The situation of rav Avrohom Luria still remains serious. Friends took upon themselves to learn maseches Beitza and finish by shabbos as a zechus for refuah shelaima. In addition a asifa for women is taking place tonight at Yeshivah Toras Emes on James street where he is a menahel. Please continue to daven for Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel ben Frumit for a refuah shleima.
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Continued Tefillos
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NJ Monthly article on Lakewood Online edition
City on Edge: Online version Lakewood’s demographic and cultural shift started toward the end of the last century. In 1990, Lakewood had about 45,000 residents; the town was depressed and considered something of a backwater. By 2000, the population had ballooned to more than 60,000. A decade later, the 2010 census reported that 92,843 people called Lakewood home. Today, most township officials put the population closer to 120,000. And with the ongoing increase estimated at 5,000 people per year, they project that by 2030, more than 220,000 people will live within Lakewood’s 25 square miles. That would make it the third largest city in the state, behind Newark and Jersey City. Read more Here at NJ Monthly Mag
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Lakewood news March, 20 2017
-Free Ices at Ritas in honor of first day of Spring March 20, 2017 12 pm-9pm
-Pushkas broken into at Satmar B"M of Lakewood
-The Skver Rebbe will be in Lakewood later today to join in a Hachnosas sefer Torah at the Skver B"M of Lakewood. 6pm at West Kennedy Blvd.
-Lakewood PD: Toddler taken to burn center
-LPD: Two pedestrians struck in Lakewood over weekend
-Pushkas broken into at Satmar B"M of Lakewood
-The Skver Rebbe will be in Lakewood later today to join in a Hachnosas sefer Torah at the Skver B"M of Lakewood. 6pm at West Kennedy Blvd.
-Lakewood PD: Toddler taken to burn center
-LPD: Two pedestrians struck in Lakewood over weekend
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TBL- Do our elected officials simply not care??
TBL weekly update read entire post at Take Back Lakewood
Many promises were made to the public that never happened. Other reasonable requests were simply ignored. Other decisions were made that simply were not beneficial for our town.
We’re at the point where it’s clear that the Mayor prefers cheap soundbites and really just doesn’t care about promoting new ordinances that would really enhance our quality of life. This June in the primaries and this November in the general election—the residents of Lakewood will have a choice. Committeemen Coles and Delia are both up for re-election. The residents of Lakewood will need to decide if Coles really has our best interests in mind or if he is catering to special interests—to the detriment of everyone else in Lakewood.
Mayor Coles has been on the committee for 15 years. We question whether anyone should be in a position of power for so long. Alliances to specific individuals are bound to form regardless of their detriment to the community at large. Perhaps it’s time for term limits to be enacted in Lakewood. President Trump is pushing for legislation that would impose term limits on Senators. No one should have the ability to retain a public office for so long. We encourage all residents to look forward to our upcoming elections and consider whether we should be electing new committeemen to the township committee who will represent everyone in Lakewood and not a select few. Perhaps it’s time for some real change in Lakewood. If you feel that for too long your needs have not been properly represented, be prepared to consider new additions to the committee. read more at TBL
While the instances are too many to count, here are a few:
B-2 Parking (removed from the agenda last minute), promising to add addresses to agendas (not done yet), promising to reverse County Line rezoning (not done yet), not instructing the zoning and planning secretaries to post plans online, billboards approval, impact fees (not done yet) , adding meeting ads to the newspapers read by the orthodox community (not done yet), talk about restricting sidewalk and road waivers (no enforcement is being done regarding this).
Many promises were made to the public that never happened. Other reasonable requests were simply ignored. Other decisions were made that simply were not beneficial for our town.
Mayor Coles has been on the committee for 15 years. We question whether anyone should be in a position of power for so long. Alliances to specific individuals are bound to form regardless of their detriment to the community at large. Perhaps it’s time for term limits to be enacted in Lakewood. President Trump is pushing for legislation that would impose term limits on Senators. No one should have the ability to retain a public office for so long. We encourage all residents to look forward to our upcoming elections and consider whether we should be electing new committeemen to the township committee who will represent everyone in Lakewood and not a select few. Perhaps it’s time for some real change in Lakewood. If you feel that for too long your needs have not been properly represented, be prepared to consider new additions to the committee. read more at TBL
While the instances are too many to count, here are a few:
B-2 Parking (removed from the agenda last minute), promising to add addresses to agendas (not done yet), promising to reverse County Line rezoning (not done yet), not instructing the zoning and planning secretaries to post plans online, billboards approval, impact fees (not done yet) , adding meeting ads to the newspapers read by the orthodox community (not done yet), talk about restricting sidewalk and road waivers (no enforcement is being done regarding this).
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Please don't take my cleaning help
Its erev Pesach you scheduled your cleaning lady to come, she doesn't show up. She never missed a day and didn't call in sick. You find out another desperate yiddeneh offered her more money to come clean by her. This is not hypothetical but its actually happening again. People are paying close to $17 an hour for cleaning help taking away cleaning help from the people who have them on a steady basis. Poskim debate the issue if its Assur al pi halacha. However think of the tzaar caused on someone else who is left with no cleaning help forced to work twice as hard, is that the feeling you want going into the Pesach seder?
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Video: Jewish News Channel/Matzav.com Jackson Dorm ban
Mike Davis is a journalist at the Asbury Park Press, covering Lakewood, Jackson Township, and other surrounding areas. In this exclusivfte interview, Mike gives a very candid opinion about what he believes is the REAL motivation behind the recent ban on dormitories and school construction in Jackson Township. Matzav.com
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Oif Simches Lakewood, NJ March 20 2017
-Vort of HaChosson Chaim Benzion Bilus to kallah Muehlgay From Lakewood! Tonight at The Gratter Building (2nd & Park Lkwd) 8:00
-Wedding: Greenberg- Willner at Ateres Reva hall
-Chasuna: Adler at Ateres Chana hall Bais faiga
-Seudas Mitzvah hachonsas Sefer Torah/ Sheva brachos (Skver Dayan of Lkwd) at Tiferes bais Yaakov 613 Oak street 8:30 pm
-Wedding: Greenberg- Willner at Ateres Reva hall
-Chasuna: Adler at Ateres Chana hall Bais faiga
-Seudas Mitzvah hachonsas Sefer Torah/ Sheva brachos (Skver Dayan of Lkwd) at Tiferes bais Yaakov 613 Oak street 8:30 pm
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Video: Skver Rebbe speaks at his B'M in Lakewood
Earlier today a Hachnosas Sefer Torah took place at the Skver Bais Medrash on W. Kennedy Blvd in Lakewood. The Sefer was donated by mispalelim of the Bais Medrash the procession left from the home of the Skver Dayan of Lakewood Rav Avrohom Chaim Shpitzer, to the shul. The Skver Rebbe came to participate in the Simcha, See Short clip below courtesy of Ah Blick magazine.
VIDEO: Skver Rebbe speaking now at Hachnasas Sefer Torah to his Shul in Lakewood pic.twitter.com/asq9pLhocU— Ah Blick Magazine (@AhBlickLive) March 21, 2017
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Lakewood news March, 21 2017
-Hespedim tonight for Reb Yaakov Yitzchok Stern ZT"L at BMG Beren building 6:30 pm. Rav Yisrael Ehrlich shlita to deliver divrei hesped.
-Ksivas Oisios for Mir Yeshiva Yerushalayim Bicentennial Celebration Event today 7:30- 11:00pm at 1302 Twin Oaks Lakewood. The event is Sunday March 26 at the Historic Bell Works Building in Holmdel NJ
-Azeres tefila berov am, tonight Tuesday with Rav Elyah Ber Vachtfoigel Lizchus a refuah for Rav Avrohom Luria shlita at Orchos Chaim hall 7:30pm. For men and women at 410 Oberlin avenue Lakewood, NJ.
-Yartzheit gathering for Rav Eli Baruch finkel ZT"L 7:30 KZY 175 Sunset
-Lakewood Planning board meeting tonight 6:00 pm TBL HERE
-LFD: New commissioner sworn in watch Video of meeting HERE by FAA
-NJ American Water Starts Annual Water Main Flushing in Lakewood
-Seasons Lakewood: 50% off deli counter, Tuesday March 21st
-Ksivas Oisios for Mir Yeshiva Yerushalayim Bicentennial Celebration Event today 7:30- 11:00pm at 1302 Twin Oaks Lakewood. The event is Sunday March 26 at the Historic Bell Works Building in Holmdel NJ
-Azeres tefila berov am, tonight Tuesday with Rav Elyah Ber Vachtfoigel Lizchus a refuah for Rav Avrohom Luria shlita at Orchos Chaim hall 7:30pm. For men and women at 410 Oberlin avenue Lakewood, NJ.
-Yartzheit gathering for Rav Eli Baruch finkel ZT"L 7:30 KZY 175 Sunset
-Lakewood Planning board meeting tonight 6:00 pm TBL HERE
-LFD: New commissioner sworn in watch Video of meeting HERE by FAA
-NJ American Water Starts Annual Water Main Flushing in Lakewood
-Seasons Lakewood: 50% off deli counter, Tuesday March 21st
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Hamodia: Jackson Township Bans Dormitories and Restricts Schools
Hamodia.com -by Mordechai Wincorn
“This same council has approved mega developments and all the town’s public schools in residential areas, but they’ve been able to convince the public that banning dormitories and schools where students have no cars is the solution. Of course they should address overdevelopment, but this isn’t the way to do it, and it certainly points to some other motivation,”
After two emotionally charged public meetings, the Jackson, N.J., town council voted to enact an ordinance that bans the construction of dormitories and places severe limits on the building of all schools. The measure has engendered controversy, as many see it as aimed at curtailing the recent influx of Jewish families as the borders of the neighboring Lakewood community rapidly expand.
The proposal was originally set to be voted on earlier in the month, but the decision was delayed after more than 150 members of the Orthodox community attended that meeting to express their dismay over the ordinance, arguing, in the words of one speaker, that it “coveys a message that Jews are not wanted in Jackson.”
In the weeks since, both sides have continued to express their opinions to local media outlets, with many Jackson residents insisting that the law is merely a move to prevent “overdevelopment,” often associated with the congestion of neighboring Lakewood.
“The reality is this ordinance is not against any race or religion, and only a bigoted person would think as much,” Council President Barry Calogero said following the vote. “It’s an ordinance that would preserve our current suburban culture, reduce suburban sprawl and limit unwanted overdevelopment in our township.”
Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Agudath Israel of New Jersey, told Hamodia that the facts contradict this claim.
“This same council has approved mega developments and all the town’s public schools in residential areas, but they’ve been able to convince the public that banning dormitories and schools where students have no cars is the solution. Of course they should address overdevelopment, but this isn’t the way to do it, and it certainly points to some other motivation,” he said.
Several attempts at dialogue between the Orthodox community and the council to discuss the matter went unanswered, said Rabbi Schnall, with the exception of a reply from Jackson Mayor Michael Reina, that he was open to a meeting after the vote took place.
A request for comment from the council by Hamodia went unanswered.
“This bill sets a bad precedent, and it is a very big setback in the relationship between the council and a strong, growing and voting community,” said Rabbi Schnall. “We have to look forward now and keep on trying to find ways to help the community meet its religious necessities as it continues to grow.”
Jackson is currently home to around 400 Orthodox families, and the community is constantly growing.
While the ordinance does not forbid the construction of schools without living facilities outright, it restricts them to three small, non-residential zones that have very little undeveloped land. As more Orthodox families move to towns surrounding Lakewood, the community had hoped that those areas would be able to provide space for additional schools that the population growth will demand.
This is not the first time that dormitory construction, which the law completely forbids, has become a point of contention between the Orthodox community and residents of areas surrounding Lakewood. Last year, a federal appellate court overturned a decision by Ocean Township to block construction by Yeshivah Naos Yaakov. The yeshivah had argued that its denial was based on religious animus, supported by a plethora of anti-Jewish statements found on the website of a group opposing the construction.
Attorney Robert Greene, whose firm, Storzer and Greene, specializes in cases involving religious discrimination in land use, wrote in a letter that the township should consider itself placed on notice that its “heavy-handed attempt” to target a particular population could be legally challenged. His past clients include Yeshivah Naos Yaakov, which is now advocating for nearby Toms River’s Chabad House to be granted permission to build new facilities.
“In this day and age of building walls against other people and cultures, fear and panic should not supplant our important constitutional values,” he said.
read at Hamodia.com
“This same council has approved mega developments and all the town’s public schools in residential areas, but they’ve been able to convince the public that banning dormitories and schools where students have no cars is the solution. Of course they should address overdevelopment, but this isn’t the way to do it, and it certainly points to some other motivation,”
After two emotionally charged public meetings, the Jackson, N.J., town council voted to enact an ordinance that bans the construction of dormitories and places severe limits on the building of all schools. The measure has engendered controversy, as many see it as aimed at curtailing the recent influx of Jewish families as the borders of the neighboring Lakewood community rapidly expand.
The proposal was originally set to be voted on earlier in the month, but the decision was delayed after more than 150 members of the Orthodox community attended that meeting to express their dismay over the ordinance, arguing, in the words of one speaker, that it “coveys a message that Jews are not wanted in Jackson.”
In the weeks since, both sides have continued to express their opinions to local media outlets, with many Jackson residents insisting that the law is merely a move to prevent “overdevelopment,” often associated with the congestion of neighboring Lakewood.
“The reality is this ordinance is not against any race or religion, and only a bigoted person would think as much,” Council President Barry Calogero said following the vote. “It’s an ordinance that would preserve our current suburban culture, reduce suburban sprawl and limit unwanted overdevelopment in our township.”
Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Agudath Israel of New Jersey, told Hamodia that the facts contradict this claim.
“This same council has approved mega developments and all the town’s public schools in residential areas, but they’ve been able to convince the public that banning dormitories and schools where students have no cars is the solution. Of course they should address overdevelopment, but this isn’t the way to do it, and it certainly points to some other motivation,” he said.
Several attempts at dialogue between the Orthodox community and the council to discuss the matter went unanswered, said Rabbi Schnall, with the exception of a reply from Jackson Mayor Michael Reina, that he was open to a meeting after the vote took place.
A request for comment from the council by Hamodia went unanswered.
“This bill sets a bad precedent, and it is a very big setback in the relationship between the council and a strong, growing and voting community,” said Rabbi Schnall. “We have to look forward now and keep on trying to find ways to help the community meet its religious necessities as it continues to grow.”
Jackson is currently home to around 400 Orthodox families, and the community is constantly growing.
While the ordinance does not forbid the construction of schools without living facilities outright, it restricts them to three small, non-residential zones that have very little undeveloped land. As more Orthodox families move to towns surrounding Lakewood, the community had hoped that those areas would be able to provide space for additional schools that the population growth will demand.
This is not the first time that dormitory construction, which the law completely forbids, has become a point of contention between the Orthodox community and residents of areas surrounding Lakewood. Last year, a federal appellate court overturned a decision by Ocean Township to block construction by Yeshivah Naos Yaakov. The yeshivah had argued that its denial was based on religious animus, supported by a plethora of anti-Jewish statements found on the website of a group opposing the construction.
Attorney Robert Greene, whose firm, Storzer and Greene, specializes in cases involving religious discrimination in land use, wrote in a letter that the township should consider itself placed on notice that its “heavy-handed attempt” to target a particular population could be legally challenged. His past clients include Yeshivah Naos Yaakov, which is now advocating for nearby Toms River’s Chabad House to be granted permission to build new facilities.
“In this day and age of building walls against other people and cultures, fear and panic should not supplant our important constitutional values,” he said.
read at Hamodia.com
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Lakewood Planning board meeting March 21
Live Video stream by FAA HERE call in to hear the live meeting at 712-432-4263
Lakewood Planning board meeting Tuesday March 21, 2017 6:00 pm town hall
See township official Agenda HERE
TBL HERE
full agenda by First amendmant activist HERE
5. OAK STREET CORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISIONS
1. SD 2204AO Vine Property Holdings, LLC
Edgecomb Avenue Block 1025, Lot 1
Administrative Minor Subdivision
6. PUBLIC HEARING
1. SP 1957A Beth Medrash Govoha of America
Forest Ave & Carey Street Block 63, Lots 1 & 4
Extension of Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school campus
2. SP 2150A Wawa Lakewood LLC
Route 9 and Prospect Street Block 420; 420.01, Lots 16; 12, 14, & 23
Amended Preliminary & Final Major Site Plan and Minor Subdivision for a
convenience store and gas station
3. SP 2214 Torah Temimah of Lakewood Inc
Lanes Mill Road Block 187.15, Lot 14
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school and gym
4. SP 2222AA Saul Gray
Pawnee Road Block 2, Lot 52
Change of Use/Site Plan Exemption to convert existing house to a school
5. SD 2181 Cedarwood Hills Homeowners Association
Flannery Avenue & Quick Chek Drive Block 1603.01, Lot 21
Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 2 lots
6. SD 2187 Mural Holdings, LLC, c/o Jacob Muller
Turin Avenue Block 1043, Lots 5 & 7
Minor Subdivision to create two lots
7. SD 2192 Claire Drive LLC
Claire Drive Block 430, Lots 13-16
Minor Subdivision to create six lots
8. SP 2067 Yeshiva Gedolah of South Jersey, Inc.
Cross Street Blocks 457, 458, 466 - 469
Extension of Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school campus
9. SP 2232 Yosef Tress
Spruce Street Block 778.05, Lot 27
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a synagogue
10. SD 2188 Aaron Sperber
Locust Street Block 1083, Lot 7
Minor Subdivision to create three lots
Applicant has requested to carry this application to a future meeting date. This
project will not be heard.
11. SD 2182 BBC Capital Group, LLC
Central Avenue Block 79, Lot 10
Minor Subdivision to create 2 lots
Applicant has requested to carry this application to a future meeting date. This
project will not be heard.
12. SP 2224 Cong Satmar of Lakewood
Kennedy Boulevard East Block 104.02, Lots 14 & 15
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a house of worship
Required Architectural elevations were received less than 10 days prior to this
public hearing, application cannot be heard and will be carried to a future
meeting date.
Lakewood Planning board meeting Tuesday March 21, 2017 6:00 pm town hall
See township official Agenda HERE
TBL HERE
full agenda by First amendmant activist HERE
5. OAK STREET CORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISIONS
1. SD 2204AO Vine Property Holdings, LLC
Edgecomb Avenue Block 1025, Lot 1
Administrative Minor Subdivision
6. PUBLIC HEARING
1. SP 1957A Beth Medrash Govoha of America
Forest Ave & Carey Street Block 63, Lots 1 & 4
Extension of Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school campus
2. SP 2150A Wawa Lakewood LLC
Route 9 and Prospect Street Block 420; 420.01, Lots 16; 12, 14, & 23
Amended Preliminary & Final Major Site Plan and Minor Subdivision for a
convenience store and gas station
3. SP 2214 Torah Temimah of Lakewood Inc
Lanes Mill Road Block 187.15, Lot 14
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school and gym
4. SP 2222AA Saul Gray
Pawnee Road Block 2, Lot 52
Change of Use/Site Plan Exemption to convert existing house to a school
5. SD 2181 Cedarwood Hills Homeowners Association
Flannery Avenue & Quick Chek Drive Block 1603.01, Lot 21
Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 2 lots
6. SD 2187 Mural Holdings, LLC, c/o Jacob Muller
Turin Avenue Block 1043, Lots 5 & 7
Minor Subdivision to create two lots
7. SD 2192 Claire Drive LLC
Claire Drive Block 430, Lots 13-16
Minor Subdivision to create six lots
8. SP 2067 Yeshiva Gedolah of South Jersey, Inc.
Cross Street Blocks 457, 458, 466 - 469
Extension of Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school campus
9. SP 2232 Yosef Tress
Spruce Street Block 778.05, Lot 27
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a synagogue
10. SD 2188 Aaron Sperber
Locust Street Block 1083, Lot 7
Minor Subdivision to create three lots
Applicant has requested to carry this application to a future meeting date. This
project will not be heard.
11. SD 2182 BBC Capital Group, LLC
Central Avenue Block 79, Lot 10
Minor Subdivision to create 2 lots
Applicant has requested to carry this application to a future meeting date. This
project will not be heard.
12. SP 2224 Cong Satmar of Lakewood
Kennedy Boulevard East Block 104.02, Lots 14 & 15
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a house of worship
Required Architectural elevations were received less than 10 days prior to this
public hearing, application cannot be heard and will be carried to a future
meeting date.
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NJ gives 1 million grant to religious institutions vulnerable to attack
(Reuters) - New Jersey will give up to $1 million in grants to religious institutions and other non-profit groups vulnerable to attacks in the wake of a spate of threats against Jewish organizations around the country, Governor Chris Christie said on Tuesday.
Organizations in nine New Jersey counties will be able to apply to the state's Office of Homeland Security for grants of up to $50,000 each for security equipment if they can show they are "at high risk of terrorist attack," Christie said in his announcement.
Christie, a Republican, cited a bomb threat against a Jewish community center in Cherry Hill, Camden County, last month, one of more than 100 such incidents tallied at Jewish community centers around the United States this year. The threats all turned out to be hoaxes, and at least one man in Missouri has been arrested, accused of making some of the threats.
The new Jersey program is intended to supplement similar federal funding available in the state's 12 other counties.
Organizations in nine New Jersey counties will be able to apply to the state's Office of Homeland Security for grants of up to $50,000 each for security equipment if they can show they are "at high risk of terrorist attack," Christie said in his announcement.
Christie, a Republican, cited a bomb threat against a Jewish community center in Cherry Hill, Camden County, last month, one of more than 100 such incidents tallied at Jewish community centers around the United States this year. The threats all turned out to be hoaxes, and at least one man in Missouri has been arrested, accused of making some of the threats.
The new Jersey program is intended to supplement similar federal funding available in the state's 12 other counties.
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Oif Simchas/events Lakewood March 21
-wedding: Beilus- Ullman Ateres Chana hall Bais faiga
-Wedding: Hager - terebelo at Neeimas Hachaim hall Lakewood
-Asifa: Tefillah chizuk for Rav Avrohom Luria Lirfuah shleima 7:30 pm orchos Chaim hall 410 Oberlin
-Hespedim in BMG for Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Stern A'H in Beren hall
-Yartzheit gathering for Rav Eli Baruch Finkel ZT"L at KZY 175 Sunset Rd Lakewood NJ
-Wedding: Hager - terebelo at Neeimas Hachaim hall Lakewood
-Asifa: Tefillah chizuk for Rav Avrohom Luria Lirfuah shleima 7:30 pm orchos Chaim hall 410 Oberlin
-Hespedim in BMG for Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Stern A'H in Beren hall
-Yartzheit gathering for Rav Eli Baruch Finkel ZT"L at KZY 175 Sunset Rd Lakewood NJ
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Watch Live Lakewood Planning board
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Photos: Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva at the Skver Hachnosas Sefer Torah
Courtesy of A Blick Magazine to see full Gallery click HERE The Rebbe was here for the Seudas mitzvah in conjuncttion with a sheva Brachos for the son of the Skver Dayan of Lakewood.
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Video: LFD commissioners meeting 3 20 2017
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Lkwd News links
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BDE
Levaya of Mr. Chawnah Hershel Kahn a"h will take place this afternoon at the 7th Street chapel in Lakewood at 3 pm. He was niftar following an illness. Chawnaw was a fixture in Lakewood he lived in Forest park and was known to many. TNZBH
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Lakewood cheder Directory given out free to residents
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Frum ads now displaying on Digital Billboard in Lakewood
A local yeshiva is advertising an event on the digital billboard located by stadium at the corner of cedarbridge and New Hampshire. The billboard is owned by the BlueClaws baseball team. With the township recent approval of 5 more digital boards around Lakewood, this will now be the new norm and another expense on the advertising budget.
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