The BRICK Times Vol. 25 - No. 11
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New Rabbi Opens Synagogue’s Next Chapter The congregation found a new location for a shul, or temple, which is more appropr iate for them since there are fewer than 100 members. Their new home is the former site of the Laurelton Funeral Home on Salmon Street, located next to St. Thomas Lutheran Church. The building, mostly renovated, has been used by the congregants for the past two months to hold their religious services. The main rooms of the shul - the sanctuary, where services are held, and a large social room and kitchen - are finished, but the remainPhoto by Judy Smestad-Nunn ing rooms, such as the Rabbi Chaim Respes (right) was one of several clergy on hand at a library, are still being recent event packaging 10,000 meals that were administered by Rise renovated. Against Hunger. Another big change comes in the form of Rabbi Chaim Respes, who is the new spiritual By Judy Smestad-Nunn leader for the congregation since Rabbi Robert BRICK - The township’s only Conservative Rubin retired in December, after serving since Jewish synagogue, Temple Beth Or, has a new 2011. rabbi and has finally moved into their new smaller Rabbi Respes graduated from Temple Univerfacility after selling their former sprawling 4.6sity where he holds degrees in Jewish studies, acre complex in March 2021, where they had worshipped since 1978. (New Rabbi - See Page 4)
Wanted: People To Vet Homeless Programs By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY - The Ocean County Homelessness Trust Fund Task Force is seeking people to help review and evaluate proposals from organizations that are applying for support. Interested people must be 18 or older and living in Ocean County. The county especially wants to hear from people who have been homeless or close to it, or if they have loved ones who were homeless. Advocates had pressured county officials for years to create a Homelessness Trust Fund like most other counties in New Jersey. Last year, it went into effect. The county started collecting a $5 fee on certain documents filed in (Programs - See Page 4)
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Brick’s Leone Touched Many Lives
Photo courtesy Jennifer Germain Joey Leone’s life and career were remembered at a recent celebration. By Chris Christopher BRICK - Joey Leone is gone, but far from forgotten. Leone, the former Brick Memorial High School girls’ soccer team’s strength and conditioning coach who died this year at the age of 70, was honored with a Celebration of Life on a recent Saturday morning at the Seawatch Beach. He was with the team from 2001-2007. Leone succumbed to a “very rare form” of Parkinson’s Disease after a five-year struggle March 4, according to his daughter, Jennifer Germain, a defender as Jennifer Schweizer on the Mustangs’ (Leone - See Page 5)
Police: Double Fatal Crash Filmed For Snapchat
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Police said that video taken during a high speed chase was recorded and shared so that the people in the car could show off to people on Snapchat. The videos, including one of the crash that killed two young people, were shown in court, according to a report by The Patch. The incident was also shown in court from a different perspective – that of the police dashcam. “The purpose was to film it and post it in
their 28-person Snapchat group for clout,” Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Travis Clark said in The Patch article. Prosecutors said that their BMW was upgraded to go over 100 mph and that they changed the license plate to a fake plate after they first got spotted by police. The crash claimed the lives of two residents, Evan Fiore, 23, and Kiley Armstrong, 21. On the night of March 7, Fiore was driving his Toyota Camry at the intersection of Routes 166 and 37 (Crash Filmed - See Page 17)
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