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BACH Jewish Center Hosts Weekend Retreat in Partnership with Yachad and Yeshiva University

The BACH Jewish Center recently partnered with the Orthodox Union’s Yachad and Yeshiva University (YU) to host a Shabbaton filled with social, educational, and spiritual activities. The weekend retreat marks Yachad’s return to Long Beach in the post-COVID era and illustrates the BACH Jewish Center’s commitment to inclusion.

Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) is a neurological condition that causes cognitive challenges, visual-spatial struggles, motor-skill deficits and difficulty comprehending non-verbal information such as body language and facial expressions. People with NVLD are often marginalized and isolated; consequently, they can experience social barriers throughout their lives.

On Sunday, February 5, the Five Towns Jewish community was once again treated to an enjoyable night of high-class, elegant ambiance with an abundant assortment of premium gourmet kosher wines at the second Tirosh 2023 wine-tasting event, a joint venture of Even Shesiya Inc. and Spruce D’Vine.

The Hebrew Bible’s role in American history is not well known. And yet at a time when America’s political scene, as pundits are so keen to proclaim, hasn’t been this fractured since the Civil War, it is a unifying narrative that Americans need more than ever.

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370 High School Delegates Gather for the largest Orthodox Academic Competition for High School Students in the Country

Utilizing real-life diplomacy and debating skills and advocating passionately for the interests of their assigned countries, budding statesmen and stateswomen gathered for the 33^rd annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) on February 5-7. The event brought together 370 high school delegates from 42 schools in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Israel and 60 undergraduate moderators and event staff from Yeshiva University for simulated U.N. committee debates. Mirroring the proceedings of official U.N. sessions, the three-day competition illustrated to the students the complex landscape of international diplomacy.