Susie Garber

On Wednesday, January 22, Yeshiva Primary celebrated their second-grade students receiving their first chumashim. In Hebrew classes in Yeshiva Primary, the students are arranged by levels. Many of the students came to the yeshivah over the past couple of years from public school.

On Tuesday afternoon, January 21, this writer had the privilege of attending a beautiful sold-out performance titled “Somebody’s Boy” at the Jerusalem Theater, produced by Regal Productions for women and girls to benefit the chesed organization Zir Chemed [pronounced Tzir Chemed]. This annual professional production included several night shows and one matinee.

On Tuesday night, January 28, a crowd gathered at Yiboneh Shul in Emek Refaim to hear an incredible parshah shiur given by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz, Rav of Kehillas Ohr Somayach and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach.

Esti (Steinig) Sarles, author of the newly released picture book, The Very Important Puzzle Piece, is a Kew Gardens Hills resident and an alumna of Shevach High School. She has always enjoyed creative writing.

On Friday morning, January 23, Rabbi Berel Wein, Senior Rabbi of Beit Knesset HaNasi and world-renowned author and lecturer, shared an inspiring shiur on Parshas VaEira at his shul. He began by sharing the difference between self-confidence and arrogance. Arrogance means belittling the challenge and saying you can do it. Self-confidence means admitting it is a hard job but saying that, nevertheless, you can do it.

On Sunday night, January 12, Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem featured a virtual session with Tanya Rosen and Michael Szpilzinger.