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Tuesday June 17 News Updates Lakewood

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Weather: 73° Areas of patchy fog early

Potentially dangerous heat and scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures expected to climb near 90 degrees.

- Keren Olam HaTorah delegation in Lakewood today and tomorrow there's no grand kabolas panic planned as was done last year due to the current situation and other gedolim not here.

- At last night’s Lakewood  zoning board meeting, the board approved plans for a new dormitory, gym, and faculty housing for Yeshiva Nezer HaTorah. Additionally, the board granted a variance request from BMG to build 74 single-family homes on the former Woodlake Country Club golf course, changing the zoning from R-20 to R-12.
Several members of the public raised concerns about pedestrian safety, increased traffic, and the possibility of additional development phases. Two board members recused themselves from the BMG application due to conflicts of interest.The application for the Spruce Street and Vine Street project was heard and will be continued at the next meeting. Other scheduled applications were tabled and postponed.

- Trump reversed course, will NOT be halting any deportations on farms and hotels

- The Igud hakehilos of chasidishe courts in Borough Park who endorsed Adrienne Adams as their first choice for mayor have flipped their endorsement to Andrew Cuomo following a meeting this morning. 

- Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania this morning to begin serving his 11-year prison sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt, the federal Bureau of Prisons confirms. Shlomo Schorr

- A driver in a white Mustang was caught on camera doing donuts before crashing into a medical supply store on Route 70 in Lakewood. The front of the car was left completely smashed. n12

Getting out of Israel

There's safe organized travel plans by travel agencies with buses leaving Yerushalayim Wednesday afternoon to Taba crossing in Egypt 2 armed guards per bus arriving at Sharm El Sheik Airport 12:30am chartered flight to Milan 5:50am with a connecting flight to JFK arriving Thursday afternoon. At a price of $2200 pp.

A ship recently departed from the port of Ashdod for Limassol, Cyprus - carrying diplomats and Taglit personnel. The ship will return from Limassol to Israel with Israeli citizens stranded abroad.

-Family of Dr. Chaim Horwitz requests if anyone has stories to share to email dr.chaim.horwitz.memories@gmail.com


Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva in Chicago on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah



Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein shlita the Rav of Ramat Elchanan in Bnei Brak said the rocket that hit pardes katz in Bnei  Brak fell in Macabim street that has chilul shabbos there even this past shabbos.Therefore the promise of the chazon ish that no bombs will fall is irrelevant as the desecration of shabbos has no protection.


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