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Community Currents Preschoolers in the Rambam Day School of Savannah, Georgia learn about restaurateurs, caterers, and foodies will theTri-state Aleph Bais and their names. sample and stock up on the newest in fine kosher
On Sunday, October 13, the Yeshiva of Central Queens kicked off its Parent-Child Sunday Learning Program.
KFWE Coming To New York
wines, spirits, and creative cuisine when the 14th annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience (KFWE) comes to New York on Monday, February 17. The showcase will take place at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers (23rd St. and West Side Highway). Hosted by Royal Wine Corp., the kosher showcase will welcome visitors with samples of more than 700 notable kosher wines and spirits from around the world. In addition, dozens of the area’s foremost caterers, andReclamation gourEarlierchefs, this month, the restaurateurs, Rachel’s Children Foundation held its annual commemoration of Rachel specialty Imeinu’s companies yarzheit. A will buffet dinner was held at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center on October 14. The met serve samples of their keynotecreations, speaker was Rabbi Jonathan Rietti who bufgave a dramatic presentation on the relationship between Rakosher from traditional fare to poke, chel Imeinu and theto nal Geulah. falo, and barbecue fusion cuisines from France At a community meeting in Monsey NY. Among the community members and officials who attended was David and the Caribbean. Heskiel, NYPD clergy liaison. Visit TheKFWE.com for tickets.
Keynote Speaker Rabbi Jonathan Rietti and Evelyn Haies, founder and president of RCRF.
Rabbi Yechezkel Pikus, Chaim Deutsch, and Evelyn Haies.
Pictured (center) is Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes, who once represented First Lady Melania Trump, with Martha Freire, the widow of Mr. Rodriguez Barzola. Barzola was killed during the recent attack on the kosher supermarket in Jersey City.
Honorees pose behind the Jewish Mother’s Day cake donated by Pressers Bakery Avenue M. (L-R) Mark Langfan, Breaking the Silence Award; Rabbi Yechezkel Pikus, Rahel Imeinu Community Chessed Award; Evelyn Haies, Fran and Stephen Epstein Actualist Award; Esther Lamm, Young Leadership Award; and Mitchell Shapiro, esq., Rachel Imeinu Activist Award.
Members from the Sovereignty Movement gathered Saturday night in front of the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem to encourage and strengthen Benjamin Netanyahu before his meeting in the U.S. with On October 2, Zicharon, an organization that assists people on issues relating to demenPresident Trump and seniorin members of Hall his administration. tia, hostedDonald an informative evening Menorah featuring renowned dementia experts
who provided the audience with much-needed advice and information on dealing with this disease. Among the speakers were Rabbi Eliezer Kaminetzky; Dr. Gary Kennedy, chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at Monteore Medical Center; and Matt Kudish, senior vice president of caregiver services of the NY Chapter of the American Alzheimer’s Association.
In the spirit of bridge-building, chassidim, blacks, and others came together to volunteer for local communities and Puerto Rico on Martin Luther King Day. Volunteers, elected officials, and law enforcement officers re-stocked the shelves at Masbia of Boro Park and launched a virtual emergency supplies drive to send relief to Puerto Rico earthquake victims via an Amazon wishlist. Among those participating were Aron Weider, Rockland County legislator; Felix Ortiz, NYS assemblyman; Simcha Eichenstein, NYS assemblyman; Kalman Yeger, NYC councilman; Denise Ridley, Jersey City councilwoman; Pastor Gil Monrose, Mt. Zion Church of God; Jonah Boyarin, NYC Human Rights Commission; Deputy Chief Charles Scholl, NYPD; Minister John Williams, New Creation Ministry; Rabbi Baruch Yehuda, Cong. Bnai Adath; and Joel Eisdorfer, community liaison.
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Currents section, e-mail Pictured left is Rabbi Yeruchim Shain (standing), rosh Joining for peace on MLK Day were Rabbi Levi Welton, Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston, and a group of activists. Matt Kudish Dr. Gary Kenneday
yeshiva of the Adelphia Yeshiva, at his grandson Shaya Neiman’s bar mitzvah in Eretz Yisrael. Also pictured are Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Neiman, father of the bar mitzvah boy (seated right), and Rabbi Shas Cohen (seated left).
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