Lakewood, NJ – Candidate for Township Committee ON AIR With Zev Brenner [Audio Replay]

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A signLakewood, NJ – Robert W. Singer of Bellevue Avenue faces a challenge for the Republican nomination for his re-election to the Township Committee from Harold Herskowitz

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Herskowitz of Cedar Row is trying to upset Singer’s bid for the GOP nod for one seat on the committee. Herskowitz was interviewed on the Zev Brenner show on 570 am New York. This motzoie shabbos at 12:15.

He was discussing the issues of his candidacy, and the events that have taken place in the last few weeks to suppress the swell of support that he has gotten for the changes he will bring to Lakewood.

Listen to the entire interview here


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Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

If I can’t make it on to VIN, at least a background picture of my shver’s house made it on.

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

This doesn’t exactly show his yieas shamayim if you know what I
mean…

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

The game is up , power brokers will learn just like Mitzraim , the more you suppress your citizens the more they multiply . No money for the tent this year.

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Thank you for posting and not being scared of the Dictators from Lakewood

Go Hershel
Go Hershel
13 years ago

Go Hershel !! We’re all behind u. I’m shocked that that the “higher ups” are trying to silence u & ur supporters!! Hatzlochoh Rabba !

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Its disheartening that hh has to be campaigned against in a secretive ambitious arm breaking manner.
I know none to well
If singer is better let him win.
If singer losing will have “bad” repercussions then let that be made known and the voters will decide. If they want to vote him out.
If hh is better and he will clean up he will be anti establishment so be it.
Throwing kids out of school chasing people out of town shutting down the scoop isn’t the way for bmg or ak to win

KIM/tyrone
KIM/tyrone
13 years ago

Why would HH spread this machlokes to the rest of klal yisroel? even if he is the nirdaf why do the interview and spread the chillul hashem?

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Re #8 the yungeleit won&#8 217;t suffer , BMG will pull money from other pots of gold , the only power they have over their Talmidim is a measly 80 a week check ( which you only get after being married for 5 yrs.). They are scared silly to stop giving checks .

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

It is amazing that the emes is coming to light and that backdoor dealing is coming out.
HH is in favor of lower taxes the powers are trying to silence him so they can continue their connections at our expense.
Hatzlacha Rabbah
FYI – ad in shopper for page 27 for HH in “Book Review” in Lakewood Shopper. Very shrewd.

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Herschel your doing great on the interview.

chaim
chaim
13 years ago

Herschel is doing a great service for the lakewood community. Let us get rid of the corruption and backroom dealing that costs us all.

chaim
chaim
13 years ago

Before people scream about herschel publicizing the corruption they should scream about the corruption itself. That would be a more logical appproach.

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

To#7
What machlokes is HH doing ? All he wants is that taxpayers shouldn’t pay all that money for the stadium and to the “special interests”. Do you know how much taxes all of us would have saved if we (Lakewood Twp) would have gained form the sale from Chamberbridge to Somerset for 10 million. Is that ok but HH isn’t? Where is your yashrus HH is a man of yashrus and is not afraid to speak the truth many in town feel that HH is speaking exactly our unspoken feelings about the shenanigans in town. The seniors are voting for HH along w many of “unzere”

adi
adi
13 years ago

the scoop got threatened by bmg that they cant post about hh. Thats y they didn’t post about the radio show.

Truth
Truth
13 years ago

HH has no clue what Lakewood problems are. He thinks that the biggest problems in town are too much taxes and illegals. That barely scrapes the surface. I would post them but 1. no one would believe me and 2. VIN would never post it.

ari
ari
13 years ago

aron kotler with two of the rosh yeshivas sat down with the owner of TLS and threatened him about not reporting any campaign news thats not fair

chaim
chaim
13 years ago

I hear bmg and the rabbis told guy who runs the lakewood scoop that if he dosnt shut down his site due to his pro HH views they will throw his kids out of school and from what I heard he is shuttinf down the site. Can anyone confirm?

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Do any rabbis support HH? if yes then who and why?

cool masmid
cool masmid
13 years ago

Just to bring on board an idea that I have – which btw I emailed Zev Brenner tonight and he read my email, which was that given that HH main reason for running is not so much for himself but rather to help the town would he be willing to sit down with Bob Singer and the vaad and maybe some of the Roshei Hayeshiva where HH could dicuss his concerns and whereby there would be a commitment that there would be a real effort to address HH’s concerns and then he would back out from the race, and thus spare Lkwd this machlokes(because that’s what its becoming) and HH actually said that he would be willing. And so I’m going to be advocating a meeting between Bob Singer and HH and all the players to see if we can put an end to this episode. Its not making Lakewood look good that’s for sure.

Embarassedlakewooder
Embarassedlakewooder
13 years ago

I don’t believe the site is being shut down. They just want him to go along with them. Yes,it has become like Communist Russia out here.

BMG TALMID
BMG TALMID
13 years ago

I’m presently learning in BMG. Many talmidei chachomim learn here. Lots of mesiras nefesh for Torah!! Most people “shteig” here… This all being said, the place is still run by someone who is MONEY & HONOR hungry. EVERYONE I’ve spoken 2 agrees, that BMG should not expand. Its WAY WAY WAY 2 big already. there’s absolutely no reason 4 it 2 grow. As well, THE YESHIVA MUST REALIZE, IT DOESN’T “OWN” THE ENTIRE CITY. DON’T FORCE UR PERSONAL HASHKOFOS ON EVERYONE. & FORSURE DON’T THREATEN GOOD PEOPLE SO U CAN FURTHER UR OWN PERSONAL AGENDA….

Phillip     (Brooklyn)
Phillip (Brooklyn)
13 years ago

I heard part of this interview. It seems that Mr. Herskowtiz wants people not to vote
for Singer because Mr. Singer married a non Jewish woman.
This is disgraceful to bring up the faith of an opponent family. If I lived in Lakewood.
I would vote for Singer since Herskowitz is more concerned about religion than
the whole community.
At least Zev stopped Herskowitz from making a bigger jerk of himself with his
religious bigotry

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

HH did not allow a vaad member to get a parking lot built in exchange for millions in his pocket. (vote hh for township comitee)

need copy
need copy
13 years ago

I missed the interview anyway to get a copy. Regardless I already sent in my absentee ballot last week for HH.

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Were going to see a big landslide here for HH. The Yeshiva stands a lot to lose, because these poltics have nothinh to do with the Rosh Yeshivas and by them getting involved in these politics which have no place in the Koslei Beis Medrash of Hagon Rabon Yisroel Moreinu R’ Aaron Kotler Z’chus Yagen Aleynu they are showing that Talmud Torah is C’V not K’neged Kulom

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

hh will make sure that when a mosid gets public land to build on the taxpayers account that everyone gets in to school

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

It is a shameful stain on many kehillos that politics has always been about the ability to bring $$ to the mosdos. That has been the case in many parts of New York, and Israeli politics have never been different. Should anyone address the ethical or moral consistencies of the candidates, the matters were shushed if that would mean the $$ would be in danger. We are spiritually deficient, as another article posted on VIN (from Rabbi Twerski) stated. Our values are dictated by money, not avodas Hashem. When will we learn?

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

hershel is the man!! Enough with the yeshiva, UEZ, etc having themselves in mind – if you know what i mean. All they care for is how They can make money. They dont care a hoot about all of us in lakewood who are working to pay taxes.- enough is enough.
Yes, i support the Yeshiva – its a great thing – my husband learned there too (of course never taking a dime) etc…. and i hope one day my children will learn there. But that doesnt take away from the fact that some individuals that are controlling the money there are doing what is going to benefit their pockets the most. .. I think everyone knows what i mean.

Some people are scared to vote for Hershel. Dont be a fool, be smart – its time that yidishe gelt is spent kosher. Vote for Hershel now!!!!!!!!!!

Yunti
Yunti
13 years ago

I learn in BMG. Harold has a reputation as being VERY anti Yeshiva AND YESHIVA PEOPLE. every time Harold is accused of this his response is that he learned in BMG. I’m not sure how that makes him not anti Yeshiva people. Didn’t Korach learn from Moshe Rabeinu? As far I know there isn’t any notable Rav on record that is willing to endorse Harold against Yeshiva. This is a classic case of “Daas baal habayis kneged daad Torah”. Harlod is taking on yeshiva himself with the endorsement of a few cronies and a couple of guys that are disgruntled with BMG. The reason they back him is cus they want to get back at yeshiva. As far as we are concerned Harold and his group is like Korach of Lakewood. I lived in Lakewood way before guys like Harold showed up like the Eirev Rav. Please Harold keep doing what you do best: playing with toys.

no taxes
no taxes
13 years ago

if you want your taxes to down not up
vote for hershel – he will help
singr is a ncie guy, but he doesnt really care, about us

to #35
to #35
13 years ago

If you’re learning in BMG how did you get on the payroll of the vaad? Your words are almost identical to one of the comments on last night’s radio show. Are you the same person or are you just reading the same talking points? I also learn in yeshiva. Most guys I speak to are pro-Hershel. Do you learn on the top floor of the new beis medrash???

STHICK HURTS
STHICK HURTS
13 years ago

The fact is that we put up with sthick that nobody else would.

Take property assessments in lakewood. They cried last year that there were to many assessment chalanges so they underassess everybody this year so you basically can’t challange it. Seems like a good idea. EXCEPT that unless the assessments are perfectly on target on a proportionate basis we are all inadvertintly stealing from one another. Normally this isn’t an issue since the person over assessed can fight it if he wants too. However, thanks to the STHICK now you cant.

Who is to blame? I’m not sure but since the town is majority jewish and is controlled by frumpeople (3 of 5 councilmen are frum) and they are in turn told what to do by the VAAD. It is something to think about.

aggggghhhh
aggggghhhh
13 years ago

Stop cookin this issue. let us ask the shlucha dirabanun the vaad.