Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi recently held their annual siyum on mesechtes Kesubos. The Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shmuel Pepper, Rav Uri Deutsch, and other Rabbanim addressed the talmidim.
Jackson resident Ed Bannon maintains he's been hearing illegal shooting at times and locations too close to his home. Hunting is legal in Jackson, and governed by all applicable New Jersey laws. "Just heard 2 gunshots in the woods between Manhattan Street and Cooksbridge Road," he posted to Facebook at approximately 10 p.m. this Saturday […]
One of the leading Medicaid-accepting dental offices in Lakewood has been forced to close due to black mold. Lakewood Family Dental, located in Todd Plaza on River Avenue, never fully recovered from the pandemic. Staffing changes, sale of the business, and difficulty filling vacancies plagued it, and the practice shut its doors this week to […]
A new mikvah will be opening shortly at Khal Tiferes Tzvi Yehuda of Bluzhev for residents of the Oak and Vine neighborhood. Presently, the closest mikvah is about a 20-minute walk away. While for some that may be easy, for others it's an ordeal, especially in the snow and rain. Khal Tiferes Tzvi Yehuda is […]
Lakewood: COUNTY LINE ROAD, RIDGE AVENUE TO BROOK ROAD, LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP Purpose: Milling and Paving Traffic Impact: Road Closure LOCUST STREET AT VERMONT AVENUE, LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP Purpose: Milling and Paving Traffic Impact: Lane and Shoulder Closures ROUTE 9, ROUTE 70 TO ROUTE 88, LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP Purpose: Water Main Installation Traffic Impact: Nighttime Lane Closures and […]
The Loop is a mega, massive, mind-blowing audio world of fun for kids of all ages! At only $18 a month, The Loop offers wholesome and exciting entertainment for the whole family. Take advantage of The Loop 12-Hour Flash Sale today, Sunday, November 27 from 9am-9pm, and get a USB loaded with exclusive and original […]
Bnos Hadassah held a hanachas even hapina for its new building at 613 Prospect Street in Lakewood. In attendance were the Roshei Yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoha Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Yerucham Olshen, Rav Dovid Schustal, Toldas Ahron Rebbe, Satmar Dayan, Skver Dayan, and many other Rabbanim chashuvim.
The land Jackson Township is giving Bellevue Estates in exchange for 32 acres on Leesville Road has a checkered past. The triangular lot is located behind a massive open pit, and was subject to a number of failed approvals after being sold for one dollar. Due to environmental issues on the site, approvals for the […]
In a statement some see as a shot at Mayor Michael Reina, Jackson Planning Board Chairman Robert Hudak said he “wants to hold people’s feet to the fire.”Hudak told board members that it was time that they took matters into their own hands to make sure its decisions were enforced.“Can we create some type of […]
An Ocean County man died yesterday when the car he was driving crashed and flipped over into a marsh in Toms River, but two passengers swam to safety. The vehicle was speeding south on Hooper Avenue when the driver lost control, left the road, struck a pole, and overturned into the marsh. “The vehicle was […]
A Siyum Melava Malka and zikaron for the Yahrtzeit of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel, ztl, took place tonight in the Beren Hall at Beth Medrash Govoha. Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin delivered a shuir, Rav Binyamin Rimer (son-in-law of Rav Elyashiv) and Rav Aharon Zuckerman (Talmud of Rav Aharon Kotler) gave divrei zikoron […]
Bais Medrash Menuchas Asher held an opening event and yahrzeit Melava Malka last night in Toms River. The new shul was founded by Harav Shmuel Halevi Jungreis, grandson of the Chenger Rebbe, Harav Usher Anshel Jungreis, ztz”l, author of the Menichas Usher. The event commemorated his yahrzeit and launched the new bais midrash on Arcadia […]
Over a thousand boys in grades 4-8 who completed Shanyim Mikra Vechad Targum last year attended a special Pirchei Melava Malka last night in Bais Faiga Hall, encouraging them to learn further. The program required boys in grades 4-8 to register last year. Depending on grade level and age, boys pledge to complete a percentage […]
The cost of a heavily criticized plan to add lanes to an 8-mile stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike has doubled in costs. According to the Turnpike Authority’s latest budget, the price of the work jumped from about $4.7 billion to $10.7 billion. The plan calls for the Newark Bay Bridge and elevated-over-ground roadway to […]
On Sunday, LNN presented the following question from Dayan Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs: I’m building an online directory of the major frum communities in North America. I wrote a program to scrape the information from other websites that I’m going to be competing with for the user traffic needed to generate ad revenue. Am I permitted […]
On erev shabbos at about 3 PM, a vehicle struck a building at 220 East 4th Street, rupturing a gas line. A few hundred residents were evacuated from the building and surrounding area for a number of hours. Multiple patients were evaluated, and some required hospitalization. Lakewood Police Department, the Lakewood Fire Department, Lakewood EMS, […]
Jersey City and Beit Shemesh are sisters. Jersey City’s Jewish Mayor Steven Fulop and the mayor of Beit Shemesh, Dr. Aliza Bloch, recently signed a sister city agreement. The agreement is meant to improve the resources of each city by optimizing their shared industries, streamlining immigration and integration, leading urban revitalization in the face of […]
Mercer County Sheriff's Officer Matt Sickler allegedly swore at a man and called him a "dirty Jew boy" several times before physically assaulting him in front of his wife and children, charges Christopher Lopez, 61.Sickler said the incident was a “mutual fight.” Both men have been charged by the municipal prosecutor with assault.Lopez told New […]
The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce (OJCC) has issued a letter calling on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to enact measures that will identify and eliminate antisemitic hate speech from the platform. The letter is coordinated with 180 assorted non-profit and civil rights organizations who wrote that they “believe that the exchange of ideas on Twitter […]
A 44,000-square-foot estate owned by Dr. Calvin and Dr. Orsula Knowlton, the former leaders of Tabula Rasa HealthCare, has hit the market for $24.95 million in what is believed to be the most expensive residential listing ever in South Jersey.
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