Month July 2024
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action on Thursday during fierce battles in Gaza City’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood. The slain soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Eyal Mimran, 20, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 101st Battalion, from Ness Ziona. On… Continue Reading →
LONDON – He was a lefty lawyer who defended vegan anarchists before prosecuting terrorists on behalf of the British crown. He was an editor of a Trotsky magazine in his youth, yet he delighted capitalists by putting “wealth creation” at… Continue Reading →
It’s official — Britain has a new prime minister. Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to usher in “an age of national renewal” following the Labour Party’s decisive victory, ending the Conservatives’ 14-year reign. Starmer, the Labour Party leader, led his… Continue Reading →
Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah and son-in-law of Rav Shneur Kotler, has succeeded in applying classical Talmudical analysis and methodology to understanding all areas of Yiddishkeit, bringing out its profundity and sense. LISTEN:
TLS this morning learned of an attempted learning incident that occurred this morning in Lakewood. Neighbors tell TLS that approximately 8:25 AM, and eight-year-old boy was waiting for the bus in front of his home in the Brookhill area, when… Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the… Continue Reading →
This accident happened yesterday evening at the intersection of Cedarbridge and New Hampshire in Lakewood. No serious injuries were reported. (Via TLS Status)
Three people were killed and eight others injured, three critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in New York City, authorities said. A Ford F-150 came down a street “at a high… Continue Reading →
“I expect Aliyah from Western countries to double in the coming years,” declared Ofir Sofer, Minister of Aliyah and Klita. Sofer made his comments during a tour of Chaim V’Chessed headquarters in Jerusalem on July 3. The minister was accompanied… Continue Reading →
Ukraine’s army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region that has been reduced to rubble under a monthslong Russian assault, a military spokesperson said Thursday. Chasiv Yar… Continue Reading →
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a violent accident in Jackson, and it was all caught on surveillance video. As reported earlier this week on TLS Status (along with the video), the motorcyclist was traveling on E. Veterans Highway at… Continue Reading →
The visit of six senior roshei yeshiva to the U.S. last week ignited an extraordinary display of Kavod Hatorah, with tens of thousands turning out to welcome the gedolim to their towns and show support for limud hatorah in Eretz… Continue Reading →
Ivanka Trump, who served as a top White House advisor in her father Donald Trump’s administration, joined podcaster Lex Fridman to discuss a wide variety of issues. During the course of her conversation, Ivanka discussed several core concepts of Judaism,… Continue Reading →
A man has been charged in connection with the murder of R’ Shloimy Lonner Z”L. Authorities say that at approximately 5:20p.m., the Hamilton Township Police Department responded to 789 Park Road, Mays Landing, NJ, in response to multiple 911 calls… Continue Reading →
Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling past the Cayman Islands early Thursday and taking… Continue Reading →
This past week, a group of religious officers and senior officers in the Ukrainian military visited the JCC Beit Menachem community center. During the visit, the officers met with Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch, the Chief Rabbi of Kyiv, engaged in conversation,… Continue Reading →
I read the letter posted on Lakewood Scoop as A Response to the Poignant Tuition Crisis Letter. This is my response to the response. The last sentence wrote: >> THIS should be the primary focus of Lakewood, educating ALL of… 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: First I would like to thank the Mayor for all the great things he does for… Continue Reading →
The visit of six senior roshei yeshiva to the U.S. last week ignited an extraordinary display of Kavod Hatorah, with tens of thousands turning out to welcome the gedolim to their towns and show support for limud hatorah in Eretz… Continue Reading →
