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Community Currents Preschoolers in the Rambam Day School of Savannah, Georgia learn about the Aleph Bais and their names.
Sunday,21, October 13, the Yeshiva of Central OnOn November incoming NYPD Commissioner Queens kicked off its Parent-Child Sunday LearnDermot Shea held a meet a greet hosted at the Jewish ing Program. Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
Challah Bake held by the Torah Academy of Buffalo Grove.
Earlier this month, the Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation held its annual commemoration of Rachel Imeinu’s yarzheit. A buffet dinner was held at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center on October 14. The keynote speaker was Rabbi Jonathan Rietti who gave a dramatic presentation on the relationship between Rachel Imeinu and the nal Geulah. (L-R) Rabbi Yehuda (Leonard) Blank, former NYPD Housing Police Chaplain and director of Chaplaincy Commission and External Affairs of the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim; NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea; Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik, president, COJO-SI; and Ari Weiss, chairman, COJOSI Security committee and coordinator, Staten Island Shomim.
Israeli Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef visiting Keynote Speaker Jonathan RiettiNew York. Left: With Rabbi Ilan Meirov of Chazaq and Rabbi Mordechai Germain of Be’er With Rav Yitzchak Yisraeli, Pikus, chief rabbi of Deutsch, the Bukharian community. (Photos Rabbi Yechezkel Chaim and Evelyn and Evelyn Haies,Hagolah. founder Right: and president Haies. of RCRF. of Chazaq.) courtesy
Upcoming events… New York State Senator Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, and New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger, in partnership with Maimonides Medical Center, will be hosting an event where local residents can receive a free flu shot. The shots will be given at Assemblyman Eichenstein’s district office at 1310 48th Street, 2nd Floor, in Boro Park on Thursday, December 5, from 4-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary.
Jewish teenagers from across the Orange County gathered at Chabad of Orange County to create fleece blankets for a local shelter. The event was dedicated to Adi Wolff, of Monroe, a member of the CTeen group who passed two years ago. CTeen is an International Chabad club for Jewish teenagers.
Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan’s pre-schoolers enjoy a challah baking in honor of Parshas Chayei Sarah.
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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.
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On October 2, Zicharon, an organization that assists people on issues relating to dementia, hosted an informative evening in Menorah Hall 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.
Two Holocaust survivors visited FDR High School last week, telling 200 students their stories of miraculous survival. Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein arranged the visit largely in response to the recent dramatic increase in hate crime incidents.
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