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Friday, July 31, 2015

Not everyone goes away for Shabbos Nachamu

NJ state police all over Lakewood ticketing

The NJ state police are in Lakewood today issuing tickets to drivers for cell phone and other infractions. Be careful, there are unmarked cars patrolling all over rt 9 and other state roads.

The Rabbi who made BJ's Kosher

The Howell BJ's has cholov Yisrael cheese cake hopefully more cholov yisrael products will benefit the Frum consumer who's makpid on Cholov Yisrael.
Teaneck—Rabbi Moshe Dovid Lebovits travels most of the week. In charge of new business development at the Teaneck-based KOF-K Kosher Supervision, he has spearheaded a huge project over the past couple of years. When BJ’s Wholesale Club identifies stores that are located around large Jewish communities, he works with the store administration to kasher the bakeries and helps bring in various packaged kosher items, such as challah, knishes and cheese.

Reb Yonah kantor Zt''l

Matzav.com- it is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rabbi Yonah Kantor zt”l of Lakewood, NJ. He was 54.

Reb Yony, as he was known, was a beloved member of the Lakewood community, recognized for his ahavas haTorah, ahavas habriyos, and avodas Hashem. Reb Yony was a dear friend of so many people, truly meurav im habriyos, while serving as an example in Torah, avodah, gemillus chassodim, bitachon and emunah.

Thanks Chaveirim

Member changing a tire on rt 18 yesterday

Who has not used the services of Chaveirim from a flat tire or a jump start to other help people know they can count on Chaveirim. It is therefore disturbing that there is no mention of Chaveirim in the shopper or scoop. No mention at all. No ads no news reports nada zilch. Chaveirim recently held a free car safety check for the community but you would not know if you get your news through the aforementioned media. When mentioning Chesed orgs Chaveirim is omitted. Is this coincidence or intentional?

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Supermarket updates on Facebook

Gourmet Glatt of Lakewood and Seasons Lakewood both set up official Facebook pages with updates leading up to their grand opening dates. For those that are anxiously awaiting their opening you can follow GG HERE and Seasons HERE. Evergreen kosher is also opening down route 9 south.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Quiet streets as Bein Hazmanim getaway begins

During these weeks one experiences a feeling of what it used to or should be like. With thousands leaving for summer vacation parking spots are easy to find, lines in stores are shorter, less traffic on the streets and there's a feeling of a calm and peace. This is what it feels like in out of town places on a daily basis. Enjoy it for now before the busing fiasco hits and the town will grind to a halt.

Readying old building for demolition

Crews are currently at the site of the former Cheder as the building is set for demolition.

New Cheder Wedding Hall

Monday, July 27, 2015

Traffic Chaos or a Deal

APP - LAKEWOOD – For a brief time, it looked like taxpayers and parents of school-age children would be spared the usual drama over the school district’s ever-contentious transportation budget.

Now, the wheels have fallen off the bus.

This past week, the district announced it was canceling courtesy bus service for nearly 11,000 public and private schoolchildren, starting in September. The district said it had run out of time to find a way to close an $8.3 million funding gap.

NJ town brings real-time multimedia to 911 calls

Will this also work with a Kosher phone?
The Township of Lakewood, N.J., has upgraded its 911 emergency system with software that supports real-time multimedia communication between mobile callers and public safety answering points.
The solution, called iLoc8, was created by Avaya. According to Mark Fletcher, Avaya’s chief architect for worldwide public safety solutions, iLoc8 uses HTML5 and WebRTC to connect citizens and dispatchers through a mobile web browser without the need of a special app.

Camp spirit is here

The day after Tisha B'av local camps breakout with fun and spirit handing out gear to the campers. Kinderlach all over town were seen proudly wearing their camp colors.

Hate filled comments and misinformation

The busing fiasco has triggered lots of hate filled comments in the media and misinformation this comment was posted.. not in the usual hate boards found in the app but on TLS Facebook page...

Traffic alert Miller road closure

Miller road is currently open to local traffic only between Adams and Gudz roads. Construction Crews are repairing a Culvert under the roadway follow posted detour signs.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Text of Email sent out to all private schools to plan for busing for upcoming year

Following is a email sent out by Board of Education consultant Gus Kakavas to all the private schools administrators as to the plan for the upcoming school year.

As most of you know, the Board of Education’s Transportation Department and the State Monitor have been working tirelessly for the last three months to come up with an affordable plan that provided the maximum services possible. After much work and countless hours of meetings and discussions, we came up with “Plan B”. Unfortunately, late last month, that plan was rejected by the non-public administrators who needed to approve the concessions involved to move forward.

Watch LIVE Tisha B' AV Kinus at CONG. OF PINE RIVER VILLAGE @ 6:15 pm

Event starts at 6:15 here
Scheduled for Jul 26, 2015
CONGREGATION OF PINE RIVER VILLAGE
בהמ”ד דפיין ריבער ווילעדג’
מזמין את הציבור לכינוס תשובה והתעוררות
ביום צום תשעה באב

Tisha B'av Lakewood 5775 events, shiurim, camp and info

Shekia Motzei shabbos 8:18- one must finish eating Shalosh seudos by shkiah.
Maariv Motzei shabbos in BMG 9:50

Tisha B'av night Motzei Shabbos

Atzeres Kinnos (ezras nashim open)
1. Khal Zichron Yaakov 175 Sunset
Rabbi Gissingers shul program begins 10:45 pm
Speakers: Harav Yerucham Olshin Rosh Yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha
Harav Yitzchok Sorotzkin- Rosh yeshiva Telz and Mesivta of lakewood

2. Khal Ateres Yeshaya Program begins 10:50 pm (ezras nashim open)
speakers: Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen shlita- mara dasra
Rav Aaron Werintraub- R'm Philadelphia Yeshiva
Rav Yitzchok Basser- Rosh Chabura BMG

Schools in outlying areas wont be affected by bussing cuts

The many children who attend schools in Industrial park or other outlying areas will still qualify for busing as per state mandate. Most of the students in these schools live more than 2 miles away enough for the State threshold mandating busing be provided for them. Ironically most of those effected will be the Public school students many who live within walking distance of the schools. This is obviously not the final showdown as the power play continues. For now lets mourn the churban.

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Crowds continue streaming to be menachem avel

Hundreds of people continue to be menachem avel the mishpacha of Rebbetzin Kotler a''h. Among them many talmidim of Rav Shneur zt''l Roshei yeshiva, Admorim, politicians and supporters of Bais Medrash Govoha.

Rav Asher Kalmanowitz at shiva

When it rains is pours

Hateful comments continue to appear on TLS Facebook page there are photos and news alerts there that are not posted on the main site. It has become a platform by some to post comments poking fun of and besmirching the Jewish community. A picture of the Levaya drew hateful and nasty comments about the community. prompting TLS to post this:

"True, we won't sit here and attempt to change your opinion about Jews - or Lakewood Jews in particular.But on the same token, making anti-Semitic, disparaging and derogatory remarks about thousands of Jews attending a funeral of one of the most respected people in the community, is nothing less than shameful, despicable and blatant hate - and we won't tolerate it and its posters on our forums."

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Rebbitzen Rischel Kotler A”H a biography

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman 5tjt.com

This past week, Klal Yisroel lost an extraordinary neshama – Rebbiten Rishel Kotler, daughter-in-law of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l and mother and grandmother of a dynasty of extraordinary Talmidei Chachomim – the Roshei Yeshiva of Lakewood.
MEMEL
Rebitzen Rischel was born in 1923, and her family lived in the town of Memel. Memel was once a part of Germany, and was its most northern town. After the first World War, however, according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, it was made a protectorate of the Entente States. Lithuania, however, took it by force, in the very year that Rebbitzen Rishel was born.
PARENTS
Her father, Reb Aryeh Malkiel Friedman was sent by his father, Reb Dovid Friedman, to study in Telze under Reb Chaim of Telze and in Slabodka as well.