Month January 2024
WATCH: Israeli Soccer Player Returns After Being Arrested In Turkey, 2nd Israeli Detained & Released
Israeli soccer player Sagiv Yechezkel returned to Israel on Monday evening to a cheering crowd, hours after he was briefly detained in Turkey for allegedly inciting hatred after he expressed solidarity with hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza during… Continue Reading →
U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Meanwhile, a new ship… Continue Reading →
A bipartisan deal has been reached today by senior member of both parties in Congress on a deal to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The CTC expansion, which is part of a larger $78 billion tax agreement, would increase… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North’s constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided countries, state media said Tuesday. The… Continue Reading →
Behind the stone walls of Yerushalayim, a quiet whimper echoes — it’s the plea of families facing neglect, hardship, and uncertainty. For over 160 years, Kollel Shomrei Hachomos has been the financial lifeline for thousands of impoverished families in Eretz… Continue Reading →
A grassroots, community-wide campaign is underway today and tomorrow to support Reb Shayeleh’s Guesthouse, the acclaimed center of chesed in Kerestir under the leadership of R’ Moshe Yosef Friedlander. The campaign marks the ten year anniversary from when the doors… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation today that will substantially boost the number of available liquor licenses statewide and ease a wide range of restrictions that have stifled breweries and distilleries, marking the first substantive overhaul of New Jersey’s… Continue Reading →
A rare gun battle took place on the Egyptian border overnight Monday when IDF forces encountered a group of 20 drug smugglers, several of whom were armed. IDF soldiers guarding the border spotted the smugglers approaching the Nitzana border crossing… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hit back at South Africa’s claim at the Hague on Friday that the prime minister’s statement of “זכור אשר עשה לך עמלק” during a speech proves his intent to “commit genocide.” “Among the absurdities… Continue Reading →
Dangerously cold temperatures affected much of the Rockies, Great Plains and Midwest on Tuesday, with wind chills below minus 30 degrees (minus 34.4 Celsius) in many parts of the central U.S. More than 85,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Governor Murphy signed legislation today which expands access to free school meals in both public and non-public schools that participate in the federal National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The bill, which passed the full Assembly last… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in 14 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD) prohibition against denying housing opportunity… Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In what was the lowest-turnout caucus in a… Continue Reading →
A grassroots, community-wide campaign is underway today and tomorrow to support Reb Shayeleh’s Guesthouse, the acclaimed center of chesed in Kerestir under the leadership of R’ Moshe Yosef Friedlander. The campaign marks the ten year anniversary from when the doors… Continue Reading →
European nations are on high alert for a possible expansion of Russia’s military actions beyond Ukraine, according to leaked documents published by the German newspaper BILD. The classified information, reportedly obtained from the German Ministry of Defense, indicates preparations for… 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: Hi, I was wondering what can be done about the intersection of rt. 9 and pine…. Continue Reading →
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Sadness spread through the Lakewood and Los Angeles Jewish communities on Tuesday morning, as word spread of the shocking Petira of a young couple from Lakewood. Eli and Raizy NeyDavoud z”l, were traveling on the Garden State Parkway near Exit… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It seems that anti-Semitism never dies. This time, it reared it’s hateful, cowardly head in Poland again. Yesterday, it was discovered that the grave of one of Judaism’s greatest heroes of the twentieth century was horribly… Continue Reading →
A video posted on social media shows a rocket barely missing a group of Israelis in the southern city of Netivot amid a heavy rocket barrage on the city on Tuesday morning. At about 9:43 a.m., rocket alert sirens were… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness we inform you of the Petirah of R’ Eli and Raizy NeyDavoud Z”L, of Lakewood, who were tragically killed in an accident on the Garden State Parkway. The couple was traveling from Lakewood to Passaic… Continue Reading →