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Community Currents Preschoolers in the Rambam Day School of Savannah, Georgia learn about theHundreds Aleph Baisof guests from around the world filled the downand their names.
HASC Celebrates In Moscow
On Sunday, October 13, the Yeshiva of Central Queens kicked off its Parent-Child Sunday Learning Program.
town Moscow Media-Dome for the wedding of Mendel Wilansky of Portland, Maine, and Leah Lazar, daughter of the chief rabbi of Russia, Rav Berel Lazar. Among the many guests were Reb Abe Eisner, HASC Center chairman of the board of directors, and Rav Judah Mischel, Camp HASC’s Earlier this executive month, thedirector. Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation held its annual commemoration of RaWhile in Moscow, HASC chel Imeinu’s yarzheit. the A buffet dinner was held at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center on October 14. The leadership toured keynote speaker was local Rabbi mosdos Jonathan Rietti who gave a dramatic presentation on the relationship between Rachel andwith the Rabbi nal Geulah. and Imeinu spent time Yosef Lipsker, a Camp HASC parent and director of the Jewish day school Rav Yossi Lipsker, HASC Chairman Reb Abe Eisner, Chief Rabbi of Russia Rav at historic Marina Roscha Syna- Berel Lazar, and Rav Judah Mischel. gogue. They visited with HASC camper Levi Lipsker at the family at home in Moscow, as well as at Levi’s special class at Marina Roscha. Family of Camper Levi Lipsker in their Moscow home.
The Denver Community Kollel held its first annual Torah for Tycoons CLE Credit Conference earlier this month. TorahSpeaker for Tycoons colloquially as T4T), Keynote Rabbi(known Jonathan Rietti th Yechezkel Pikus, Chaim Deutsch, and Evelyn and Evelyn Haies, founder president now in its 16 year, is a and monthly LunchRabbi & Learn Haies. of RCRF. focused on ethical challenges in the workplace and current events. A professional discusses a dilemma encountered in his line of work, and a kollel member discusses the Torah’s outlook on the issue. The CLE Credit Conference offered lawyers six CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credits for attending three classes, two credits per class. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser & Rosh Kollel Rabbi Aron Yehuda Schwab spoke on “Listen Carefully: How to Tell Clients What They Need, Not spoke on “No Adjudication without Representation: Want, to Hear,” the Honorable Daniel M. Taubman The Challenge of Providing Access to Justice,” and and Kollel senior educator Rabbi Mordechai Fleisher Ted Z. Gelt and Kollel director of programming Rab-
bi Shmuel Halpern spoke on “Avoiding Evasion and Evading Avoidance: The Moral and Legal Boundaries of Not Paying Taxes.”
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.
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 Senator Felder recently visited Yeshivat Shaare Torah preschool. 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.
Rav Shmuel Eliezer Stern, rav of Western Bnei Brak, speaking for Irgun Shiurai Torah in Boro Park.
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