Лейквуд () — тауншип в округе Ошен, штат Нью-Джерси, США. Согласно переписи 2020 года, население составляет 135 158 человекDP-1 — Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 3, 2012.Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Lakewood township , New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed January 3, 2012..
В Лейквуде распространён ортодоксальный иудаизмDi Ionno, Mark. «How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews» , The Star-Ledger, May 7, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017. «It is Friday in Lakewood. A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), the world’s largest yeshiva outside of Israel… The yeshiva has about 6,500 students, equal in enrollment to the College of New Jersey.»Goldberg, Rabbi Meir. «NJ Orthodox: Lots of variation in Lakewood’s Jewish community», Asbury Park Press, June 27, 2019. Accessed February 6, 2022. «Lakewood’s Orthodox Jews have created an economic engine that employs tens of thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike, including construction, tech, health care, real estate, law, medicine, finance, service and home repair industries and more.»Peterson, Iver. «Tragedy Forces Town To Face Its Divisions; Breaching Barriers of Creed and Culture» , The New York Times, August 19, 1995. Accessed June 20, 2016. «The community is not withdrawn in politics, however. The Orthodox vote as a nearly solid bloc, making them the dominant political power in Lakewood, and a power that can only grow: Leaders of the yeshiva community, which had about 400 members in 1968, expect their numbers to top 27,000 by the turn of the century.»Weiss, Steven I. «U.S. gets another Orthodox mayor» , Jewish Telegraphic Agency, July 12, 2006. Accessed February 6, 2022. «That’s certainly the case in Lakewood, where Meir Lichtenstein was inaugurated as mayor in January. Orthodox Jews make up nearly half of the village’s 70,000 residents, and they often vote as a bloc, with a council of leaders determining whom they should support.»Stilton, Phil. Jack Ciattarelli visits Lakewood, making a pitch for the Lakewood bloc vote , Shore News Network, May 31, 2021. Accessed February 6, 2022. «New Jersey candidate for Governor Ciattarelli this week visited Lakewood to lobby for that town’s large and highly coveted 'bloc vote'. In politics, the Lakewood Orthodox Jewish community often votes as a bloc, but not always, guided by a council of rabbis and business owners in the growing city called 'the VAAD'. The Lakewood vote can often make or break a candidate’s campaign and Ciattarelli knows that.».
История
Лейквуд был зарегистрирован в качестве тауншипа Легислатурой Нью-Джерси 23 марта 1892 годаSnyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries: 1606—1968 , Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 203. Accessed March 19, 2012..
География По данным Бюро переписи населения США, тауншип имеет общую площадь в 64,95 км2. Из них 63,92 км2 приходятся на сушу, а 1,03 км2 — на воду2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places , United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 , United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014..
Лейквуд граничит с Бриком, Джексоном, Томс-Ривером и ХауэлломAreas touching Lakewood Township . MapIt. Accessed February 25, 2020.Ocean County Map , Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed February 25, 2020.New Jersey Municipal Boundaries , New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019..
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