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On Motza’ei Shabbos, February 21, Rebbetzin Danielle Leibowitz, wife of the late Rosh HaYeshivah Rav Henoch Leibowitz zt”l, addressed an audience in Queens, sharing poignant life experiences and reflections on Rebbetzin Vichna Kaplan, who profoundly shaped her life. Rebbetzin Leibowitz co-authored a published biography of Rebbetzin Kaplan titled Rebbetzin Vichna Kaplan: The Founder of the Bais Yaakov Movement in America.

On Motza’ei Shabbos, March 7, parents, staff, and teachers gathered for a beautiful melaveh malkah in the Yeshiva Primary ballroom in Holliswood, Queens.

 On Sunday evening, March 1, at Kehillat Beth El in Queens, Rav Yakov Nasirov, the Rav of Beth El, led the gathering in T’hilim.

Next, renowned speaker Charlie Harary spoke about Zichron Naftali.com, an organization that cares for people primarily in Israel and around the world. He encouraged everyone to support this holy cause.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, shared that “we survivors decided to tell the tale of what happened because we want the world to be a better world. We want people to learn and to remember.”

On Tuesday evening, March 11, the Navigating the Medical System Lecture Series presented an informative, health-promoting, virtual lecture hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim.

“We planned our big vacation eight months in advance. The plan was to spend one week in Italy in early February with my sister,” Renee Labovitz shared of her and her husband David’s itinerary. “Then, we scheduled two weeks in Eretz Yisrael with the Eretz Yisrael Movement Tour (EYMT). The finale was meant to be a week in Kiryat Arba, where we would spend Purim with our friends, Melody and Yosef Hartuv.”