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The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) has a longstanding partnership with UJA-Federation of New York, so much so that the former hosted their annual congressional breakfast in the Midtown East UJA Conference Center, just a couple blocks from the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The past Sunday morning’s annual gathering of New York’s congressional representatives, senators, and elected officials, as well as citywide community stakeholders, was a resounding success. The breakfast succeeded in allowing our Federal representatives to showcase their perspectives and answer questions about issues relevant to the New York Jewish community.

370 High School Delegates Gather for the largest Orthodox Academic Competition for High School Students in the Country

Utilizing real-life diplomacy and debating skills and advocating passionately for the interests of their assigned countries, budding statesmen and stateswomen gathered for the 33^rd annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) on February 5-7. The event brought together 370 high school delegates from 42 schools in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Israel and 60 undergraduate moderators and event staff from Yeshiva University for simulated U.N. committee debates. Mirroring the proceedings of official U.N. sessions, the three-day competition illustrated to the students the complex landscape of international diplomacy.

Project Aims to Bring Meaning, Understanding and Joy to Tehillim

The Orthodox Union’s Women’s Initiative’s Torat Imecha daily learning program is bringing a new focus to Tehillim, as Nach Yomi launched daily shiurim on the sefer earlier this month.

The Hebrew Bible’s role in American history is not well known. And yet at a time when America’s political scene, as pundits are so keen to proclaim, hasn’t been this fractured since the Civil War, it is a unifying narrative that Americans need more than ever.

Masbia’s Chop Hunger IV that took place on Wednesday, February 8th at the West Side Institutional Synagogue was a sold out, one of a kind culinary event where the ticket holders had a blast! The exclusive event was a friendly juxtaposition of two culinary worlds - up north vs down south, home vs restaurant and non-kosher vs kosher. The chefs on stage were cookbook author Naomi Ross of Long Island, representing up north as well as kosher home cooking, and restaurateur Micah Seavers of Kentucky, representing down south and non-kosher restaurant cooking.

Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) is a neurological condition that causes cognitive challenges, visual-spatial struggles, motor-skill deficits and difficulty comprehending non-verbal information such as body language and facial expressions. People with NVLD are often marginalized and isolated; consequently, they can experience social barriers throughout their lives.