Weather: 35° Cloudy this evening with showers after midnight. Chance of rain 40%.
Jersey Shore under blizzard warning with up to 2 feet of snow starting on Sunday
Due to snow storm forecast some events may be canceled and weddings are pushing up the start time.
Saffdieh - Laniado Fountain Ballroom 3pm
Barash - Richter Kesser Moshe Yehuda 3pm Kabolas Panim chupa 4pm
Sanzer - Rosenberg, Lake Terrace 4pm reception
Berkowitz - Fishman Ateres Esther 3pm start
Travitzky Ateres Reva early start
Basch - Neuman Ateres Chaim Elazar
- Passaic yeshiva dinner canceled
-Long Beach dinner at BellWorks canceled
-Links event at Ocean place postponed to Tuesday
- Heavy traffic parking lots full at supermarkets long lines at checkout with purim shopping
-BDE: Petirah of rebbetzin Rochel Zuckerman A"H wife of Rav Ahron Zuckerman shlita rav of B"M Zichron Pinchos of New England Village in Lakewood. The Levaya will take place tomorrow Sunday 9:00am at the shul 145 Flintlock Lakewood.
Stores open tonight,Bingo, Evergreen,NPGS James st Jackaon,Aisle 9, Kosher Village
- Trump increase global tarrif 10% to 15 %
- Asifa on Shidduchim for men and bochurim tonight in Bais Faiga hall with divrei chizuk from Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita Rav Yaakov Forcheimer shlita Rav Dovid Goldwsasser shlita followed by Melava Malka and a meet the shadchan program
- The Shidduch Lounge open tonight at Westwood business center A warm, relaxed, and thoughtfully curated environment where singles can meet both shadchanim and one another with games, great food, and music in an organic atmosphere.
- Melava Malka with Rav Yosef Elefent shlita of Mir Yerushalayim at 1 Morgan ct,Manchester 8:30 pm
- Shiras Devorah Expo tonight
- Adopt a Kollel Melava Malka Khal Lev Avrohom Jackson
- Costume closeouts open tonight until 11pm at former Walgreens 27S Hope Chapel Jackson
- The United States has completed both basic and full deployment for potential operations, indicating that action could occur at any time.
“Over 100 mid-air refuelling planes in the Middle East or Europe Double the amount used for the June strike. Fox
- Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with counter-protesters on Saturday in the latest display of anger at the country's clerical leaders, who also face a U.S. military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal.
-The MDY daf Yomi shiur was held tonight at the pesil Techeiles factory in EY as Daf yomi is currently learning the sugya of tzitzis in maseches Menachos.
- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has declared a State of Emergency for the entire state effective Sunday at 12pm due to the potential for a storm expected to move across the state beginning late Sunday morning and into Monday evening. The storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions with wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour, heavy and widespread snow, and potential coastal flooding. Most of the state may receive between 10-18 inches of snow, with higher amounts possible along the coast.
-Hundreds of Muslims filled up New York city's Times Square on Friday night to hold a mass prayer marking Ramadan.
-Tucker Carlson's Feb 20 interview with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee (filmed in Israel) covered US-Israel relations, biblical land promises from chumash Bereishis, and Greater Israel ideas. Huckabee said Israel taking "all" such land per scripture "would be fine" but isn't pursuing expansion. Carlson pushed on priorities, Netanyahu's influence, and repeatedly asked about modern Jews' connection to biblical ones, including DNA verification to "figure out who they are."
Huckabee's follow-up thread noted Ashkenazi Jews are only ~35-40% of Israel's Jewish population (rest Sephardic/Mizrahi), rejected Khazar-origin claims as lacking genetic support, and offered to show Tucker ancient Jewish sites for context. It divided views on foreign policy and history.
CARLSON: “Netanyahu’s family is from Poland. He doesn’t practice Judaism, there’s no evidence his ancestors ever lived here [Israel], they never spoke the language. On what basis does he have a right to be here?”
HUCKABEE: “I’m totally unable to process what you’re saying