Community Corner

Professor Michael Stone remembers his years at the City College of New York, when he and a group of Orthodox Jewish students would meet on campus to socialize after class, and then quickly head to the RJJ (Rabbi Jacob Joseph) yeshivah on the Lower East Side to be on time for shiur.

Covid Plasma Initiative’s lifesaving efforts have expanded to include the facilitation of a newly available, potentially life-saving antibody treatment referred to as monoclonal antibodies.

Six professors from across the Touro College schools were recognized for their contributions to the College in this year’s Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence. The awards, initiated in 2017, recognize excellence in faculty members across Touro College undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools in three areas: teaching, scholarship, and service. In a year when the traditional classroom adjusted to meet safety concerns amidst COVID-19, the faculty recognized this spring for contributions to the school stand out for their dedication to their students and the university that extends far beyond the classroom.

In T’hilim, Psalm 27, David HaMelech beseeches, “Let me dwell in the House of Hashem all the days of my life, behold the pleasantness of Hashem, and to visit in His Sanctuary.” How can David HaMelech live somewhere permanently and yet merely be a visitor? Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky explains that David HaMelech is asking Hashem to help him always have the excitement of a first-time experience when he serves Hashem. David HaMelech desires to be a dweller all of his days but yet never lose the passion of a visitor.

Program can be completed in three years with eligibility for national certification.

Yeshiva University’s new entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy, offered by the Katz School of Science and Health, can be completed in less than three years with just a bachelor’s degree; and graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination sponsored by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

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Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.

Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zisel