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In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, JCF acts quickly to provide much-needed funds from its endowment for food delivery, cash assistance, and social services for low-income New Yorkers, as well as Passover meals-to-go

Dr. Eli Landau a”h was a beloved long-time resident of Kew Gardens Hills with a valued dental practice visited by locals. Dr. Landau was a fine professional man with noteworthy mannerisms. In his soft-spoken way, he would often greet passerby with his signature smile and ask of their wellbeing. Dr. Landau was a quiet, humble, private individual who shied away from making a big deal about happenings. Many have noted that over the years he would open his office for emergency appointments, always available to help the community he held so dear. He frequented Bais Yosef D’Ulem and had a connection with various neighborhood rabbonim.

The MTA community is dedicated to helping protect healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join MTA and create face shields to protect the healthcare professionals who are fighting coronavirus on the front lines.

MTA talmidim, rebbeim, and faculty have done an incredible job adjusting to the new online learning platform, MTA@Home, where the yeshivah joins talmidim at home to learn, rather than feeling the distance of remote learning. It was another amazing week of MTA@Home, packed with incredible learning and fun activities and events, including:

Believe it or not, Pesach break has arrived. The Bnos Malka Academy wanted to end off with the students on a positive and inspirational note.

Harvey Sheff of Kew Gardens Hills passed away at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens on March 31 from the coronavirus. The 59-year-old was inducted into Yeshiva University’s Basketball Hall of Fame on May 23, 2019.