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TBL- E. County Line residents file lawsuit against Lakewood Township Committee

May 7, 2017, 7:03 am
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TakebackLakewood -In 2013, the Township Committee passed an ordinance allowing commercial buildings on County Line. They failed to send notices to people in and around the zone. Due to that, the ordinance should be null and void according to the municipal land use law.
see Lawsuit HERE

When it was discovered in 2017, Mayor Coles committed to repealing the faulty ordinance. At two Township Committee meetings in 2017, the repeal was on the agenda but the Committeemen refused to vote on it - leaving the faulty ordinance in place. Now, residents of County Line have taken matters into their own hands and filed a lawsuit against the Township Committee. Now an Ocean County Judge will likely force Lakewood to do what the committeemen have refused to do - reverse the faulty ordinance.



Note - this lawsuit will set a tremendous precedent allowing other neighborhoods to easily challenge the illegal zoning changes made in their neighborhoods. The house of cards is collapsing...

At the Planning Board meeting on Tuesday June 9th, there are 2 applications for office buildings on County Line that are seeking to capitalize on the faulty ordinance. In one egregious case, a developer sold many houses in a development and then later people found out that he plans to put a large office building right at the entrance to their development!

Due to the Committee's failure to act, the residents are put in the uncomfortable position of needing to spend their own funds to protect their quality of life. Furthermore, the township will spend public funds (our tax money) defending the faulty County Line ordinance in an absurd attempt to put the needs of developers before the needs of the residents!!

Although Mayor Coles and Committeeman Lichtenstein feigned interest in resolving the matter, ultimately they chose to help the developers - to the detriment of the residents. This again highlights the need to replace Mayor Coles. 
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How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews

May 7, 2017, 9:01 am
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A  more positive article on the Lakewood community the author previously wrote about Lakewood here. The article discusses the growth of Lakewood and the challenges that come along with it.

"The problem is that the (township) infrastructure has not caught up with the growth,' Kotler said.
At its current growth rate, Lakewood will become the third-largest city in New Jersey by midcentury. As such, Kotler says, it will need better public transportation for a population forbidden to drive on the Sabbath, higher density housing for the thousands of rabbinical students and their families, a remake of the aging downtown. 

"We need smart planning that make sense for everyone," he said.

From NJ. com-  by D. Ionno 
It is Friday in Lakewood.
A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel. Parking in the vicinity of the school is as impossible as finding a spot in Hoboken or Jersey City. Students circle in their Toyotas, Nissans and other compact cars, looking for a place to edge in. Most driveways are filled, too.  In the parking lot behind the school offices, cars are tripled-parked, covering both fire lanes. While the men are in school, their young wives are in the downtown, a few blocks away. Most have a one or two children in tow, and are pushing a stroller. They are shopping for Shabbat, the day of worship, rest and traditional meals that begins just before sunset on Fridays and ends after sunset on Saturday evening. At Gelbstein's Bakery, women and children squeeze through racks of cooling challah bread. The bakery has been in business since 1934, the heyday of Lakewood as a resort.


The other stores catering to Orthodox clientele along Clifton Avenue, the town's main street, are busy, too. At "His Place," a men's and boys' clothing store, owner Gedalia Tomor watches his sales staff hustle to fit customers with suit jackets of navy blue, dark gray and black.

His family has been in Lakewood 42 years and his father, Herschel, owns the locksmith shop next door.

"This is a great business," Tomor said, standing before shelves of only white shirts. "There're no seasonals (changeover for summer or winter clothes), no closeouts (sales) and where else do you see so many kids wearing suits?"

Tomor manufactures his own brand in China, using Italian and Chinese fabrics, and his expertise in fitting kids has stretched to Hollywood, where several child stars have worn his suits on award shows. He, like all Orthodox men, wears simple black suits and white shirts.

"I'm a normal guy with a normal business," he said. "When I'm in China, people look at me as an American. I'm cool to them. But here, in my own country, people look at you a certain way because of what's going on."

What's going on is the increasing population of Orthodox Jews in Ocean County. For the most part, they are not Hasidim, many of whom have long side hair curls called payot and wear round fur hats. In Lakewood, the Hasidic population is growing, too, but makes up only about 15 percent of the Jewish population.

Tomor recently moved his family to Toms River, because Lakewood is simply getting too crowded.

"It was a lifestyle choice. I wanted my kids to have space to play," he said.

But he feels the icy stares of his new neighbors who, he said, feels "their blocks are getting taken over by Jewish people."

Lakewood's population has grown exponentially in the last 40 years. In the 1980 census, the 25-square-mile town's population was 38,464. By 2015, it had increased to 99,249.

The township, once a popular Jewish resort nestled in the Jersey pines with three lakes providing year-round recreation, is now the state's fifth largest city - crowded, congested and still growing.

"You can't move around here," said Tom Gatti, who lives in an over-55 community and is the chairman of Senior Action Group (SAG), formed to combat what many feel is Lakewood's unabated growth.

The biggest jump of 32,000 residents came between 2000 and 2010, when the population grew from 61,000 to 93,000.

"I don't think anyone dreamed the town would grow this large,'' said Aaron Feldman, who has owned a small kosher grocery on Clifton Avenue, which dates back 45 years. "But it's good. It's good for business."

This population growth is reflected, if not directly traced in part, to the expansion of Beth Medrash Govoha. The yeshiva has about 6,500 students, equal in enrollment to the College of New Jersey.

I don't think anyone dreamed the town would grow this large. But it's good for business.'' -- Aaron Feldman.
Schneur Kotler, the son of founder Rabbi Kotler, took over the yeshiva after his father died in 1962 and in the following 20 years quadrupled the student body from 200 to 800 until his own death in 1982.

"My father had a secret sauce," said Rabbi Aaron Kotler, 50, current CEO of the yeshiva, whose brother, Malkiel, 65, is the roshiva or head rabbi. "He didn't want to mold his academic views on everybody. He encouraged diversity in (study) styles. It was an intellectual approach. Less monolithic. He built a model that connected to a lot of people from around the world."

And they began coming to Lakewood to immerse themselves in the study of the Babylonian Talmud. From Israel, of course. And Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as expected. But also from every country in Western Europe, Canada and Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, and as far away as Australia. Read More at  NJ.com
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Master plan committee meeting today, Density sub committee report "not ready"

May 8, 2017, 3:47 am
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The Lakewood master plan committee will finally meet tonight Monday May 8 at 6 PM and will adopt the recommendations and reports of the sub committees. As of the township posting the Density subcommittee will not have its report ready in time for the meeting. There is speculation, if this is a delaying tactic or a move to keep the public from commenting on the final density report. In a letter posted below courtesy of First amendment activist, Mayor Coles asks master plan chairman and members to evaluate "where or if higher density is appropriate for Lakewood".  It appears to be giving the green light to add density in some areas. Committeeman Akerman did not sign on to the letter. 
If you worry about the future of Lakewood it is crucial to attend the meeting. Here is the official Lakewood township agenda:

 Master Plan Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda Monday May 8, 2017 6:00pm
Lakewood Township Municipal Building 231 3rd St. Lakewood, NJ 0870
II. Review and adoption of Subcommittee Reports
A. Park and Open Space Report
B. Transportation Report
C. Downtown Report
D. Senior Community Needs

III. Review of correspondence from the Lakewood Industrial Commission regarding
proposed zoning regulations for schools in the Lakewood Industrial Park
IV. General discussion regarding school development
V. Comments from board members
VI. Comments from the public
VII. Adjournment
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BOE meeting today, expected to vote no on the budget

May 8, 2017, 8:31 am
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With a supposedly a 15 million budget shortfall the Lakewood BOE may decide to vote down the budget at todays board meeting. Officials blame the flawed NJ state funding formula for not addresing the unique situation in Lakewood leaving them with out their fair share. The meeting wll take place tonight May 8 , 6:30 pm at  855 Somerset Avenue, Lakewood. see meeting agenda HERE (temporarily removed from website)
As it stands over 100 teachers will be laid off if the state wont kick in. Various community groups have united asking everyone to sign on to a petition calling on the state to fix the formula that will see more money flowing to help Lakewood public schools. There is a fear that they will try to raise property taxes and go above the allotted 2% cap. The district also revised the homeless student laws, where it is the obligation of the township to provide educational services to a homeless student based on his last known address. 
some of the items on the agenda:

80K for a audit
25K monthly retainer for legal services
6K monthly for cloud Voice mail service + 21k activation fee
24k security access control to maintain video services
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PIcture Perfect?

May 8, 2017, 12:03 pm
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Guest post: By: Ami Chai Tzuriel

They bring him to shul daily – I see him all the time. The other day he gave me a robust Brocha; as a zakein muflag of 100 years. He sounds chipper and spry, with fealty to the One Above who has granted him longevity. I saw the tattooed number on his left hand as he wore Tefillin; somehow you get the sense this man’s grasp of life, of the death camps he endured, supersedes the pageantry and drama of anyone in this photo. His worldview is emuna pe'shutah – simple faith in the Supreme Entity. Everything else is irrelevant.
His message is; sure, don’t be naive. A person must be proactive to defend oneself in times of peril, r"l, but in the endgame, Al'mighty has the final say.
This etho is burnished in the Jewish consciousness and is 3,000 years old.
Connect the dots to our present Mid-East situation. What would this man’s reaction to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s remarks be?
A few years ago, citing the Iranian existential threat, he said, “For not in one generation do they rise up to destroy us, but in every generation they attempt to annihilate us.” – Obviously, a quote from the Haggada, of Pesach eve, but Netanyahu curiously deleted the key phrase of the Exodus narrative: “V’Hakadosh Boruch Hu matzileinu m’yodom!”
The Rosh Memshala is consistent. In his
address to Congress two years ago, chastising Iran for its nuclear program, he proclaimed that the Purim festival of ancient Persia is right around the corner.
“Esther gained permission for the Jews to defend themselves. We used to be passive, but no more!” In a classic turnabout ‘V’nahapoch hu,’ the Prime Minister turned Purim on its head.
The message of the Feast of Lots is that current world events are Almighty’s jigsaw puzzle; part of His Master Plan. It is He who charts the course of human events, even as we speak.
In China – referring to the Jewish refugees of Shang Hai, [the Mirrer talmidim] he said, “Back then, we didn’t have a country – today we can defend ourselves.”
History plays tricks on the dead. If the Mirrer Pleitim, ‘nishmosom aden,’ could speak, they would proclaim in unison, ‘Not so! Our ordeal was a ‘Nes Hatzolah’ ordained on High.’
Their ideology, borne of their life experience, does not comport with Netanyahu’s at all.
They would exhort us all, it is the centenarian in Shul who has it right – his philosophy is the authentic time-tested formula for Jewish survival.
They will testify that the Holocaust took place for the same reason that back in 1997, ‘Shayetet 13’ – an elite commando unit, Hy”d, perished as they entered Lebanon via the Mediterranean Sea as frogmen on a covert mission. They were lured into a minefield – an ‘olive grove,’ by a Lebanese double agent and met an untimely end. Would you say  they left this world katzon lativcha – as sheep to the slaughter? They passed away because the Boreh Olam willed it so. Likewise, the giborei koach, giants of the spirit – the six million, was a decree from Heaven, and they accepted Almighty’s will. When He decides that something will take place, Gadi Eizenkoff, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the rest of us are spectators as events unfold. But Mr. Netanyahu doesn’t get it.
Israelis marvel at their military prowess, but just mention how Iran is nestled in Syria to create a hegemony, and you will see fear in their eyes.
The Gemara [see Yoma 10a] alludes to ‘Poras’ or Iran’s meteoric ascent in the world, in the days preceding the Geulah. Obviously, the Chachmei HaTalmud saw the roadmap of the achris hayomim; History and world events, are a work in progress, a manifestation of a Divine script.’ If one examines the current Mid-East situation, a region in flux, one has some inkling of Hashem’s Master Plan taking shape.
It is time for us all to embrace the inescapable truth.

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Watch Live: master plan committee meeting 5/8/17

May 8, 2017, 3:04 pm
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Oif Simchas/ events LKwd May 8

May 8, 2017, 6:06 pm
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Engaged:
-Simcha Bunim Krumbein to Nebenzahl 
-Arye Leib Spira to Shiffy Rottenberg 
-Yitzchok Jacoby to Raizel Paller 
Photo: at the Spira Rottenberg Lechaim with the Tolna rebbe











 -Parlor meeting at 19 Olive Court for Almanah & 11 Yesomim





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Lakewood BOE waiting for state to kick in

May 8, 2017, 9:38 pm
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Turmoil and confusion at the Lakewood BOE meeting. With over 100 teachers facing layoffs the board did not vote on the budget and held off on the layoffs hoping the state will come through with some sort of funding either a one time shot in the arm or via a loan. Nj.com reports the state monitor for Lakewood schools, David Shafter, said he would not approve the vote because of the budget shortfall and called it "irresponsible." "For a board of education to withdraw RIFS when there is no funding to do so would be an irresponsible situation," Shafter said. Read report at NJ.com
 No matter how they spin it its inevitable that the taxes are going up again!!
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Color war at the master plan meeting?

May 9, 2017, 8:05 am
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See list of speakers at bottom of post.
They came with a plan. The developers builders planners contractors and their friends came with a strong force to represent themselves. They came with their wives and extended families. They strategically all stood together in the back of the room deciding  who should get up and speak. They clapped very loud when one of theirs got up to speak. It appeared that they represent the frum majority of town and created a divisive environment against the senior community who were all seated and others in the room. A courageous young lady got up and spoke on behalf of the majority of the town, she said most people are putting their children to sleep and cant come down to these meeting. She called out the small group in the back of the room who are there for themselves and not for the majority of the town. She begged the committee to respect the needs of the majority of Lakewood who care for their children and dont want the traffic, the density and the dangerous infastructure. The chairman did a good job keeping things in order but the point had to be made clearly That group is only representing themselves and not of the Lakewood tzibbur.
See Video HERE
1:00 – Flancanboaum speaks 
10:00 – Bill Hobday makes a few suggestions
28:43 – developer’s paid audience claps 
35:06 – resident suggests we should charge for garbage collection for private schools which will bring a $500,000 a year. Crowd applauds. 
35:50- Moshe Zeines makes suggest the parks have a separate fund
44:26 – resident attacks Committeeman Delia 
48:31- resident asks to allow Public Works to do their job. Speaks of mismanagement at the parks dept.
55:54 – josh Schmukler speaks on behalf of his fellow developers 
56:30- FAA rocks the house. The crowd goes wild. 

1:03:39 – Shmuel Rabinowitz gets a mix of applause and boos. 
1:10:25 – Bryan Flannery attacks FAA. Crowd yells ‘developer’ ‘lives inJ ackson’. 
1:14:17 – resident complains she cannot shop in Lakewood due to heavy traffic. 
1:20:15 – Mrs. Kayla Cohen. Mentions that mothers cannot come out to speak up in the evenings as they are putting their kids to sleep. Speaks against the traffic and thanks the seniors. Developer’s paid audience jeered in a cruel manner. 
1:23:17 – Mrs. Cohen says we need to discuss breathing spaces not open spaces. Attacks developers. 
1:28:40 – Ahron Mansur speaks on behalf of his fellow developers
1:36:00 – Aaron Hirsch speaks 
2:20:52 – Mrs. Vivian Friedman speaks about Yeshiva area how it’s very congested which she enjoys. 
2:29:00 – FAA - Hasidim are purchasing all new homes. AK said that by midcentury Hassidim will take over the town. By Hassidim the woman do not drive and therefore there will be less traffic. But sidewalks will be needed. Forgot to mention the need to build more mikvahs. 
2:38:40 – resident yells that town became Meshuga 
2:42:00 - Aaron Hirsch speaks about the need for a grid

2:54:00 – Dovid Bender speaks from his heart 
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Saying Tachnun on Eric Peach Sheni

May 9, 2017, 11:14 am
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Tomorrow Wednesday the 14th of Iyar is Peach Sheni. Most people  dont say Tachnun Although it is not mentioned in shulchan Aruch to omit. The question is  does the rule  not to say Tachnun by mincha prior to a day that you don't say tachnun apply. There is a debate among poskim the minhag   hayeshiva in Lakewood is to say tachnun today. The reason given is that the simcha on pesach Sheni was only during the time that the Korban was brought and all day.
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Two meetings today- one in Lakewood one in Jackson

May 9, 2017, 1:04 pm
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TBL- Take back Lakewood

Tuesday May 9th at 6:00—Planning Board Meeting
Although a Planning Board meeting was scheduled for 4/25 and a number of people arrived at town hall for the meeting, several planning board members failed to show up causing the meeting to be cancelled and all applications postponed. Those applications will now be heard at the May 9th meeting.

Tuesday May 9th at 6:00—CAFRA Hearing for Eagle Ridge
While a Planning Board meeting takes place in town hall, the NJ DEP will hold a CAFRA hearing in the auditorium of the Jackson Memorial High School at 101 Don Connor Blvd in Jackson. While it is rare for a CAFRA hearing to take place, over 1,100 letters from concerned residents of Lakewood raising
substantial issues with the application to build 1,872 units in place of Eagle Ridge Golf Course off Cross Street. That prompted the NJ DEP to issue a letter
acknowledging the many issues with the application and  that it is not in accordance with Coastal Zone Management rules. There will be a large crowd at this meeting objecting strongly to the proposed destructive project.
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Keren Zichron Feivel

May 9, 2017, 2:40 pm
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Following the Petirah of Haavreich Reb
Meshulam Feivel Kahana Z"l a fund has been set up to help support the mishpacha. Reb Feivel  Z"l was a tremendous Talmid Chochom who learned in Bais Medrash Govoha. He left behind an almanah and 11 yesomim lo aleinu. Parlor meetings are taking place over the next few days in various areas around the extended. Lakewood area. Shiva is at 58 E. 9th Street in Lakewood Shachris 8:15 am Mincha 7:40 Maariv 9:00 pm. Family is Getting up from shiva Wednesday morning.
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Planning board meeting

May 9, 2017, 3:40 pm
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Lakewood planning board meeting Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:00 P.M.
The meeting will be streamed live on the First Amendment Activist Channel HERE
See the official agenda here. See TBL draft HERE

5. ORDINANCES FOR DISCUSSION & CORRESPONDENCE

• Transportation Improvement District, Impact Fees

• SP 2221AA Congregation Bais Yesocher Tiferes Aryeh – request to permit temporary trailers on the site


• SD 1939, SD 1967, SD 1978, SD 1979, SD 1997, SD 1998 (Prospect Square) – request for landscaping revisions

• SP 2163 The TTY Foundation – clarification on variances previously granted

6. PUBLIC HEARING

1. SD 2182 BBC Capital Group, LLC

Central Avenue Block 79, Lot 10

Minor Subdivision to create 2 lots

2. SD 2200 Aaron Mansour

Audubon Avenue Block 1016, Lot 3

Minor Subdivision to create four lots

3. SD 2207 Spring 48, LLC

Sims Avenue Blocks 803 & 804, Lots 1 & 2

Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 10 lots

4. SP 2230 Summit Court Shul

Summit Court Block 423, Lot 38

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a synagogue

5. SD 2208 Prospect St. Holdings, LLC

Blanche Street Block 445, Lots 9 & 19

Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision to create 9 lots

6. SP 2231 Prospect St Holdings, LLC

Blanche Street Block 445, Lots 9 & 19

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a synagogue

7. SP 2237AA Congregation Ohr Mattisyahu

East County Line Road Block 174.04, Lot 59

Change of Use/Site Plan Exemption to convert existing house into a synagogue

8. 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

Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This

application will not be heard.

9. SP 2227 Yerek, LLC

Airport Road Block 1160.01, Lots 242.01 & 242.02

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for warehouse storage units

Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This

application will not be heard.

10. SP 2228 Brooks Developers, LLC c/o Noach Schon

East County Line Road Block 208.01, Lots 33, 75.01, & 75.02

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan and Minor Subdivision for a retail building

Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This

application will not be heard.

11. SP 2229 Adil Homes, LLC

East County Line Road Block 190, Lots 73.25-73.27

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a retail and office building

Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This

application will not be heard.

12. SP 2233 Zichron Chaim Inc.

New Hampshire Avenue Block 1159.03, Lot 13

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for a school

Applicant has requested to carry this project to a future meeting date. This

application will not be heard.

7. OAK STREET CORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISIONS

• SD 2228AO Mark Properties, LLC, Block 1048, Lots 1 & 5

• SD 2237AO SGKL, LLC, Block 1045, Lot 3

• SD 2238AO SGKL, LLC, Block 1026, Lot 8

• SD 2239AO SGKL, LLC, Block 1037, Lot 7

• SD 2240AO Oak Street 2B, LLC, Block 1042, Lots 4 & 5

• SD 2241AO Yosef Rabinowitz, Block 1027, Lot 7

• SD 2244AO Richard Krupnick, Block 1025, Lot 3

• SD 2245AO Richard Krupnick, Block 1026, Lot 6

• SD 2246AO Richard Krupnick, Block 1036, Lot 6

• SD 2247AO Mark Properties, LLC, Block 1036, Lot 3

• SD 2248AO Mark Properties, LLC, Block 1035 ,Lots 1, 3, & 7

• SD 2249AO Whiting Pines Realty Corp, Block 1049, Lot 6

• SD 2250AO Suburban Agency, Inc, Block 1025, Lot 5

• SD 2251AO Chateau Land 1, LLC, Block 1042, Lot 1

• SD 2256AO Barbara Flannery, Block 1025, Lot 2

• SD 2257AO SCS Property Group, Block 1038, Lot 1

• SD 2258AO Oak Vine Development, LLC, Block 1035, Lots 4 & 5

• SD 2259AO Oak Vine Development, LLC, Block 1027, Lot 8

• SD 2260AO Shvat II, LLC, Block 1035, Lot 6

8. PUBLIC PORTION

9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Watch Live Eagle Ridge Lakewood CAFRA hearing

May 9, 2017, 3:41 pm
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Oif Simchas /Events Lakewood May 9, 2017

May 9, 2017, 4:58 pm
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היום תשעה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ויום אחד לעומר

Engagements: Yehuda Z Hunger to Oelbaum (Lkwd)
 Shimon Adler (Lakewood) to Hudi Feit (Chicago)
-Parlor meetings for Zion Feivel tonight:
-Parlor Meeting 1045 Hearthstone Drive at 7:30. Hot Buffet.
-Parlor meeting  23 hekel starting 7:30 hot  buffet by yapchick
-Parlor Meeting 29 Montana Jackson 7:30 p
- Parlor meeting 209 Pearl street 8:00 pm
-Shiur: Rav Mordechai Zilber at Stutchein 127 Courtney Lakewood,  NJ 7:30  Shiur on Lag Baomer 9:15 Shiur Inyana Deyoma.

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Masa U'Matan Lakewood Rental List May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017, 6:39 am
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Agudath Israel Files Illegal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Jackson Township , NJ

May 10, 2017, 7:57 am
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NEWS FROM AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA
  
Agudath Israel Files Illegal Discrimination Lawsuit Against New Jersey Township 
Agudath Israel of America and W R Property , a property owner in Jackson, have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Jersey against the T ow nship of Jackson, New Jersey , challenging  new Jackson zoning regulations, asserting that they are inte nded to prevent Orthodox Jews from opening schools or dormitories in Jackson. The suit alleges that the regulations were enacted wit h the express
purpose of such anti-Orthodox discriminati on, and are in clear violation of Federal law 
The ordinances that are being challenged in Federal court were passe d this March by the Town Council of Jackson, which borders Lakew ood, in an area where many Orthodox Jews live. The lawsuit contends that the regulations were clearly motivated by a de sire to prevent Orthodox Jews
from moving to Jackson, and “ by discriminatory animus against the Orthodox Jewish community .”

The suit cites a number of examples of such anim us, expressed by public off icials and by vocal segments of the public.
Last year former T ow nship Council President Rob Nixon called an Agudath
Israel leader ’ s suggestion that Orthodox Jews consider Jackson as a place to live “repre hensible.”
Nixon went so far as to file a complaint against the Agudath Israel leader with the U.S. Justice Department and the New Jersey Attorney General’ s o f fice, both of which saw no merit to Nix on’ scomplaint.

Other allegations in the Complaint include recitati ons of statements made by local residents at
T ownship meetings and in online forums, such as “All of yo ur problems only stem from the Ultra-
Religious! The Hasidics and Ultra-Orthodox!”

Citing these and numerous other examples of anti-Or thodox animus in recent years, and particularly
surrounding the enactment of the no school and t he no dormitory ordinances in Jackson, the Agudath
Israel and W R Property lawsuit alleges violation of the U.S. Constitutio n’ s Equal Protection, Free
Exercise and Establishment Clauses and Freedom of Association principles; four clauses of the
federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000; the Fair Housing Act; and
New Jersey’ s Law Against Discrimination.

The suit seeks a judgment holding the township’ s ordinances unconstitutional and illegal, and their
annulment, as well as attorneys’ fees and nominal damages.

According to Rabbi A vi Schnall, Agudath Israel’ s New Jersey Off ice director , “Orthodox Jews, like
any other person, have the basic right, protecte d by federal law , to live where they please. Local laws
intended to keep people out of an area or T ownship based on religion or ethnicity vi olate Federal law
Orthodox Jews have the right to open sc hools, build houses of worship, and develop businesses, j ust
like any other group, and this essential value of freedom of religion, on which America was founded,
is being denied.”

The plaintiff s are represented by Storzer & Associates, a law firm that has vast experience in
representing religious communities’ interests in land use disputes, and with whom Agudath Israel has
worked over the past few years.
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Agudath Israel of America | lzagelbaum@agudathisrael.orgt

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LIC meeting canceled

May 10, 2017, 9:18 am
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Regular Business Meeting of the Lakewood Industrial Commission scheduled for Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 11:30 AM has been canceled and not rescheduled.
The next scheduled business meeting of the Commission is slated to take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:30 AM in
Conference Room C, Lakewood Municipal Building, 231 Third Street, Lakewood, NJ 08701.
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Minhagim for Pesach Sheini

May 10, 2017, 11:02 am
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Some have a minhag to eat Matza on Pesach Sheini  it is brought down in the siddur of the Yaavetz (Rav Yaakov Emden) that it was revealed to him from the heavens that the kedusha of pesach and matzah lasts until pesach sheni because when they went out from Egypt they ate the matzos that they came out with until the 15 of iyar.
Some dont say tachnun.
Nitai Gavriel (Pesach Vol 3 Chapter 57) brings several Pesach Sheni customs. Among them:
To increase in Simcha (source: the Chida)
To read the parsha of Pesach Sheni and learn its Halachos (source: The Shalo).

To read the Parsha of the Nesi'im (source: The Shalo).
To visit the grave of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNeis in Teveria
(this is a sefardi custom sourced from many places). Some object to the festive nature of this practice.
To visit the grave of Rabbi Yehuda Bar Illoi (a custom of residents of Tzefas).
He also mentions in a footnote that one of the objections Misnagdim had to the practices of Chassidim was making a meal on Pesach Sheni even if it was one of the days of בה"ב.
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Cedarbridge corporate campus put up for sale

May 10, 2017, 12:47 pm
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For those wondering what the next step for cedarbridge park is, well it was recently listed and put up for sale. Price is not disclosed its described as of 180 Acres of land Min. Divisibleis 3 AC. Its in a prime location, use for Office and or retail land for sale or lease. 
The area is at Cedar Bridge Ave /Pine st/ New Hampshire Ave/Avenue of the States/Boulevard of the Americas in Lakewood , NJ. see the listing HERE on Loopnet.com it was posted on May 1, 2017.
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