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After a six-hour-long contentious hearing in Mineola, the Nassau County Legislature just passed the “Mask Transparency Act,” which was introduced by Legislator Mazi Pilip, which makes wearing a mask in public spaces for the purposes of hiding your identity a misdemeanor. A packed chamber was the grounds for open debate between legislators, a rowdy viewing crowd, and at least one arrest.

As he prepares to step down from his post as the outspoken Ambassador for Israel to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan attended a festive evening in his honor. Present at the program were incoming (and former) Ambassador to the post Danny Danon and esteemed guest Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Chairman of the Eretz HaKodesh Party in the World Zionist Organization (WZO).

American and Yiddish newspapers about the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing, and the 1969 New York Mets; a Newsweek magazine about the Entebbe rescue; and obituaries of Torah luminaries like Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. These are some of Herb Schonhaut’s historical collections.

Tish’ah B’Av, observed on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is a solemn day in Judaism, marked by mourning and fasting to commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The Holy Temples held immense significance in Jewish history as centers of worship and Divine presence.

Of the many camps that MTA talmidim attend, the most popular option seems to be Camp Dora Golding. Every year, MTA takes a very full group picture with current and former talmidim, and this year some prospective talmidim as well! It is always a fun visit, as Rabbi Konigsberg, principal at MTA, is also the assistant head counselor at Dora Golding, so he brings his unique ruach to the time spent there.

A poem in honor of the 23^rd yahrzeit of my father

Alexander Solomon

(Alexander Peretz ben Reb Pesach Yehudah)

Kaf-Tes Tamuz 5761