Community Corner

The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of American public policy, last week deplored the decision of a Tennessee Court of Appeals panel granting a Jewish couple standing to sue the state Department of Children’s Services for permitting religious foster care agencies to provide services in accordance with their religious principles. Calling the ruling a “blow to religious freedom that potentially places Jewish children at risk,” CJV expressly rejected the couple’s claim, now echoed by the Court and widely reported, that the couple was denied services “due to their Jewish faith,” implying anti-Semitic bias where none exists.

On Monday, September 4, Labor Day, Rav Shalom Spitz shlit”a delivered the communal legal holiday yarchei kallah shiur at K’Hal Adas Yereim of Kew Gardens, the long-standing host of the program.

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East has officially endorsed Sam Berger campaign for New York State Assembly. 1199SEIU is both the largest private-sector union in New York State, and the largest healthcare workers union in the country. The union represents over 200,000 healthcare workers in New York City, and over 300,000 healthcare workers statewide. 

TEL AVIV (Aug. 31, 2023) – On Sept. 1, 2023, an all-new Matmid Frequent Flyer Program will be introduced, allowing members to purchase award tickets using points only, with no addition of cash, other than for tax and fees.

The Yeshiva of Central Queens is thrilled to introduce their newest staff members, a dynamic group of experienced and enthusiastic educators and administrators who will complement their spectacular returning faculty. Four new positions have been created for this year to best serve our students and teachers.

“By Dovid a psalm, the earth is to Hashem and its fullness, the inhabited land and those who dwell in it.” (Psalms 24:1)

Many have the minhag to say chapter 24 of Tehillim on Rosh HaShanah night, before the completion of davening Ma’ariv. This psalm is a composite of three separate parts: