Rabbi Avi Schnall of Agudah following Phone Call with Governor Murphy on War in Israel

hello good morning everyone AI SCH New Jersey aoda we just finished a phone call with the governor first lady AG platkin Colonel Callahan and several other state legislators and leaders security was obviously a number one priority on the phone call the New Jersey State Police committed on the call to increasing state police presence in areas with high Jewish populations particularly Lakewood on the ruus campus on the B&G campus so on and so forth it was a very comforting phone call to see the broad support that we are getting from the New Jersey leadership um I also have the opportunity to bring up to the governor the situation with the hundreds if not thousands of New Jersey residents that are stranded in airports in Israel in other countries that desperately need to be home the governor is very well aware of the situation he he is doing what he can um he even mentioned on the call that it frustrates him that other countries and he named some particularly that have sent planes to get their citizens out and United States has not yet done so um he is doing whatever he can working with his team to get the state department to send these planes send the boats whatever it is to get the citizens that want to come home to get them home in the safest quickest manner as soon as we hear anything any updates at all we will notify all of you