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Last week, after months of distancing, and for some, near isolation, the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates held its 42^nd Anniversary Dinner, in person, at the Greentree Country Club Waterfront Estate in New Rochelle. Having held their previous dinner on March 7, 2020, YIJE is one of the few organizations to have held an in-person dinner in both 2020 and 2021.

On Tuesday, July 7, Mrs. Chany G. Rosengarten, well-known author and marriage coach, shared an enlightening shiur on self-love: what it means and how to work on it from a Torah perspective.

Farmer Lee Jones released his masterpiece cookbook, called The Chef’s Garden, earlier this year, in April. It is now being offered as a gift for people who sponsor food to feed the needy at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network.

The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, said that its 20^th annual Tish’ah B’Av program on Sunday, July 18, will not only focus on the traditional themes surrounding the destruction of both Temples and other historical tragedies, but this year will also mourn the recent worldwide tragedies that have impacted the Jewish community.

Since the inauguration of the Lev Aharon Community Food Pantry in early February of this year, Chazaq and Met Council have used the food distribution to help feed families in need. As many still seek steady job placement, the site has continued to see a record number of people seeking food security.

Rav Shimshon Pincus z”l used to teach that the biggest miracle that there is in this world is a person’s ability to change – to break his negative habits and character traits and return to Hashem and his true self. This miracle is greater than the Splitting of the Sea, greater than the manna that our forefathers ate in the desert, and greater than all the other miracles that have been and will be. The strength, determination, and clarity that a person needs to break his evil inclination has a Divine Source, as it says, “The [evil] inclination of a person gathers strength every day, and desires to kill him…and if not for the fact that G-d helps him, he would not be able to overcome it.”