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Council Member James F. Gennaro is pleased to announce that last week, the New York City Council voted to pass Intro 0816, which suspends alternate side parking regulations on Tish’ah B’Av, a sacred Jewish day of mourning.

The 42-second video of people becoming allies with a Jewish person confronting a person ripping down posters of Israeli hostages in Forest Hills has gone viral, with more than ten million views on X (formerly Twitter) and an estimated 100 million views altogether on social media.

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Raphy and Joy Aharon on the birth of a grandson, born to Moshe and Duba Aharon. Mazal tov to the great-grandparents, Gabriel and Shoshana Aharon.

Calling Black Lives Matter (BLM) “a movement that advocates the murder of Jews,” the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today launched a social media campaign calling upon major US sports leagues, such as the NBA, MLB, and NFL, to withdraw their support of BLM organizations. This came after a series of BLM organizations declared their support for the horrific Hamas massacre that took the lives of over 1,400 Israelis on October 7.

In Sefer T’hilim, perek 27, David HaMelech proclaims: “On Your account, says my heart, ‘Seek My Face’; Your Face, Hashem, I will seek.”

Seeking Hashem’s Face means, on one hand, looking for His hashgachah in your life, seeing the chesed that surrounds you, building your Torah knowledge and doing mitzvos. It also includes learning and strengthening yourself in fundamental concepts of emunah and bitachon.

There aren't many people who do volunteerism better than Dr. Ellie Bennett, "The KGH Doc." In conjunction with his work on behalf of Hatzolah, the good doctor was dispatched to Israel to assist Magen David Adom in their medical response, as many of the regular medical volunteers are on assignment with the IDF.