Community Corner

In COVID-19 Relief For Safety Net Services And Support Of Jewish Education

On Monday, in response to the continuing challenges and hardships created by COVID-19, UJA-Federation of New York announces an additional $6.67 million in emergency spending for Safety Net Services and support of Jewish education. The emergency funds will come from UJA-Federation’s endowment, bringing the organization’s total allocations for emergency COVID relief to over $52 million. In addition, UJA has repurposed $2.5 million in existing COVID emergency loan funds to create a new loan program for the purchase of PPE by its nonprofit partners in the health and human service sector.

As part of their 2020 U.S. Census push to ensure New York’s Jewish population is accurately counted, Met Council is extending the deadline for their census raffle to September 1st, with dozens of privately sponsored gift card prizes of up to $2,500 for dozens of entrants. Your ticket to the raffle? A completed census. That’s it!

Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.

Rachamim ben Sa’ida Mazal

Shraga Feivel ben Chayah Daba

Hadar Bet Yaakov launched a Summer Prep learning program for its incoming class of Ninth Graders. In the effort to set students up for academic success, given the past school year’s quarantine and less than optimal learning conditions, HBY set up a series of Math and English classes. Mrs. Esti Warshavchik, HBY Algebra Teacher, integrated a review of critical eighth grade skills as well as previewed new ninth grade material. Mrs. Shoshanna Friedman, HBY Principal, did a book read with a literature essay to initiate girls to high school literary discussion and criticism, as well as expository essays.

It is generally understood that court records in matrimonial and family court matters are confidential and unavailable to anyone other than the litigants themselves and their attorneys. The relevant laws governing confidentiality are Domestic Relations Law §235 (“DRL §235”) and Family Court Act §166 (“FCA §166”).

The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, is launching a virtual Y’mei Ratzon program offering ideas and inspiration in preparation for the upcoming High Holidays. The program offers two tracks: a video series focusing on t’shuvah (repentance) and an audio series delving into the unique prayers during this time period.