Local Resident Joins Three Other Academic Stars as Student
Commencement Speakers

Shortly after moving to Queens from Portland, Oregon, to begin college, Dov Brodkin whose family now lives in Monmouth County, was walking away from a local store where he had stopped to pick up a box of donuts. Just then a homeless man appeared to ask for money, but Dov told the man all he was carrying was his debit card; Dov offered to share his donuts instead which the hungry man happily accepted. Following the encounter, he was struck by the look in the man’s eyes, “a mixture of deep, sincere gratitude and connection.”

Recap: Star rushes outside and there are wolves out there, so Teddy runs out to rescue him. Then Joe ran out to rescue Teddy and Star. The wolves are howling, and Akiva fears the worst. Then there is a loud bellow and a moose came. The wolves went after the moose, so Teddy, Joe, and the dog are saved. The blizzard is going on, and Akiva worries if his parents will be able to fly in for his bar mitzvah.

NEW YORK NEWS

 Amidst the fury sparked by the vandalism of the Central Park World War I memorial by anti-Israel protesters, Mayor Eric Adams took a firm stance, expressing his love for America and pledging $5,000 of his own money to the reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators. Emphasizing the importance of defending symbols of freedom, Adams condemned the desecration and stressed the need to speak out against such acts.