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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community The Jewish month of Elul is a month of introspection. Jews all over the world begin preparing for...
Touro University will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala and convocation on Sunday, December 4, to be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
US Rep. Grace Meng, New York’s senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, recently visited Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services’ residence for the developmentally disabled in Kew Gardens Hills to commemorate the $233,000 she secured for upgrading the site.
On Monday night, Town of Hempstead Councilmember and Congressional Candidate Anthony D’Esposito attended a Meet and Greet put together by the West Hempstead Young Republicans and the Friends of the West Hempstead School District.
Our Sages teach us that there are auspicious times for us to pray for special requests, such as requesting health for those needing r’fuah (e.g., hafrashas challah, bris milah, chupah, and during labor). The Talmud also teaches us: “Whoever prays (to Hashem) for mercy on behalf of his friend, while he himself is in need of the same thing, he will be answered first.” We are taught that, in the merit of praying for others, our own prayers are answered, and we fulfill the mitzvos of “Love your fellow as yourself” and chesed.
“Shabbos in a regular household is like a regular dinner. Shabbos with Emet is a whole different experience – an experience I haven’t had before. It was my first time and it’s definitely not my last. Emet is like a family.”
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, last week called for ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to resign, after the ADL retweeted and seconded a statement that “Tucker Carlson went full nazi [sic],” accusing Carlson of “us[ing] his platform to stoke racial tensions.” The rabbis called this “minimizing the Holocaust,” a form of anti-Semitic bigotry, which the ADL would have excoriated rather than endorsed were it “even minimally competent” to fulfill its mission.
