Sergey Kadinsky

Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated his first 100 days in office with a rally in Maspeth, where Democratic Socialist headliner Sen. Bernie Sanders praised his work. Ostensibly, the event was as much about the mayor as the workers who make the city function, and tickets were offered to employees of all city agencies.

This year’s Pesach begins when Shabbos ends, allowing for a longer Chol HaMoed during the week. For readers planning their own Pesach programs at home, here are the opportunities for tourism with little traveling involved.

When presidents deliver the State of the Union Address, there are customs associated with the annual ritual that include their names being announced as they enter, the presence of all but one cabinet member, and honorees from the citizenry. There was also a mustached congressman from the Bronx who made sure to arrive early to snag a prime seat by the aisle and shake the hand of the president as millions watched. Former Rep. Eliot Engel died last Friday at 79, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

From the boardroom to the beis midrash, Rabbi Julius Berman exuded wisdom and leadership over many decades. He was mourned on Thursday, January 1, by his family and neighbors at the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, who shared memories of the pioneering legal figure and community advocate known to them as Julie.

International hostility towards Israel as it defended itself against Hamas awakened many Jews to the antisemitism that emerged into the open. Joshua Forgy felt the message of ongoing hostility towards Jews in the message of the Haggadah, along with themes of Jewish peoplehood and resiliency. Earlier this year, he wrote Haggadah shel Pesach – B’Damayich Chayi, published by Mosaica Press.

Rising above North Woodmere’s ranch houses, Khal Lev Avos kicked off its expansion with a groundbreaking last Motza’ei Shabbos on the occasion of the shul’s tenth anniversary. Among the builders, Moshe Kopelowitz follows in the example of his father, Aaron, a longtime supporter of Yeshiva Bais Abraham Slonim of Yerushalayim. The Rav of Khal Lev Avos, Rabbi S