February 21, 2016, 11:50 am
This evening, Bais Tova Elementary School of Lakewood, NJ, will hold its 16th Anniversary Dinner at N’eemas Hachaim Hall, located at 555 Oak Street in Lakewood, NJ.
The reception will begin at 7 p.m., followed by the dinner at 7:30 p.m. The dinner will feature zemiros from the Meshorerim Choir accompanied by yeled hapeleh Avrom Chaim Green.
Bais Tova will pay tribute to exemplary individuals who reflect the ideals and values the school holds dear. Rabbi and Mrs. Itchy Goldbrenner will receive the Ateres Zekeinim Award, Rabbi and Mrs. Avrohom Snow will receive the Harbatzas Hatorah Award, Rabbi and Mrs. Chesky Landau will receive the Kesser Shem Tov Award, and Rabbi and Mrs. Dovid Yehuda Brecher will receive the Tiferes Bonim Award. Motivated by strong feelings of hakoras hatov to the school, and recognizing the trailblazing accomplishments of Bais Tova in the world of chinuch habanos, these individuals have graciously accepted to serve as honorees at the dinner.
The dinner will feature zemiros from the Meshorerim Choir accompanied by yeled hapeleh Avrom Chaim Green.
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February 21, 2016, 3:49 pm
From Israel the Yoni Eliav Band will be performing their first US gig at a event in Lake terrace with Beri Weber
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February 22, 2016, 5:17 am
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The Lakewood School District is happy to announce that the courtesy busing crisis has been resolved for the 2015-2016 school year. All students will continue to maintain their current busing status until the end of this school year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your building principal.
Respectfully,
Laura A. Winters
Superintendent of Schools
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February 22, 2016, 5:44 am
Feb. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) (“Lakeland Bancorp”), the parent company of Lakeland Bank, Lakeland Bank and Harmony Bank (OTCPK:HRMB) (“Harmony Bank”), announced today that they have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Harmony Bank will be merged with and into Lakeland Bank, with Lakeland Bank as the surviving bank. The Merger Agreement provides that shareholders of Harmony Bank will receive 1.25 shares of Lakeland Bancorp common stock for each share of Harmony Bank common stock that they own at the effective time of the merger. Harmony Bank, a state-chartered commercial bank that focuses on serving consumers and small-to-medium-size businesses, is headquartered in Jackson, New Jersey, with additional branch offices in Lakewood and Toms River, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2015, Harmony Bank had total assets, total loans, total deposits and total stockholders’ equity of $295 million, $241 million, $257 million and $28 million, respectively. Read more HERE
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February 22, 2016, 6:23 am
Motti Rybansky (Motis auto) will be sitting shiva for his mother a''h at 132 Sunflower Dr apt c (A country place) until Thursday morning. Shachris 8AM, Mincha/Maariv 5:20. and at home from 7:30-10 pm at 133 Lancewood. Besuros Tovos.
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February 22, 2016, 6:30 am
World renowned philanthropist R' Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz is taking Chesed to new heights tonight. A few days ago, a SCHI student, (The School for Children with Hidden Intelligence) mentioned to his teachers, family and friends his dream of flying to Eretz Yisroel.
Making that dream a reality was no simple matter as there were numerous logistical obstacles in the way. However, a teacher at SCHI - R'Chaim Birnhack- was determined to make it happen. Chaim began working on a budget and the logistics of such a complicated trip. Despite all the obstacles, Chaim knew he had to give his student the trip of a lifetime.
One of the biggest challenges was funding the trip. To raise the necessary funds, Chaim launched a donation website.
R' Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz heard about the effort to raise money for this trip. He immediately recognized the importance of helping make this student’s dream a reality. R’ Shlomo Yehuda approached a Lakewood Askan with an extremely generous offer...
He would fly the SCHI student on his private plane to Eretz Yisroel for a ten day trip of a lifetime!
Tonight, R’ Shlomo Yehuda, the student, his teacher, Askonim and medical support staff are heading off to Eretz Yisroel, making what was almost an impossible dream into a fabulous reality!
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February 22, 2016, 9:21 am
Get into the purim spirit at heimish Chinese tonight Monday 9 PM at 105 Clifton avenue
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February 22, 2016, 11:56 am
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February 22, 2016, 4:16 pm
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February 22, 2016, 5:28 pm
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February 23, 2016, 6:03 am
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February 23, 2016, 6:09 am
While officials reach out to the state in hopes of a long term solution to solve the districts financial woes, APP reports Lakewood will not receive much. "A boost in state education aid announced last week won't make much of a dent. Lakewood stands to receive a total of $24.6 million in state aid, an increase of just $238,000." state Sen. Robert Singer, R-Ocean, is committed to working with stakeholders to come up with a long-term solution to Lakewood's fiscal problems, reports APP.com
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February 23, 2016, 8:00 am
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February 23, 2016, 10:16 am
Are they confusing chasidim from NY with litvaks from Lakewood?
ASSOCIATED PRESS BY BRUCE SHIPKOWSKILAKEWOOD — James Jackson didn't want to sell his home but thanked the black-suited man for his interest anyway.
That's when the man put his hand on Jackson's shoulder and told him he might want to reconsider. Many of his neighbors in the New Jersey shore town of Toms River, the man said, already planned to sell to Jewish buyers like those he represented.
"He asked me why I would want to live in a Hasidic neighborhood if I wasn't Hasidic," Jackson recalled. "He asked if I would really be happy, if it would be in my family's best interests."
A housing crunch in Lakewood, home to one of the nation's largest populations of Hasidic Jews, has triggered what residents of neighboring communities say are overly aggressive, all-hours solicitations from agents looking to find homes for the rapidly growing Jewish community.
The complaints have prompted towns, including Toms River, to update their "no-knock" rules and related laws, adding real estate inquiries to measures that already limit when soliciting can occur and allow residents to bar solicitations.
But Jewish leaders and others say the no-knock laws unfairly target Orthodox Jews and those seeking to help them find houses. Many current residents came to the community to study at one of the largest yeshivas in the world and eventually settled down.
The 2010 census found the town had nearly 93,000 residents, about 32,000 more than a decade earlier. And town officials believe there are closer to 120,000 residents now.
"The growth in Lakewood is a sign of the great quality of life which is attracting all these people," said Avi Schnall, the state director of Agudath Israel, a national grassroots advocacy and social service organization representing Orthodox Jews.
"However, the challenge is being able to keep up with the influx," Schnall added. "This has driven people to take residence in nearby towns, where houses are more available and affordable."
Schnall calls the recent no-knock changes "troubling." He also believes there is a campaign to prevent members of the Orthodox community from moving in. And he thinks the real estate agents are being used as the scapegoats, claims that leaders in neighboring towns say are unfounded.
Samuel Heilman, a sociology professor at Queens College in New York City and a leading authority on Orthodox Judaism, says he doubts that such laws are anti-Semitic in their origins. But he notes that the measures may now be invoked more aggressively by people trying to keep Orthodox Jews out of their neighborhoods, for fear the area will become a Hasidic community.
"The problem is structural: Hasidim live in Hasidic communities predominantly. They can only move as groups," said Heilman. "That leads to counter-moves by other groups who do not want their community to be inundated by them."
Municipal leaders stress that their laws are not aimed at keeping out any groups, but rather to protect residents.
"Our 'no knock' law goes back many years. It's not just in response to what has been happening now," Toms River Mayor Thomas Kelaher said. "We are trying to protect those people from conduct that's outrageous, harassing, intimidating or unwelcome."
Jackson said he was working outside his home last fall when he was unexpectedly approached by the man in the black suit. The encounter was initially cordial but turned darker, he said.
"He was trying to intimidate me, but not in a physical way," Jackson said. "He was playing mind games, and he was really good at it."
Toms River is also in the process of creating "cease and desist" zones, where door-to-door real estate soliciting would be banned in designated areas that have been inordinately and repeatedly solicited. The ordinance is modeled on one in New York state that held up in court despite objections from realty groups. The New York rule allows residents to petition for their neighborhood to be included on the list of areas where solicitation is not allowed.
Realty groups say they their main concern is to find common ground.
"Our local communities are incredibly important to both our members and our association," said Mary Ann Wissel, chief executive officer of the Ocean County Board of Realtors. She said the group was working with real estate agents and local officials to ensure that any no-knock registry laws are both "respectful to homeowners as well as fair to the lawful business practices of our members."
David Eckman, a Hasidic real estate investor, acknowledged that most of his visits to gauge people's interest in selling their homes are unsolicited, but he said he has never tried to intimidate or mislead anyone.
"People need homes, and I'm trying to help them find those homes," Eckman said. "They just want a nice place in a nice community, like everyone else."
Eckman said anyone using fear tactics, be it directly or implied, should be barred.
"If they do that, they make us all look bad," Eckman said. "There are enough negative stereotypes out there about Jewish people, and doing things like that just makes people think they are true."
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February 23, 2016, 10:43 am
Customers Affected: 21-100
Cause: Equipment Damage
Crew Status: Arrived
Estimated Restoration: Feb 23, 3:30 PM
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February 23, 2016, 1:09 pm
Posted by דוד הלר on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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February 23, 2016, 5:00 pm
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February 24, 2016, 6:54 am
By Mordechai Wincorn Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Hamodia.com
LAKEWOOD - Neither hopes of a deal that would secure funds for Lakewood’s courtesy busing for years to come nor fears of its imminent cancellation have been realized. Instead, the state has allowed for the service to continue for the remainder of the school year by adding funds to the district’s deficit.
The anti-climactic announcement that busing would continue uninterrupted led to several reports pondering where financing had been found, but school board member Isaac Zlatkine told Hamodia that no extra funds had been committed. Rather, state authorities have decided to allow for the expense, estimated at $2.5 million, to be added to the district’s budget deficit, currently at $12 million.
As reported by Hamodia last week, local officials have been engaged in negotiations with the state to secure additional funding in exchange for a greater contribution from the township. Ultimately this deal was not reached, but Trenton-appointed monitors allowed for services to continue. The decision honors a commitment made by the state’s Department of Education last summer to ensure the service for the year in exchange for a $1 million contribution from the township and adherence to a “tiered” pick-up and drop-off plan by mosdos.
“They [the state] backed down because of the liability,” said Zlatkine. “They realized that the township is not able to build sidewalks so fast, and that to just stop it in the middle of the year is dangerous.”
He also attributed the state’s reversal to “public outcry, especially from public school parents.”
Zlatkine added that the board had hired Nate Boxer, an expert in school financing, to seek longer-term solutions for Lakewood’s recurring financial problems. Local leaders and askanim blame the present financial crisis on the state’s funding freeze enacted in 2011, which prevents the amounts given each year from being adjusted to match increasing school populations.
“The state gave a little more this year, but everybody is still being shortchanged,” Zlatkine said. “Toms River now also has a $7 million deficit. The longer the freeze goes on, the more and more districts are going into the red.”
Officials admitted that the problem would resurface, possibly as soon as three months from now when New Jersey’s budget plans for the coming year are made official.
Michael Yaple, director of public information for the New Jersey DOE, echoed both reasoning and effects of the decision in a statement to Hamodia.
“Due to the fact that the township has demonstrated that they are not prepared to provide safe passage to school through deployment of crossing guards and sidewalk installation in a short time frame, and for the safety of the roughly 10,000 children involved, the state monitor has decided to allow the Board of Education’s resolution to continue busing through the remainder of the school year to stand,” he said.
“As previously disclosed by the state monitor, the district will end the year in a substantial deficit, half of which is caused by the unanticipated cost increase of courtesy busing. The cost of this deficit will need to be assumed by the Board of Education because, as previously stated, state funding is not available for courtesy busing.”
Residents were relieved, but disappointed by the nature of the solution.
“I’m definitely glad that the chaos that everybody was worried about is not going to happen, but it would be nice if all the experts working on this could find a way to stop this problem from cropping up every year,” said one Lakewood parent.
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February 24, 2016, 9:10 am
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February 24, 2016, 9:55 am
Shiva info for Ms. Masha Wachtfogel z"l 415 6th street between Forest Ave & Madison Avenue in Lakewood. Getting up Erev shabbos at noon
Harav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, brother
sisters,
Mrs. Miriam Rubnitz,
Mrs. Shaina Burstyn
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