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In Albany, as the state budget is being finalized, Met Council is celebrating successfully securing an additional $50 million for the Nourish New York Initiative, a vital tool in the fight against food insecurity and an important lifeline for the state’s local farmers. After initially being slated to only receive $25 million in initial budget proposals, Nourish NY received $50 million in the budget’s final form, thanks to a coalition of legislators led by Assembly Members Dan Rosenthal and Catalina Cruz and State Senators Joseph Addabbo and Andrew Gounardes. Nourish New York is an emergency food program that was created last year, thanks to early pandemic advocacy by Met Council on Jewish Poverty. Since the start of the pandemic, Met Council had distributed over 15 million pounds of free food to more than 305,000 New Yorkers in need and assisted over 380 food pantries.

Lag BaOmer, which is the 33^rd day of S’firas HaOmer, and the 18^th of Iyar, is a festive day, celebrating two prominent and connected events.

Forest Hills and Long Beach Hold Joint Remembrance for Yom HaShoah

Working as a slave laborer in Berlin, Ruth Abraham was naturally afraid of the woman following her. Ruth did not know this woman would save her and her family’s lives during the Holocaust.

Event will feature Rabbis Oelbaum And Feiner

Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld zt”l had a tremendous impact on bringing the Queens-based Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to the Orthodox Jewish market. Over his decades of influence, Rabbi Schonfeld was a vital leader and effective spokesperson for the entire Jewish community and led the charge of the facility becoming fully kosher. His vision, guidance, and constant support allowed Margaret Tietz to welcome the frum community with open arms.

Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D-Queens), Amy Paulin (D- Westchester), Simcha Eichenstein (D- Brooklyn), and Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), wrote a letter to Rick Cotton, Executive Director of the Port Authority of NY & NJ and Steve Dickson, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, urging them to conduct an investigation on recent allegations of anti-Semitic actions taken by airlines.

It is not every day that a tzadik takes from his time to visit Queens, and it is not every day that this sage is a leader of our generation. HaRav Yitzchok Kolodetsky shlita, in his unassuming humility, is an accomplished scholar who has published various s’farim and is a hugely popular magid in Eretz Yisrael, often drawing an overflowing attendance. Still, Rav Yitzchok is best known as the eldest son-in-law and close confidant of the Sar HaTorah, Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita.