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FEBRUARY 2, 2017 | The Jewish Home
Around the Community On Thursday night, January 19, a siyum was held for 16 boys of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway who completed Mesechta Baba Kama.
Midreshet Shalhevet Girls Team and Google Robotics
Rabbi Moshe Brown
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hrough a partnership with Google, about 20 Midreshet Shalhevet girls are participating in Livnot, a STEM robotics program held at Stern College for Women. Robotics and coding gives the students a chance to implement solutions for real world problems. They are studying the technology and programming methods that researchers use in robotics labs to create self-driving cars. Right now they are creating their own wearable technology based on the skills they have acquired! Thank you Google and Stern College for this incredi-
ble opportunity. Sophomore Becky Haviv of North Woodmere is “excited by the program! We are learning how to code, make LED lights light up different colors, and how to code a song.” “This program is such an amazing opportunity. The coding is so interesting, but so much more importantly, I am really walking away with an appreciation that you can actually be a frum woman and work in such a high tech industry,” said Leah Feder of West Hempstead. Thank you Google and Stern College for this incredible opportunity!
Legislator Kopel Announces Property Tax Assessment Grievance Workshop
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assau County Legislator Howard Kopel is hosting a property tax assessment grievance workshop to help residents file property tax assessment grievance applications online. At the workshop, representatives from the Nassau Assessment Department will teach residents how to use the Assessment Department’s online tools to file your challenge online – for free. The workshop will be held on Friday, February 3 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Hewlett-Woodmere Library
David Braunschweig
If you are a homeowner who disagrees with the new tentative property tax assessment as shown on your Nassau County Property Tax Impact Disclosure Notice, you may dispute the assessed value during the formal grievance period from January 2, 2017 through March 1, 2017. Remember: You do not have to pay a law firm to file a grievance. Applications will be provided and are also available at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ARC/forms. html
SKA Matrix Wins Gold Medal
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ongratulations to the editors of the 2016 Matrix, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls’ digital literary magazine, for earning gold medal status with the Columbia Scholastic Press Association! Kudos to the editors, Shani Axel-
rod, Chana Sara Bodek, Tehilla Mammon, Shira Strauss and Sara Weitz, and all the girls who contributed their writing and artwork to make this achievement possible. Special thanks goes to Mrs. Shira Manne, faculty advisor, for her help and guidance.