Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month January 2020

ROSH CHODESH PROVOCATION: Women Of The Wall Sneak Sefer Torah Into Women’s Section Of The Kosel

The Women of the Wall organization smuggled in a Sefer Torah into the women’s section of the Kosel on Monday morning for the monthly provocation they carry out each Rosh Chodesh. At the same time, over a thousand men and… Continue Reading →

Rishon LeTzion Harav Yitzchak Yosef Visits Gibraltar for Its Siyum HaShas

Last Wednesday, the Gibraltar community celebrated the 13th Daf Yomi siyum. The highlight of the siyum was the presence of the Rishon LeTzion Harav Yitzchak Yosef, author of the Yalkut… Read more » The post Rishon LeTzion Harav Yitzchak Yosef… Continue Reading →

Ocean County Sheriff Working To Assure Transition To New Advance Life Support Service Goes Smoothly

Upon learning of the announcement that MONOC would no longer be providing Advanced Life Support Services to Ocean County residents, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management has reached out to the new providers in order to work toward… Continue Reading →

U.S. Stocks Tumble Amid Global Sell-Off; Dow Falls 325

U.S. stocks tumbled Monday afternoon after China announced a sharp rise in cases of a new virus that threatens to crimp global economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Tumble Amid Global… Continue Reading →

The Polish Hero Who Volunteered To Go To Auschwitz – And Warned The World About The Nazi Death Machine

It wasn’t until the 1990s that Zofia and Andrzej Pilecki found out their father was a hero. As teens in postwar Poland, they had been told he was a traitor and an enemy of the state, and they listened to… Continue Reading →

Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn to Deliver House Opening Prayer

On the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congressman Max Rose, Member of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, announced that Holocaust survivor… Read more » The post Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn… Continue Reading →

Trump Set To Roll Out Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

WASHINGTON (JTA/JNS) — President Donald Trump said he would release his administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan, three years after his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, launched the effort. Trump announced the date and time of the release on Monday during a… Continue Reading →

Gas Prices Fall 4 Cents A Gallon To $2.60 In Past 2 Weeks

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has declined 4 cents a gallon to $2.60 over the past two weeks. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the pump price responded to a drop in crude… Continue Reading →

Photos – Video: Holocaust Survivors Mark Auschwitz Liberation’s 75th Anniversary

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning about the ominous growth of anti-Semitism… Continue Reading →

Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Anti-Semitism 75 Years On

Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning… Read more » The post Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising… Continue Reading →

Alabama Fire Chief: At Least 8 Died in Marina Boat Dock Fire

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — At least eight people were killed early Monday in an explosive fire that consumed dozens of vessels docked at a marina along the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus said all eight… Continue Reading →

Abbas Calls for Escalating Response Against Peace Plan

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Monday for an escalation of the Palestinian response to President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan, Ynet reported. Abbas told a closed-door meeting of… Read more » The post Abbas Calls for Escalating Response… Continue Reading →

Justice Minister Orders Seizure of PA Money to Compensate Terror Victims

Interim Justice Minister Amir Ohana ordered the state’s collection agency on Monday night to seize 4.2 million shekels in assets from the Palestinian Authority as compensation for terror victims. Although… Read more » The post Justice Minister Orders Seizure of… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Survivors in Israel Getting More Help But Some Still Impoverished

Holocaust survivors in Israel are better off financially than in the past, thanks to the efforts of campaigners after decades of government neglect and bureaucracy, but some still live in… Read more » The post Holocaust Survivors in Israel Getting… Continue Reading →

“Above & Beyond” Enter Now – To Receive Free Gift

Mazel Tov! The joy and bliss when the engagement is announced. The excitement is palpable. What a simcha! What a time of utter and complete happiness! As the myriad details need to be arranged and the hectic whirlwind sets in,… Continue Reading →

Op-Ed: Speaking Up For Seniors And Refuting A Former Obama Administration Official’s Ludicrous Call To End Life At 75 | Freeholder Vicari

It’s hard to turn on the television, pick up a newspaper or browse the internet without reading or hearing a ludicrous statement expounded by a so-called “expert.” Yet even by contemporary standards, it would be hard to find a more… Continue Reading →

Fed Seems Content With Low Rates but Confronts Challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in years, Federal Reserve officials will hold their latest policy meeting this week feeling broadly satisfied with where interest rates are and with seemingly no inclination to change them anytime soon. Chairman Jerome… Continue Reading →

Trump: Without Palestinians, No Deal

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged on Monday that in the light of Palestinian rejectionism, hopes for the peace plan’s success were not high. Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏,… Read more » The post Trump: Without Palestinians, No Deal… Continue Reading →

Saudi Arabia: Israelis Still Not Welcome

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel said that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, CNN reported on Monday.… Read more » The post Saudi Arabia: Israelis Still Not… Continue Reading →

Report: Trump Plan Gives Israel Me’aras Hamachpelah, Kever Yosef

With Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz holding their back-to-back meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, more details of the peace plan have leaked.… Read more » The post Report: Trump Plan Gives Israel… Continue Reading →

AG Barr Coming To Boro Park On Tuesday For Anti-Semitism Meeting, Not ONE Orthodox Jewish Elected Official Invited

Attorney general Barr is scheduled to visit Boro Park on Tuesday, where he will meet to discuss the rise in anti-Semitism and recent string of hate crimes. According to a tweet by ABC reporter Alex Mallin, the “A.G. DOJ spox… Continue Reading →

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