A protest is planned for this Shabbos in Lakewood over the death of George Floyd, and local authorities are joining with the organizer in efforts to promote it as a peaceful event.
The protest is scheduled for 1:00PM at 9th Street and Clifton Avenue, and will march down Clifton Avenue to Lakewood Town Hall. The demonstration is scheduled to end at 3:00PM.
Meanwhile, some store owners on Clifton Avenue are boarding up their shops and removing valuables out of fears that the protest could turn into all out looting.
According to the Asbury park press: “Throughout the week, township police have advised local business owners to be aware of the pending rally and take action to protect valuables, according to Binyomin Weinstein (of Sushi Spot), who said he spoke to many of his fellow business owners.”
Lakewood Police Chief Gregory H. Meyer sent an audio message to YWN following concerns in the Jewish community.
Lakewood police on Monday issued a statement about the protest:
“We are preparing with the help of our community liaisons, so that we can handle any situation that may arise. It is our priority to maintain the safety of the community we serve, while allowing and respecting the right to a peaceful demonstration,” Lakewood Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said.
“We ask that you keep all of those affected by the events in Minnesota and around the Country, in your thoughts and prayers,” the statement said.
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EVERY RIGHT
PEACEFULL-RESPECT???
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND???
YOU ARE PUTTING US AT RISK!!! IF NYPD CANT MANAGE YOU WONT EITHER!!!
Enough with this Saint Floyd nonsense.
It’s not responsible at all to allow these protests to continue going on when they have escalated so bad in so many cases. We all know that BLM is extremely racist, antisemitic and violent.
Besides, even if these protests are arranged to be peaceful, will they guarantee that they won’t escalate? That has not been the case in many places. It is therefore very irresponsible on account of the organizers and law enforcement to allow these events to go on.
Yes, Mr. Floyd was murdered. Does one wrong make a thousand rights???
It is outrageous what has been happening!
Many White people have been participating in and egging on these riots and terrorism but the black community has alot of blood and guilt on their hands for allowing this to continue! It’s not enough to say “we don’t support violence” by indirectly causing them.
Almost all Black people support and stand behind BLM. Yes, Black lives do matter and are as important as everyone else’s but BLM is a Terrorist organization! Research the subject if you are not sure. President Trump would have designated BLM as a terrorist organization together with Antifa but he knew that that he would lose his chance of reelection if he did that.
Also, what’s the idea of arranging this on Saturday when the shops will be closed and the community will be unable to protect its shops? Just a coincidence?
Lots of unanswered questions.
The one time we would love for State Police to show their presence!
If they would learn Torah, it would protect them!
They need to add another hour of learning!!!
Torah and Tefila is how you prepare for this!!!
Yidden, you gotta learn from the protests!
When the police tried to stop an outdoor minyan or a wedding – why didn’t we tell the police it is a PROTEST?!
@Shmerel48 NYPD can’t manage because
1) The mayor won’t let them
2) NYC has a teeny eeny few more people protesting than Lakewood NJ…
Hang a “Black Lives Matter” sign up in shul and call shacharis a protest rally.
Having the “protest” on Shabbat in Lakewood is a provocation in itself!
Just an idea, guys. How many frum yidden in Lakewood,50,000? 100,000?
Why dont 20,000 yidden show up on shabbos to march with the Goyim?
You guys will outnumber any trouble makers by a hundred fold, be able to stop any insurgents, and show soliderity with a huge population that feels like every white person is out get them(i am not giving credence to this perception).
How can you guys pass up an opportunity like this?
Try it. Much to gain, nothing to lose.
Almost all yeshivos in Brooklyn and many in Lakewood have opened. If not yet, then by next week for sure. Even many girls schools opened this week. After all these protests we see the restrictions for Covid are null and void. There is no reason why the litvisha yeshivos across New York can’t open up. I was very upset when a yeshiva opened up a few weeks ago and was caught. I felt that it was a chilul Hashem at the time. But now we see the government restrictions are a total joke.
Forget about property, I think everyone should be on alert for possible attacks. The sakana is immense. People be anticipate a mob attack on Jewish lives. Everyone please wake up and realize the danger here. Why do we need to cry after the fact. If one person can stab everyone amd shoot up a shul, imagine what a mob can do to shuls and homes. Ideally everyone should go away for Shabbos. ה ירחם
*people should be anticipating
Rebbitzen Goldenpickanicersame and everyone; I cry out from a bleeding and tearful heart: We all need to make Aliah right now!!! WE REALLY NEED TO STUDY MORE, BUT ONLY AT HOME- IN ERETZ ISROEL!! THAT’S WHAT HKBH WANTS FROM US!!!!!!
Some of the pictures from the protests looks like Kristallnacht. Please wake up dear brothers!!!!! What the hell are you waiting for????
PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT HASHEM TELLS YOU!!!!!! PLEASE HEAR MY CRY!!!!!
Come home, and help us to build at home “ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש”!!!
@ G Washington
you cannot decide to not allow protests. Its a constitutional right. (although they CAN invoke the state of emergency to stop it, but thats a dead fish)
Also i take issue with your statement regarding the black community being responsible. Regardless of the fact that there are more than enough white people involved in the ugliness, the fact is, that a percentage of a community that does something wrong “CANNOT reflect on the whole community.
That is true when Jewish people in lakewood make a Lag B’omer fire and cause a fracas, and it is true when some black people riot. The majority of activity in this account was peaceful, Even if EVERY NIGHT there were those who turned violent, to say the entire community is involved is just wrong
Rebbitzen: It is very unlikely that any yidden from Lakewood will participate in this protest march, especially on shabbos.
Don’t follow rebbetzin goldenpick advice and you’ll be fine
I don’t understand what’s the whole hype and fear mongering is all about. No one in Lakewood is on edge but a few Jewish store owners in down town who love to make noise. They can calm down and enjoy their cholent this Shabbos without any worries. The protest will be peaceful if we respect the protesters and understand their feelings and anger.
Instead of sitting on edge and spreading fear throughout town, making a big deal out of nothing , the Jewish dominated Lakewood town should show support of the protest and show compassion and love towards the African American community. They have been oppressed for decades, with so much racism and injustice. If there is any group of people who can understand their situation and frustration, it would only be the Jewish people, because we are just like them always being singled out and treated differently. We know good and well how Antisemitism feels, the Black community feels the same way. Just imagine if Mr. Floyd was a Jew, and the cop purposely targeted him and killed him only for being a Jew, won’t we riot and get angry and demand justice too?? We always crying out Antisemitism for every stupid thing out there that others do to target us, I’m sure we would organize the same protests if cops did to a Jew what they did to Mr. Floyd. If we want the world to sympathize with us we have to learn how to show it to others as well.
To #G Washington. Your comment is so hurtful and disrespectful. Open your eyes and see the bigger picture. These protests aren’t about the killing of Mr. Floyd only. They are about the countless killings and targeting of Black people for so many years, and about the future killings of many Mr. Floyds to come if they stay silent and don’t take action to say enough is enough!! Yes, Black lives matter, and all lives matter. we’re all humans and should learn how to love each other and show respect to one another. What you give is what you get. If you lend a supportive hand, a smile and show of love, even to people who aren’t your type or religion or color, you will only get back the same.
Could someone report on what actually happened?
A peaceful minyan of 15 men and boys clad in white shirts praying in a backyard, with the members of said minyan well-spaced warrants police action. However, thousands with no regard what-so-ever to CoViD-19 precautions on top of one another AND violent is “protected” by the First Amendment? Jews being beaten and targeted in the streets for praying…America as a refuge for Am Ha’Niv’char is over…
Just a guy
Are you serious?
NYC has 100 times (one HUNDRED times) more people and businesses than Lakewood has.
So as long as the protesters in Lakewood reach 1/100 of the amount of a N.Y. protest, it is the same risk.
If NYC had 10,000 then a Lakewood protest of 100 (yes, only one hundred!) is the same threat, if, Chas v’shalom, the protest gets out of hand.
It is very interesting that they chose to do this protest on Shabbos!
Make sure we all give out water bottles, like they did in Williamsburg:
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1867624/kiddush-hashem-hasidic-man-from-williamsburg-gives-hundreds-of-water-bottles-to-nypd-protesters-video.html
The authorities can’t ban a protest just because they *suspect* it will turn violent. Until it actually does, they have the right to protest and there’s nothing anyone can or should do about it. They just need to be watching carefully and ready to put a stop to it as soon as it gets violent, if it does.
Pilpel, THERE IS NO ” countless killings and targeting of Black people for so many years”. It is a horrible lie. There is no such thing. Police kill more white people than black ones, and nobody makes any fuss about it because almost every single case is justified, and when it isn’t justified the police responsible are charged. But when it’s a black person, it doesn’t matter how just and right the killing was, and how much better a place the world is without the person, there are protests and demands and shouting about racism and kill the police and all this garbage.
The whole “Black Lives Matter” movement started with the utter LIE that Michael “Gentle Giant” Brown was trying to surrender when he was shot. Brown was a vicious thug who attacked a policeman and the policeman did the right thing defending himself. He made no attempt to surrender; and had he not been shot he would have injured or killed the policeman. And that is the TYPICAL case. Almost every single case is like that.
@ chash
It may be a constitutional right to protest but when it may, and has in some cases, lead to violence or endangerment to others, you don’t have that right anymore. At least not in a normal society.
Furthermore, I did NOT say that the WHOLE Black community is guilty here. There are many, many very fine Black people who exist who are models for all mankind. The vast majority however, even though they may not participate in the actual violence, they support and stand by an organization that does – BLM. They may mean well and claim not to support any kind of violence, but stop dreaming – BLM is a terrorist organization!! It doesn’t matter if the liberals are now bowing down the Blacks out of guilt or stupidity, or if the politicians pay lip service that these people have a right to… look at what they’ve done in the past! Look at their statements! Look at what they want now! They want blood [and other things, והמבין יבין].
As far as your nonsense about “making lag baomer fires”, not getting into whether it was wrong or not, if an individual made or did something wrong or acted in a way that caused a chillul Hashem, nobody’s justifying that! How many people “caused a fracus”???
Don’t compare night to day!!!
And if Jews or a majority of Jews do something or say something that is wrong, the G-d fearing ones need to get up and say it loud –
ALL JEWS WHO ARE NOT SHOMREI TORAH UMITZVOS ARE REPULSIVE AND EVIL PEOPLE!
No need to be ashamed to say such a thing, or at least think it.
@ pilpul harif
“Your comment is so hurtful and disrespectful.” Yes, sometimes the truth is hurtful and disrespectful.
“These protests aren’t about the killing of Mr. Floyd only.” You nailed it right on the head! They are taking advantage of the situation to push whatever agenda they may be trying to push!
“They are about the countless killings and targeting of Black people for so many years, and about the future killings of many Mr. Floyds to come if they stay silent and don’t take action” That is total nonsense! Take a look at the statistics before you make such claims!
“We’re all humans and should learn how to love each… lend a supportive hand, a smile and show of love…” כל המרחם על האכזרי… We must be respectful of others and make a kiddush Hashem but, no, we don’t support such behavior!! In fact, we need to train ourselves to hate such people.
Get your priorities straight!
BLM is a terrorist organization. Anybody who supports it…
Stop going along with the flow. Wake up to reality.
the lakewood gov has reached a new low. once u got down, u go way down!
Mr Floyd was a criminal. this is nuts. what have we got to do with him???
and on shabbos…. oi oi oi oi. Lakewood is doomed.
Pilpel – your ignorance is astounding. If you are white , believe in the rule of law, do not subscribe to collective guilt and white privileged ideology, you are the enemy. Jews have seen time and again that fighting for the civil rights of certain other groups never decreases the animosity or antisemitism that these groups harbor. Have you seen any of the footage of these “peaceful protests.”. Innocent cops and civilians alike are being shot at, beaten, stores looted, cars burned – you can try taking a knee but the mob doesn’t care – they hate you, you poor naive well-intentioned yid. This is so reminiscent of kristallnacht. Run, run home while you still can.
Instead of usual cowardice and acting like defenseless sheep how about take a queue from peaceful armed citizens of Coeur d’Alene , Idaho that lawfully defended their town from Antifa mod this week.
I guess this shabbos all Yidden in areas of protests may carry weapons without worry of muktza!
אורח חיים סימן שכט סעיף ו:
“נכרים שצרו על עיירות ישראל, אם באו על עסק ממון אין מחללין עליהן את השבת (=כלומר, בשבת אין לצאת ולהלחם בהם). באו על עסקי נפשות, ואפילו סתם (=מסיבה שאינה ידועה), יוצאים עליהם בכלי זיין ומחללין עליהן את השבת. ובעיר הסמוכה לספר (=כאשר מדובר בעיר שעל הגבול בין ישראל לנכרים), אפילו לא באו אלא על עסק קש ותבן (=אפילו אם לטענתם אין פניהם למלחמה ולכיבוש כלל, אלא ליישוב סכסוכים כספיים זוטרים) – מחללים עליהן את השבת (=יש לצאת ולהלחם בהם אף שהדבר כרוך בחילול שבת)”.
רבי משה איסרליש מוסיף על דברים אלו: “ואפילו לא באו עדיין (=לא רק כאשר כבר “באו על עסק קש ותבן” וניסו להכנס בגבול ישראל), אלא רוצים לבוא (=נודע שבכוונתם לבוא – כבר יש לצאת ולהלחם כדי למנוע זאת, גם אם הדבר כרוך בחילול שבת)”.
> chash
On what basis is the assembly of prayer less deserving of constitutional protection than the assembly of protests? The line in the constitution states nothing about protest, only about free exercise of religion and assembly (that means prayer assembly as well). Also, unlike religion which has a “free exercise thereof”, no such phrase is found in “assembly”:
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government