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To the Five Towns/ Far Rockaway community for hosting us this past Shabbos, Parshas Ki Sisa
A S P E C I A L T H A N K Y O U T O T H E PA R T I C I PAT I N G S H U L S & T H E I R R A B B O N I M AGUDATH ISRAEL OF LONG ISLAND
CONG. BAIS AVROHOM ZEV
KHAL MACHZIKEI TORAH
Rabbi Yaakov Reisman
Rabbi Asher Stern
Rabbi Nosson Greenberg
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF WEST LAWRENCE
CONG. KENESETH ISRAEL
KHAL NESIV HATORAH
Rabbi Moshe Brown
Rabbi Eytan Feiner
Rabbi Binyomin Forst
BAIS MEDRASH OF HARBORVIEW
CONG. SHAARAY TEFILAH
KHAL ZICHRON MOSHE DOV
Rabbi Yehoshua Kalish
Rabbi Dovid Weinberger
Rabbi Aaron Stein
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING HOSTS Mr. and Mrs. Dovid Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Mutty Ribowsky
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Isaacson
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brecher
Rabbi and Mrs. Zvi Bloom
THANK YOU T O MR. AND MRS. SHLOMO REI CH F OR H OSTI NG THE LE IL S H ABBOS O NEG THANK YOU TO DR. AND MRS. SHAMSHY EISENBERGER F O R H O S T I N G T H E B R E A K FA S T R E C E P T I O N W I T H S E N AT O R D E A N S K E L O S
FOR THE SAKE OF...
Our
Children Our Families Our Mosdos
this year’s advocacy focused on: SANDY Relief Funds • School bus transportation Mandated Services and CAP funding for our yeshivos Repayment of outstanding CAP debt Special Education services for our children Infertility treatment funding • End of Life issues
agudath israel advocacy last year helped accomplish the following:
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$5 million grant for the purchase of new buses
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Mandated service payments ($90 million, of which $30 million goes to yeshivos)
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Amending the Palliative Care Act to enhance patients’ rights
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Increasing base budget for Comprehensive Attendance Policy (CAP) reimbursement by $7 million
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$4 million grant for Infertility funding ($90 million over the past 10 yrs)
State funding for late busing transportation ($3 million)
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Legislative passage of a special education bill TAP funding for Rabbinical colleges (with close to $18 million in checks already received)
COMMITTEE: YOCHANAN BODNER • ELISHA BRECHER • SIMCHA DAVID • YOILY EDELSTEIN • DOVID GOLDFARB • MOTI HELLMAN ERNIE ISAACSON • YOSEF NUSSBAUM • YAAKOV PANETH • NECHEMIA SALZMAN • URI SCHLACHTER • ERIC STERN
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA / 42 BROADWAY / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004 / 212.797.9000
T h e J e w i s h H o m e n M A R C H 7 , 2013
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