Colors: Blue Color

Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and Republican mayoral candidate, continues to set himself apart in the race for New York City’s highest office. His commitment to public safety, his hands-on approach to addressing homelessness and mental health issues, and his unwavering support for the Jewish community have been hallmarks of his campaign.

Rabbi Dr. Chaim Joshua Meskin was born in 1904 in Shadove, Lithuania, into an illustrious rabbinical family headed by my Zaide, Harav Yaakov Hacohen Meskin. Rav Chaim studied in Ponevezh while living in the home of his maternal Zaide. He eventually joined his family in America, where he pursued his studies at the New Haven Yeshiva, from which he received a “Yoreh-Yoreh, Yoreh-Yadins’michah from two noted rabbonim of the time—Harav Sheftel Kramer and Harav Yitzchak Ruderman.

On Pesach, we relive our journey from Mitzrayim – meitzar yam, the narrow straits of the sea, symbolizing personal and national constriction. David HaMelech teaches us in T’hilim: “Min ha’meitzar karasi Kah – From the narrow place I called out to Hashem.”