Community Corner

For over 14 years, the Emet Leaders Fellowship has provided thousands of unaffiliated Jewish college students with an introduction to Judaism and their first Shabbos experience. It is a program that has inspired young adults to make a deeper commitment to Judaism as they set the course for their professional and personal lives. This past March, Emet’s fellowships were in full swing at St. John’s University, Stony Brook University, and Baruch College, as well as in Forest Hills for students from multiple campuses. Students were in the midst of weekly learning sessions with Emet educators and were participating in impactful Shabbatons. They were even planning the program’s summer highlight – a trip to historical sites in Poland and Prague. Then, suddenly, the semester was paused when campuses were forced to shutter their doors in response to COVID-19. In the throes of this uncertainty, Emet’s educators and students rose to the challenge of sustaining the seeds of religious growth that had been planted.

The Mishnah (Taanis 26) teaches us “MiSheNichnas Av m’maatim b’simchah” – at the beginning of Av we should moderate our joy. Numerous disasters affected the Jewish people on Tish’ah B’Av, such as the destruction of the First and Second Holy Temples in Jerusalem. Our practices of mourning are increased as we enter the month of Av, and they become even more intensified in the week of Tish’ah B’Av.

On Sunday afternoon, July 19, Dr. David Schechter of Preventive Cardiac Care Corp. held a successful COVID-19 swabbing and antibody testing event at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, in conjunction with the Chazaq Organization. Kew Gardens Hills residents took advantage of the outdoor tent setup to ask relevant questions to staff and be tested, as camps, workplaces, and schools are requiring updated results prior to admittance.

David ben Shima

Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Menashe ben Rachel

Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zisel

Yisrael Meir ben Daphne Bruriah

Shraga Feivel ben Chayah Daba

Zamir ben Mazal

Eliyahu ben Yvonne Chavah

Daniel ben Esther

David Mordechai ben Beila Rivkah

Mordechai ben Rivkah

Yechezkel Shraga ben Esther

Yisrael Chaim ben Tamara

Sema Sasson Chayim ben Mafrat

Avi Shalom ben Rita Rachel

Binyamin ben Shoshanah

Arkadiy Avraham ben Rachel

Yukhai ben Freho

Yisrael Meir ben Daphna Bruriah

Yehudah Yudel ben Miriam Gittel

Menashe Shlomo ben Yafah

Yoshiyahu Yosef ben Zahri

Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam

Aharon ben Carmen

Menachem Mendel ben Sima Brachah

Yechezkel ben Tovah

Yisrael Alter ben Chavah Chanah

Shalom ben Binah

Yitzchak Mordechai ben Rose Nizha

Meir Yisrael ben Breina Rachel

Mordechai Aryeh ben Leah Sarah

Yehoshua Eliyahu Chaim ben Sarah Rachel

Ezra ben Esther

Rami Roshel ben Eliyahu

Inna Rivkah bas Sarah

Shirel bas Liat

Lena Leah bas Mara Mazal

Karen bas Rachel

Adinah Adele Yael bas Leah

Miriam bas Selma

Evon bas Sally

Devorah Yehudis bas Esther

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

Esther bas Rivkah

Efrat bas Oshra

Rabbi Steven Weil and Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb to headline event

The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, will address the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Jewish community in its 19^th annual Tish’ah B’Av program, among other topics and kinos prayers. The virtual program will take place on Thursday, July 30.

In today’s constantly shifting global economy, staying current and “in the know” is no simple feat. Even if you are already working within a profession, game-changing ideas are emerging daily and are contingent upon crosscurrents from many different fields. Yeshiva University is addressing this explosion with four graduate programs that enhance already completed bachelors degrees and offer new and exciting specialties. As of September 2020, the Sy Syms School of Business is offering four graduate programs: master’s of business administration (MBA), master’s in accounting, master’s in taxation, and a new master’s in real estate. Due to the COVID-19 health pandemic, Fall 2020 classes will be offered online.