be higher along the coast tomorrow morning Lakewood could see 4-6 inches.
- Lakewood crosses 20,000 mark for positive covid cases since the start of the pandemic.
- A Powerball ticket worth $1Million sold in Lakewood at Robin’s Convenience Store Deli & Grill 1200 River Avenue, corner Route 9 & Cross street at Cross River Mill according to the New Jersey Lottery. It matched five numbers but not the Powerball. Two winning tickets were sold in California and Wisconsin.
- Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 hits 120,000, highest since January 2021
- Trump has released a new statement firing back, saying Biden used his name today “to try to further divide America This political theater is all just a distraction for the fact Biden has completely and totally failed.”
- Most probably no busing or school on Friday
- Israel opens up borders to outsiders as of this Sunday with no need for special permission abolishes list of all red countries if you are vaccinated or recovered will have to quarantine for 24 hours or get a negative PCR test.
- Biden and left media mark anniversery of Jan 6. Biden speaks for 24 minutes says the country is at a struggle between Democracy and Autocricy. Kamala Harris compared Jan 6 to Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
- Axios poll today shows 40% of Americans dont beleive Biden is a duly elected president
- NY Post editorial "What threatens America is continuing to scrape the barrel of uncivil, disingenuous politics, not supposed militias plotting to overthrow the government. It’s time for politicians of all stripes to remember that there is more that unites us than divides us".
- Security guard seen at local urgent care as long lines continue with high covid cases
- Hamodia: How social media use (most prominently WhatsApp and Instagram) have affected shalom bayis issues Here
- Audio : Rav Moshe Meiselman of Yeshivas Toras Moshe in EY Here
- Lakewood BOE renominate Mr. Moshe Bender as president
- Students of the Chabad Cheder Menachem School in New Brunswick, NJ, were locked out of their school building in a conservative shul on Wednesday over claims they were not following Covid regulations more
- Paroh in Pajamas day for the kinderlach today
- NJDOT responds to criticism of freezing rain prep: after 65 cars were involved in accidents on route 18 and et 36 "We did not brine before the storm as we got a late forecast for this icing. By the time we got our crews out there, we would not have had time to get the brine down. However, our salt spreaders were out and in position before the start of the storm." (Nj12)
Torah Umesorah guidance what to do with the books
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
קומו ונעלה ציון Families Register for "Kiryas Lakewood’ in Ma'aleh Amos
A Historic Event
Not since the migration from Europe to Eretz Yisroel in the early 1800’s by members of the European Chasidic community and the ‘Talmidei HaGra,’ as well as the migration that too place in the late 60’s and early 70’s, has their been a such a enthusiastic response to such a beautiful calling.
What began last summer as a dream by an idealistic vibrant group of young ‘Avreichim,’ has materialized to a reality that has now grown to a group of 37 applicants.
Last summer a group organized by Rabbi Dovid Koleditzky mobilized to kraft a plan in response to a growing threat to the children and the adults, as a result of the spiraling levels of immorality and dystopia that invades all segments of society.
Wednesday January 5 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Rain showers this morning with overcast skies during the afternoon hours. High 49F.
- 277 New covid cases in Lakewood 19873/330
- 162 new covid cases in Jackson 10439/126
- 323 new cases in Toms River 17573/363
- U.S. reports more than 700,000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, with 1 state yet to report
- NJEA teachers union say only Murphy, not school districts, should decide whether kids must wear masks in school.
- Italy makes COVID-19 vaccination legally mandatory for those 50 and over and bans unvaccinated ppl over 50 from going to work, starting Feb. 15
- Mesivta application process begins today in Lakewood for 8th grade boys. The yeshivos will not begin hiving farhers before Purim Kotton.
- N.J. reports record 31,391 COVID cases, 58 deaths. Hospitalization surge continues as omicron rages.
BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Naomi Twersky A"H, Mother of Rav Aharon Twersky Shlita Rav in Albert shul levaya at Lakewood chapel 2:30 pm
- Kazakhstan government resigns as protesters storm capital
- A snow storm is forecasted for Friday morning 2-4 inches expected across NJ
- Hatzolah of Central Jersey safety alerts text “HatzolahCJ” to 40691
- More than 20,000 Americans in ICU with COVID-19, highest since September
- Israel sets a new record with 11,978 new covid infections in a single day
- Audio: Rabbi Yosef Ginsberg Rav of Kehal Toldos Yitzchok of Lakewood: What effect should the tragic events in Eretz Yisrael have on us and our children Listen Here
- High amount of positive covid cases reported in Lakewood area over 700 yesterday between Lkwd ,TR, Jackson
- The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s lottery drawing has soared to an estimated $610 million
- Lakewood BOE will swear in 3 board members tonight and appoint a board president
- Several Lakewood stores are closed due to staff shortages out sick with covid
- Some board members on the Lakewood MUA who voted for the 15% increase do not live in Lakewood
- Numerous crashes were reported earlier this morning especially in northern NJ due to freezing rain and slick roadways icy conditions.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Oif Simchas ג' שבט תשפ''ב
- NJ Weather closely monitoring the potential for freezing rain Wednesday morning that may impact roadways, sidewalks, and untreated surfaces. Please exercise caution watch for Black Ice.
Tonight Planning Board Meeting
Tuesday January 4 News Updates Lakewood
- Weather: Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds hi 35F.
- 303 new covid cases in Lakewood yesterday totals 19596/330
- 128 new cases in Jackson 10277/126
- 238 new cases in Toms River 17250 363
- Governor Murphy issues mandate to postpone elective surgeries in Hospitals until further notice.(Woke Zombie)
- Trump cancels January 6th press conference at Mar- A -Lago
Mishpacha article For This We Weep "We are held accountable for both our actions and our inactions. We therefore need to speak about the issues that are relevant. We have no right to be silent" more
- The NWS has issued winter weather advisories in all of New Jersey’s 21 counties saying light freezing rain on Wednesday morning could create hazardous driving conditions.“Very slippery sidewalks, roads and bridges are possible,
- Forecasters are currently calling for an average of 3 to 4 inches of snow across most of New Jersey including Lakewood area this Friday morning
- Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 tops 110,000, highest since January 2021
- Chase bank on Cedarbridge Avenue in Lakewood is closed due to staff shortage (LNN)
- Israeli yeshiva bochurm in several yeshivos are testing positive for covid in this Omicron wave. Many were previously out with the flu or mysterious vitus a few weeks ago. The talmidim are quarentinging in the yeshiva dormitories
- Frum newspapers this week reporting on news from Israel re; abuse: Ami magazine front cover (below)interview with Tzfas chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu on fighting child predators,protecting and supporting survivors of abuse. Mishpacha article on the subject by Rav Aaron Lopiansky "For this we weep" here
-End of an Era. BDE: Petirah of HaRav Avraham Reznik Z”L. at age 99, the last surviving alter mirrers. Born in Brisk learned in Baranovitch and Mir. He was the baal tefilah years ago at Mir yeshiva Brooklyn for yomim Noraim. He owned the Mataamim catering. The levayah will be held 3 p.m. at Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe of South Fallsburg where his son resides. Kevurah in EY.
- Israel Hayom newspaper reports Rav Chaim Kanievsk has instructed teachers to call parents up and convince them to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 He added that hesitant parents should be told in his name that, “Parents who vaccinate their children have great merit, and should not fear any evil.” more
- This morning, the LTMUA commissioners voted YES to raise the water rates. Mrs. Anne Fish made the motion. Mr. Sam Flancbaum seconded. All others followed suit. Ray Coles was not in attendance and did not participate. (Submitted)
- R"Y of Slabodka Rav Dov Landau and his Rebbetzin both tested positive for Corona.
- Another possible snow storm Preliminary snowfall estimates show around 1 to 3 inches of snow could fall on Friday for much of New Jersey with lower amounts along the Jersey Shore.
- 1209 covid cases reported over the last 10 days in Lkwd
- The Lakewood area housing bubble and struggle to purchase a home Here
- How much snow fell: Much of the snow on Monday fell over southern Ocean County, with the NWS reporting that 13.2 inches had come down in Little Egg Harbor. Lakewood less than an inch.
- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight 6 pm see agenda Here new member added Me. Moshe Neiman replacing previous member Mr Chaim Sabel.
- No winner last night as Powerball jackpot is now at $575 million for Wed drawing
- Beware Missionary books in yiddish are being distributed in Monsey and other communities in the tri state area They look like seforim in yiddish but once you open it is about christianity. The title is Habris Hachadasha.
- The Ocean County Prosecutor investigating a pedestrian struck by a bus that caused fatal injuries at Lakewood Bus Terminal parking lot last night The driver of the bus reportedly left the scene, and the bus was found in a different location. Medical personnel at the scene transported the victim to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, where doctors pronounced the unidentified male dead.
- Pine Street Hotel that is planned at the corner of Pine st and New Hampshire in Lakewood presented the Developer’s Agreement at the MUA meeting this morning.
- 'We can't vaccinate the planet every six months': Leading Oxford vaccine expert warns giving regular boosters is 'not sustainable' and says fourth Covid jabs should not be rolled out until there is more evidence
Letter from Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein shlita Rosh Yeshiva Yad Aaron in Yerushalayim on the current events
Monday, January 3, 2022
Lakewood MUA Will Increase Water Rates by 15%
UPDATE: This morning, the LTMUA commissioners voted YES to raise the water rates. Mrs. Anne Fish made the motion. Mr. Sam Flancbaum seconded. All others followed suit. Ray Coles was not in attendance and did not participate. (Submitted)
Public hearing is Tomorrow morning 10:00 am. The MUA board including Mayor Ray Coles, Bob Singer, Meir Lichtenstein and Mrs. Miller wife of Committeeman Miller will be voting. Anyone seeking to participate in the hearing can dial (469) 965-2492 and use conference ID 778 539 174# . Meetings are usually held at the office 390 New Hampshire Avenue.
The Lakewood Township MUA is increasing water rate fees by 15% over the next 3 years. Half the area of Lakewood, specificly the Eastern section gets water from the MUA other parts are serviced by NJ American water.
Yated Ne'eman Lakewood section reports the increase is due to construction of 2 new water treatment buildings for $12 million. There will be a public hearing on january 4th by zoom to adopt the proposed water hikes. The board also announced a raise for employees by 6% next year. The board is run by commissioners including Lakewood mayor Ray Coles, Meir Lichtenstein Mrs. Yocheved Miller wife of committeeman Miller, Bob Singer and others. Commissioners on the board get a $5000 a year plus insurance benefits and pension. see notice of hearing and water increase schedule below
Video: Yahrtzeit Tribute & Siyum le'iluy nishmas Horav Hagaon R' Yankel Cohen zt"l of Telz
Yahrtzeit Tribute & Siyum le'iluy nishmas Horav Hagaon R' Yankel Cohen zt"l of Telz Yeshiva by Horav Michoel Sorotzkin A siyum and hespeidim by upon the first Yahrtzeit of Hagaon Reb Yisroel Yaakov Cohen zt"l r"m in Yeshivas Telz in Cleveland was held in the presence of many talmidim, admirers and a large tzibur of lomdei Torah and choshuve baalebatiom on Motzaei Shabbos Va'eira
Tonight: Zoning Board Meeting
Monday Rosh Chodesh Shevat Jan 3 News Updates Lakewood
ר''ח שבט תשפ''ב
- 651 new covid cases in Lakewood since Thursday totals 19,293/330
- 458 new cases in Jackson totals 10,149/125
- 809 new cases in Toms River totals 17,012/363.
-Forecasters say another winter storm could bring snow to the New Jersey region and other parts of the eastern United States later this week.
Israel: 2 IDF officers were killed and 1 moderately injured when an IAF maritime helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Chaifa during a training flight last night.
- Be carfull of black ice as temps fall
- A Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $650,969 was sold at Krauszer’s Food at 740 Brewers Bridge Rd. in Jackson, New Jersey
- Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 tops 103,000, highest since January 2021
- Murphy asked the state Legislature for a 90 day extension of his administration’s emergency powers related to vaccine distribution and administration, testing, and masks in schools. Current orders were due to expire January 11th.
- Murphy said We currently have no intention or plan to shut our schools down. This comes after 30% of NJ schools have closed due to covid.
- End of an era at BMG: As of January 1, Reb Aaron Kotler is no longer the CEO and president after he retired last calender year. No replacement has been named yet Wikipedia has been updated "Rabbi Aaron Kotler, a grandson of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, was President and CEO of the institution until he retired towards the end of 2021".
- Tomorrow morning Lakewood MUA board including newly elected mayor Coles and committeemen Lichtenstein will vote to raise water rates by 15% over the next few years.
- The Committee appoints and voted for Ray Coles to be mayor in a 4-1 vote. Republican Issac Akerman voted NO. Committeemen Miller and Lichtenstein who ran unopposed were sworn in privately prior to the public meeting. Miller was voted as deputy Mayor
- Mr. Chaim Sable will not be on the planning board. Township appoints Mr Moshe Neiman to the planning board and Mr. Yitzchok Gartenhause to the Zoning board
- Lakewood covid numbers expected to rise after weekend numbers come in
-Gov. Phil Murphy will address the surge of covid19 cases today but it is not yet clear what if any action he will take
- FDA grants emergency authorization for Pfizer's "booster" injections in children and teens ages 12-15. shortens time between Pfizer 2nd dose and booster to at least 5 months, and clears third doses for immunocompromised kids 5-11
- Lakewood zoning board meeting tonight on the agenda the application to install a communications tower on Clifton avenue on top of the Eleanor Levovitz building see Agenda Here
- Powerball lottery goes up to $522 million drawing tonight
- Agudah head asks Israeli PM to re-evaluate the travel restrictions that make it so difficult for families to get together in Israel to celebrate family simchos, and to ease the restrictions
- Rav Zev Leff discusses the current events in EY and what to do with books lidten HERE
- Former advisor to President Clinton Dick Morris predicts a possible 2024 White House run by Hillary Clinton expects a primary challenge with AOC
-This morning a bris took place for the of one of the Miron Victims Rav Goldberg ZTL at the bris the baby was named after his
father
"קיים את הילד הזה לאמו""ישמח האב בגן עדן" אלעזר מרדכי בן אלעזר מרדכי
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Storm Updates
- 2:30 pm: Snow accumulating in Lakewood 1-3 inches. Northern Ocean county and on did not get as predicted Coastal ocean county getting the heaviest snowfall, cold air moving in currently high of 28F. 1-3 inches total for Toms River area along the coast. snow will continue falling lightly in Lakewood until 7 pm. Careful of black ice.
The Roar of the Lion: The Life of Rav Leib Malin Part I
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Prewar student of Rav Yerucham Levovitz and the Brisker Rov, leader during the Mir Yeshiva’s wartime escape to Shanghai, and postwar builder of Bais Hatalmud in Brooklyn, Rav Leib Malin (1906-1962) was the ‘Lion of the Mir’.
In part 1 of examining his life and accomplishments, we examine his family background, leadership role in the escape to Shanghai, and his replanting Torah through his Bais Hatalmud yeshiva in the postwar United States. The unique circumstances of this rebuilding attempt, made his all encompassing vision of what a yeshiva is a historic landmark in the role that the yeshiva institution was to play in revitalizing traditional society. No longer to be limited to an educational role, a yeshiva was to be a lifelong communal affiliation, a revolutionary role which has arguably bore fruit through the contemporary yeshiva community worldwide.
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Tomorrow: Lakewood Township Reorginazation Meeting Will be Remote
The Lakewood township REORGANIZATION Meeting will take place virtually on Zoom tomorrow morning JANUARY 3, 2022 Democrat Ray Coles will be sworn in as Mayor for a 6th term even though there is a Republican majority. On the Agenda appointing members to all township boards, designating Lawyers newspapers and other professional services for the township.
See Agenda HERE Watch live HERE 11:00 am
Important notice for the public to submit comments prior to the meeting it must be sent in by 7:00am via email to: premeetingcomments@lakewoodnj.gov or live during the meeting via email at: comments@lakewoodnj.gov. Please include your name and address for the record
Sunday January 2 News Updates Lakewood
Rosh chodesh shevat is tonight. Weather today Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High around 60F snow showers after midnight
- The Lakewood School District will be closed on Monday, January 3, 2022 due to the impending inclement weather.
-10:00 pm Jackson School District Will Be CLOSED Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Due to COVID-Related Absences and Weather Conditions. District will be FULLY VIRTUAL For the Rest of the Week
- Due to weather and staff shortages some Lakewood schools may cancel classes tomorrow. LNN reports a decision will be made with the bus companies at 5:00 an
- NWS Lakewood snow forecast 4-6 inches. Other weather services have Lakewood getting much more depending on model shift.
- Sichas Mussar tonight in BMG from Rav Reuven Hechster shlita Mashgiach of Mir Brachfeld 7:15 pm at Beren hall
- Neis: Ceiling in the basement dining room of Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud in Bensonhurst collapsed Sunday afternoon as the bachurim and yungerleit were eating lunch, but there were only minor injuries, in what witnesses describe as “a neis.” see photos nelow. Around 2:40 p.m., people in the dining room started hearing some noises We looked up and saw some cracks in the ceiling which were getting larger and larger, so we started backing up slowly. Suddenly, everything came crashing down "The yeshiva has had a hischadshus recently, with growth in bachurim and yungerleit,” Harav Chaim Leib Perkowski, shlita, rosh yeshiva, told Hamodia. “There has been a real ribui in the oilam, and perhaps a neis happened in that zechus Read more at Hamodia
- New Jersey on Sunday reported another 24,710 confirmed positive cases. Lakewood numbers will come in tomorrow due to Holiday.
Belaaz: According to information given to Belaaz News, Several Lakewood Jewish businesses are considering to temporarily shutdown due to the ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases which is effecting their employees.
- New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy has tested positive for COVID-19, Gov. After taking a rapid antigen test when the family returned Thursday from an eight-day vacation to Costa Rica. She is asymptomatic, and Gov. Murphy and the rest of the family have tested negative. Murphy won’t quarantine per CDC guidance
- Murphy: We’re closely monitoring the forecast for the upcoming winter weather, including rain, gusty winds, and snow – with greatest impacts forecast for coastal and southern counties.
- Stores put out snow merchandise ahead of expected storm tomorrow morning
- BDE: Petirah of Rebbetzin Rivka Kaluszynet a"h at age 97 wife of Rav Shmuel ZTL. She was a holocaust survivor and author of the book the not so far away past. Levaya in Lakewood today at Bnos Devorah school 360 Oak st. Apprx 2:00 pm. Many children and grandchildren in Lakewood Daughters Mrs. Belsky Mrs. Dina Storch. She was a sister of Rav Yom Tov Ehrlich ztl. Kevura in EY. Dee more on LNN
- A surprise winter storm could bring 4 to 6 inches of snow to parts of New Jersey starting late tonight and snarl the Monday morning commute, the National Weather Service is reporting. Lakewood could get 3-5 inches A winter storm watch was issued Sunday morning for far southern New Jersey and Delaware. Parts of Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean counties will see the largest snowfall totals.
- Still no public information posted about the Lakewood township reorganization meeting. Ray Coles will be sworn in again as mayor for 2022.
- Some Urgent cares by appointment only today
- Tolls rising on Parkway, Turnpike, AC Expressway starting Jan. 1 The current $1.90 cost for passenger vehicles at Parkway toll plazas will increase to $1.96 for E-ZPass customers and $2 for cash customers.The average passenger vehicle Turnpike toll that now costs $4.80 will rise to $4.95.
- Protests continue today at the Chemed vaccine site against child covid vaccinations.
- Lakewood Satmar elemntary boys and girls schools open registration for next year application deadline Rosh Chodesh Adar Bais.
- Israel is considering to open its skies to most foreign countries almost completely. once the number of verified people with the coronavirus arriving from abroad reaches 5% of all verified people, the flight ban for most red countries will be lifted and it will be possible to fly there without a special permit.
- Levaya 2:00 pm Zoom link Here Petirah of Rav Moshe Garfunkel Zt"l 73, Was the Rov in Zichron Chaim in Cleveland f talmid if the Telz yeshiva, moved to Lakewood at the Enclave development. Levaya in Lakewood 2:00 pm at the chapel o 7th street. Kevurah in EY.
- BDE: R' Cheskel Dovid Zelcer Z"L ,71, origionaly From Brooklyn, moved to Lakewood Whiteoaks area. Levaya today at the 7th st Chapel 4:00 pm
Ceiling collapse at Yeahiva Bais Hatalmud Photo credit Hamodia
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Saturday, January 1, 2022
Mayor Says Waste Transfer Station Wont Smell
In a interview with the Lakewood Shopper newspaper (see below) Mayor Ray Coles was asked about the opposition from Lakewood residents to the waste transfer station at the DPW site. The mayor says that he lived in Staten Island and remembers the smell from the Fresh Kills garbage dump and would never allow something like that happen in Lakewood. He said he doesn't think anyone who lives there will notice any difference as it will be in a building it wont be baking in the sun or have seagulls flying over it. He said that "what people don't understand is that the garbage has been there all along".
Well, that is not accurate, since currently the trucks don't bring the garbage back to the DPW but go to the dump in Manchester to unload and resume to pick up. The new transfer station will have 300 tons of Lakewood garbage emptied out at the transfer station to be loaded on semi trailers that will transport it to the dump in Manchester. sometimes trucks are parked overnight loaded with garbage. A petition by neighboring communities was launched to stop the transfer station close 900 have signed up sign Here
The mayor did not address the noise and traffic concerns.
Motzei Shabbos Vaeira January 1 2022 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Rain showers all night through early morning, tomorrow overcast skies later in the day. High 61F
- Urgent cares no longer accepting patients tonight due to staff members out sick
- Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $500M drawing 11:00 pm
- NJ with another daily record of 29,740 covid19 cases as the state’s hospitals reported more than 4,000 coronavirus patients, topping the peak in hospitalizations during last winter’s highest levels in 2020.
- 34 school Districts in NJ representing over 25% of the public school students in the state will be going remote starting Monday. Newark which has about 40,000 students, will move to virtual learning from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14.
- Updated: BDE: Petirah of Rav Moshe Garfunkel Zt"l 73, Was the Rov in Zichron Chaim in Cleveland f talmid if the Telz yeshiva, moved to Lakewood at the Enclave development. Levaya in Lakewood 2:00 pm at the chapel o 7th street. Kevurah in EY.
- Melava Malka B"M Zichron Yoel Rav Leib Gruber shlita at 1014 Lawrence Ave 8:30 pm
-Gaza terrorist shot rocket-fire toward Israel and landed off the coast of Tel Aviv. In response, IDF struck Hamas sites in Gaza, incl. a rocket manufacturing site & military posts.
- Rite Aid store at E kennedy and Clifton Ave in Lakewood closes permanently
- Israel Tops 5,000 new COVID cases, 100 serious patients
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