Month November 2023

The IDF announced the death of another soldier killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the IDF’s ground operation in Gaza to 69. The soldier was identified as Captain Liron Snir, 25, a team… Continue Reading →

Under the adoption of a new rule made official by the Murphy administration today, the state of New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming… Continue Reading →

The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Hello, I live on Kingsfield Drive near the corner of Hillside Boulevard in Westgate. Due to… Continue Reading →

A suspect is in custody after breaking into a Brick home, caught on security camera. On November 14th, Brick officers responded to the Kentwood Village Apartments in reference to a burglary in progress. The victim, who was not home, observed… Continue Reading →

With the recent legislative elections now behind us, New Jersey legislators returned to the Statehouse this week for the first time since passing the Fiscal Year 2024 budget on June 30. Officially referred to as the “lame-duck session,” the eight-week period… Continue Reading →

In a continued response to current events, women and girls are invited to join this Tuesday for the final installment of Rabbi Rubashkin’s Crash Course in Shaar HaBitachon at 8:30pm sharp at Bnos Melech, 550 James St. Previous installments have… Continue Reading →

Sometimes, everything changes in a moment. When 7-year-old Miriam Kaplan was constantly tripping and falling two years ago, her mother could never have foreseen how much their lives would change. But after taking her daughter to the doctor and then… Continue Reading →

Assemblyman Ned Thomson’s bill that will bring state law into alignment with federal law providing protections to New Jersey based insurance companies was signed into law Monday. “This change is ultimately most important to policyholders,” Thomson (R-Monmouth) explained. “It will… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Some call it the Great Divide between Modox and More Yeshivesh. However, the question has not yet entered the list of “Shidduch questions” that are generally posed to parents of children who have now entered the… Continue Reading →

The Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, at 502 Country Club Road, Pine Park, Lakewood, is holding its Winter Open House, Saturday, December 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Sunday, December 17, Noon to… Continue Reading →

The IDF says that they have successfully breached a blast door located at the end of a Hamas tunnel discovered by their forces last week beneath Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. They have released two images, one showing the open door and… Continue Reading →

Despite opposition from far-right parties Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, which together account for six cabinet votes, the government is expected to secure a majority within the 38-person cabinet to approve a hostage deal. The war cabinet, which supports the… Continue Reading →

Details of the near-complete hostage deal between Israel and Hamas will feature a 4-day pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip beginning Thursday in exchange for the release of 12 hostages per day, mostly women and children, by Hamas, according… Continue Reading →

We regret to inform you of the tragic Petirah of Hayeled Nathan Smadja Z”L of Toms River. Nathan suffered a medical episode last night, and was Niftar a short time later. He was eight years old. The family was originally… Continue Reading →

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi met with IDF reserve soldiers in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. “You’re doing excellent work, very impressive,” he said. “You came in strong here and Hamas’s Beit Chanoun battalion suffered a serious blow.” “We… Continue Reading →

Ten minutes before Vivek Ramaswamy was to take the stage in a dated casino hotel in western Iowa, no one was in the conference room except for two staffers from the Iowa GOP, which organized the event, and a group… Continue Reading →

In the face of the deadliest attack in Israel’s history and the surging increase in antisemitism across the globe, Chai Lifeline’s Crisis and Trauma Services team has risen to the challenge, confronting hate and terror with compassion and healing. The… Continue Reading →