6:10 Ateres Yeshaya (908 East County Line Rd )
6:15 Cong. Zichron Yaakov (170 Sunset Rd)
6:15 K'hal Zichron Yaakov (175 SUnset Road)
6:25 Anshei Sfard (1250 Madison Avenue)
WEATHER: Showers, thunderstorms expected this afternoon...
Showers and thunderstorms are likely to arrive by late morning into midday today ahead of cold front expected to move into the area later today and into the evening,
according to the National Weather Service.
Some of those thunderstorms could produce strong gusty winds and heavy downpours locally
Pictures of the Bussel and Kotler vort in Lakewood...
Rav Issur Zalman Kotler is the father of the Kallah
Small Business Lending Bill Headed Toward Vote...
A bill working its way toward a vote in the Senate would create a $30 billion government fund to help community banks increase lending to small businesses.
Democrats say banks should be able to use the lending fund to leverage up to $300 billion in loans to small businesses, helping to loosen tight credit markets.
The fund would be available to banks with less than $10 billion in assets.
Income of very richest shot up by 281% since 1979...
A study recently released by the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities which shows that if you’re in the bottom 20% of earners, “you’re making only 16% more today than you would have in 1979.”
If you’re in the middle fifth, you’re making 25% more.
“But the top fifth of earners in this country — they’re making 95% more.”
Firefighters Get Upper Hand On 2 NJ Forest Fires...
Firefighters gained the upper hand on two forest fires burning in the southern New Jersey Pinelands on Wednesday, with both blazes not expected to grow.
The fires in Bass River Township and Winslow Township were not officially contained, but the state Forest Fire Service says it doesn’t expect either fire to spread.
Halachos for Wednesday, 17 Menachem Av 5770 , July 28 2010...
When a man puts on his Talis in the morning, the Talis should initially cover his face, until his mouth. Those that throw the majority of the Talis over themselves and have it reach down way beyond their mouth are not doing a proper Atifa, wrapping.
If the entire Talis is draped over the neck like a shawl, the obligation has not been satisfied.
Police Blotter: Recents Arrests in Lakewood...
Latifa Green, age 27, of Marlin Avenue, Lakewood, was arrested by Sheriff’s Detectives Philip Sickinger and Christopher Watkins on a Municipal Court Warrant from Lakewood on original charges of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose.
Green was transported and lodged in the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $20,000 full bail.
Economy tops Obama’s agenda for N.J. visit...
President Barack Obama will discuss the national economy today during a visit to New Jersey, a state whose own economy is struggling to achieve sustained growth.
Obama will visit the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison where he will participate in a roundtable discussion about how small businesses can thrive, the White House said.
New Jersey toll road employees decry talk of privatizing...
Several union employees and officials warned the board of commissioners about the problematic past privatizations of motor-vehicle inspections and the trouble-prone start-up of the state’s E-ZPass electronic toll collection system.
Other workers said they treat their customers better than a contractor’s workers would.
Higher Pension Denied In Corzine Crash...
Officials have denied an accident disability pension to the New Jersey state trooper who was driving when former Gov. Jon Corzine’s SUV crashed three years ago.
Robert Rasinski says he suffers back pain and post-traumatic stress.
However, the pension board says the 38-year-old bears significant responsibility for the accident.
Foreclosures Clog NJ Courts...
A 97 percent increase in foreclosures is slowing the wheels of justice in New Jersey courtrooms.
The state’s judiciary says contested foreclosure filings have rose from 2,066 in 2009 to 4,075 in 2010. That’s created 163 percent increase in a backlog of cases.
Officials say they hope an expansion of the Judiciary’s Electronic Fling and Imaging System will help ease the dramatic foreclosure caseload.
WEATHER: Showers, thunderstorms possible later this evening...
The National Weather Service says we can expect a mostly sunny day, with a high near 90 and winds out of the south at 8 to 14 mph.
Tonight there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight.
Overnight we should see mostly cloudy skies with a low around 74
Hatred’s toll: 209 anti-Semitic events in New York...
The group identified a total of 1,211 anti-Semitic events around the country in 2009, including the June 2009 shooting at the US Holocaust Museum and the May 2009 arrests of four men accused of placing what they thought were bombs outside two Bronx synagogues .
The group counts assaults, harassment and threats, and vandalism in its survey.
After 3 years of renovations, and $100 million, Reopening of the Israeli Museum...
Seven People Have The Keys To The Internet...
These smart cards are the actual keys to the Internet. There are seven of them and they hold the power to restarting the world wide web “in the event of a catastrophic event.”
A minimum of five of the seven keyholders – one each from Britain, the U.S., Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, China, and the Czech Republic – would have to converge at a U.S. base with their keys to restart the system and connect everything once again.
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