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As the State Assemblywoman representing South Queens, I am proud to announce a historic victory for yeshiva education in New York State. Through tireless advocacy and strategic partnerships with TeachNYS and Agudath Israel, I have secured record-breaking funding for yeshivas in the recent 2024 State budget.

For Yom HaAtzmaut this year, we had two different programs. In the morning, our very own Benci spoke to the students about his experiences as a chayal (soldier) in Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces). He spoke about his experiences in an elite unit. Benci took out a satchel, which contained in it the things that he always had with him, no matter what. These were his talis, t’filin, siddur, and a special Mi SheBeirach prayer that he said before he went on a mission. He also told the students about how careful each of the members of his unit was around these items, and how they would say the special t’filah even though they were not necessarily religious. It was very moving.

When a delegation from the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) visited YU’s Innovation Challenge in March, the group’s aim was to merely observe the pitch night event. So how did this group – freshmen Camryn Brunner, Sarah Galanti, Maya Goykadosh, Maayan Kotkin, Emily Segall, and Hudis Schnur – go from observers to first-place winners, competing against both college and graduate-level entrants at YU’s Innovation Challenge on Wednesday, May 8? It’s a story for the books.

Yom HaAtzmaut was especially important and exciting this year, and you could feel that all throughout HALB. In Lev Chana, the classrooms were transformed into different cities in Israel, and the children took their passports, boarded their El Al flight, and landed in Ben Gurion Airport. They went through customs and then got to visit all the different cities around the school building with special activities in each one.

On Wednesday, May 15, Bnos Malka Academy hosted the Michael and Irina Kimyagarov Math Tournament. Seventh and eighth grade girls from all over the tri-state area participated in the event along with their school coaches. Schools in attendance were Barkai Yeshiva, Bnos Malka Academy, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Yeshiva of New Jersey, and Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion.

Inclusion was in full swing as SINAI at YCQ students celebrated Israel’s 76^th birthday with their partner school peers last week.