For the first time, the Township Committee will hold its annual Jan. 1 swearing-in ceremony at night. Traditionally, the ceremony is held New Year’s morning but because it falls on a Saturday this year the committee agreed to hold the ceremony after the conclusion of the Shabat in deference to the Jewish residents here. About 10-15 percent of Lakewood’s 40,000 residents are Jewish. George Buckwald, the only Jew on the Township Committee, is designated to be elected as mayor the third time in 10 years.
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