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The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) this week issued the following statement in the wake of yesterday’s deadly shooting at a synagogue north of San Diego. A man entered Chabad of Poway during the morning services on the last day of Pesach and began shooting, killing one congregant and wounding several others, including Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the synagogue’s spiritual leader.

On Sunday, April 14, Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, the Director of The Shmuz, spoke at Beth Gavriel on the subject of leaving your personal exile. Rabbi Tzachi Diamond of Ezra Academy introduced the program, and the shiur was hosted by Chazaq.

Congresswoman and Ambassador Dani Dayan visit with local leaders from Chinese and South Asian communities

US Rep. Grace Meng recently welcomed Ambassador Dani Dayan, Israel’s Consul General in New York, to her congressional district in Queens.

Agudath Israel Hails Decision

A New York State Supreme Court justice in Albany has invalidated the State Education Department (SED)’s recently enacted guidelines for evaluating the education provided at private schools. Agudath Israel of America, one of the plaintiff groups that challenged the SED guidelines in court, welcomed the ruling as “a major victory in the battle to preserve the educational autonomy of yeshivos and other nonpublic schools.”

Addition would allow travelers from Israel to gain expedited entry to the US

Last week, US Reps. Grace Meng and Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a bipartisan letter with 73 other Members of Congress to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, urging him to expand the Global Entry program to Israel.

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