Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month August 2020

ClimbZone’s Ropes Course & Zipline is Now Open

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Governor Murphy Announces Financial Assistance to Protect Residential and Commercial Utility Customers

Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the State’s public water, gas, and electric utility companies regulated by BPU have all agreed to extend their voluntary moratorium preventing shutoffs to both residential and commercial customers during the COVID-19 pandemic until October… Continue Reading →

AP Exclusive: Barr ‘Vehemently Opposed’ to Pardoning Snowden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it. The attorney general’s comments in an interview… Continue Reading →

UAE Diplomat Says Normalization Has ‘Closed The Gate’ On Annexation

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JTA) — The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States said his country’s move to normalize relations with Israel had “closed the gate on annexation and created new dynamics in the peace process.” In an op-ed… Continue Reading →

Court Lets Public See Complaint Data on 81,000 NYPD Officers

New York City police officers have faced more than 320,000 complaints from the public since the mid-1980s, but less than 3% resulted in penalties, according to newly released data that… Read more » The post Court Lets Public See Complaint… Continue Reading →

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In Lakewood today. No injuries reported.

Low Rates and Heavy Buyer Demand Send Home Sales Surging

Spurred by ultra-low mortgage rates, home buyers rushed last month to snap up a limited supply of existing houses, causing the pace of purchases to jump by a record-high 24.7%.… Read more » The post Low Rates and Heavy Buyer… Continue Reading →

Torahs Packed And Synagogues On High Alert As Wildfires Bear Down On Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO (J. the Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — When the evacuation orders came last night, Guerneville resident Sonia Tubridy and her daughter packed the car and left, joining a caravan of vehicles fleeing the North Bay… Continue Reading →

Project Inspire Featuring The Shabbat Show: Health Series Live Today at 5:30 PM

The post Project Inspire Featuring The Shabbat Show: Health Series Live Today at 5:30 PM appeared first on The Yeshiva World.

Attention Bochurim

[COMMUNICATED] We have successfully secured Bushkill Falls Resort for this אלול זמן . We have arranged accommodations for several  hundred בחורים.  We will be learning the same  לימוד  as Mir in Yerushalayim. There will be a Chabura Hookup with Hagaon Harav Asher Arielli. The Rosh… Continue Reading →

Postmaster General Promises Timely Election Mail, ‘Dramatic’ Changes After

  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday told lawmakers the Postal Service would deliver ballots “securely and on time” in the November presidential election, but indicated he would pursue dramatic… Read more » The post Postmaster General Promises Timely Election… Continue Reading →

White House to Take Rare Turn as Host of Memorial Service

Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House. It has seen 18 weddings and at least 10 people are known to have died there, including two presidents… Read more » The post White House to Take Rare… Continue Reading →

Russia to Let Dissident in Coma Fly to Berlin for Treatment

Russian doctors gave a dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning permission to be transferred abroad for medical treatment, a senior physician said Friday. The reversal came… Read more » The post Russia to Let Dissident in… Continue Reading →

New York’s Plastic-Bag Ban Survives Lawsuit, But Not Unscathed

New York’s never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic-bag manufacturer and convenience-store owners, but a state judge ruled Thursday that state regulators went… Read more » The post New York’s Plastic-Bag Ban Survives… Continue Reading →

Man Charged in Anti-Semitic Vandalism of Assemblywoman’s Office

A New York man is accused of leaving an anti-Semitic note and vandalizing the office of a New York state assembly member earlier this month. Karan Aggarwala, 53, is charged… Read more » The post Man Charged in Anti-Semitic Vandalism… Continue Reading →

Passengers left more than $900K behind at TSA security checkpoints

The Transportation Security Administration collected $926,030.44 in unclaimed money that passengers left behind at airport security checkpoints during Fiscal Year 2019, including $18,899.09 in foreign currency. The money consisted of loose change and paper currency that passengers removed from their… Continue Reading →

Why Companies Were So Quick To Endorse Black Lives Matter

MINNEAPOLIS (AP/THE CONVERSATION) — It’s not every day that you see companies switch gears on a dime. Not too long ago, few companies paid much attention to Black Lives Matter. Today, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, it… Continue Reading →

Pence Criticizes DNC, Previews Themes For RNC Convention

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence said Friday next week’s Republican Party convention “will make sure the American people see the choice” between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. Previewing themes for the Republican gathering, Pence said viewers… Continue Reading →

Monmouth County ATM Scams Result In 31 Arrests

Investigations into regional criminal scams across the state involving the fraudulent use of debit cards to make unauthorized cash withdrawals at Santander Bank ATMs led to the arrest of more than two dozen people in Monmouth County on Tuesday, Aug…. Continue Reading →

Masks, COVID-19 No Match for Israeli Bodybuilders

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Wearing face masks and not much else, dozens of Israeli bodybuilders greased up their bodies as they prepared to flex their muscles under the scorching Mediterranean sun to compete for the title of Mr. Israel… Continue Reading →

12 Rockets, 1 Sderot Home Severely Damaged, 3 IDF Strikes On Gaza

The IDF carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Friday morning for the third time since Thursday evening in response to multiple rockets launched from Gaza overnight as well the continuous launching of incendiary balloons from the Strip over… Continue Reading →

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