Community Corner

(Courtesy of YUC) YUConnects (YUC), the celebrated matchmaking service based at Yeshiva University, is thrilled to announce its 650^th engagement, Leora Lasson ‘17SB of Baltimore, Maryland and Daniel Lefkowitz of Toronto, Canada. This momentous engagement was matched by connector Shani Goldschmidt of Queens, New York and underscores YUC’s 15-year commitment to fostering meaningful relationships throughout the broader Orthodox Jewish community. In celebration of this milestone, YUC is launching a CauseMatch fundraising campaign with matching dollars starting April 7, with the goal of raising $300,000. These funds will support the expansion of YUC’s programming and staffing to better serve its growing membership.

Rabbi Ilan Meirov dedicates his time to overseeing Chazaq’s life-changing programs and serving as one of the Rabbis at the Beth Gavriel Center in Forest Hills.

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur, the most spiritual day of the year, is really Yom Hak’Purim, which means “a day like Purim” (Tikunei Zohar 21: 57b).

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, together with a delegation of Council members from throughout the city, which included Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers (Far Rockaway), Shahana Hanif (Boro Park), Lincoln Restler (Williamsburg), Jennifer Gutierrez (Williamsburg), Mercedes Narcisse (Mill Basin, Marine Park) and Chris Bank (Canarsie), visited Central Hatzalah Headquarters in Boro Park this past Wednesday.

Morton Povman, who passed away last week at 93, was the longest-serving member in the history of the New York City Council. More significantly, he was, in the words of former City Council Member and Chair of the One Israel Fund Steve Orlow, “a steadfast supporter of the Kew Gardens Hills Jewish community who always showed up when we needed him.”

This weekend marked a significant moment of unity and service as members of Mayor Eric Adams’ Jewish Advisory Council gathered at the historic Congregation Orach Chaim for Masbia’s annual Chop ’n Pack event. The event, under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Benjamin Skydell, the venerable Rabbi of Orach Chaim, and Rabbi Alexander Rapaport, the dynamic ED of Masbia, saw a diverse turnout from across the City’s Jewish community and beyond, all converging to support Masbia’s noble cause of addressing food insecurity in New York City.