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The women’s division of Emet Outreach has expanded its growing list of learning programs with an invigorating new morning initiative. Offered at the Emet Center from Monday through Thursday, “Dunkin’ Torah” provides a weekly dose of chavrusa-style learning in which students get an infusion of Torah (plus caffeine). Geared towards Emet students from beginner to advanced, the program has the flexibility to attract college students, young professionals, and married women. As the popular tagline says “America Runs on Dunkin’” – but Emet women “Run on Torah.”

Chazal tell us that spiritual growth does not happen in leaps and bounds. The real battle, the choice between truth and falsehood, life and death, happens in the smallest possible steps – teeny, tiny, micro-movements, not miles.

The real estate company Property Club released a report naming 15 Queens communities in their list of the 50 most affordable localities in New York City. Briarwood, Kew Gardens, and Kew Gardens Hills were all on the list as some of the most affordable areas in the borough. Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills took the fourth and fifth place within the borough, and 12^th and 13^th citywide. Queens can now brag that it is home to the third-most affordable neighborhoods in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.

There are some kids who struggle in a class or two, but are able to get the extra help they need to stay in a mainstream Jewish Day School. For me, multiple subjects were challenging, and it was clear to my parents that I needed something more.  I toured several schools and remember how nothing compared to SINAI.  In one school I noticed that nobody wore a kippah, and at another the “special ed” class was in the basement of the building.  Seeing SINAI at Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy (JKHA) for the first time was an unforgettable experience.  I can picture the light filled lobby, the atrium garden, and most importantly, the lively SINAI classrooms, which dotted the halls of JKHA and were not singled out as “Special Ed.”  My parents were impressed with the SINAI philosophy that provides an individualized program based on the needs of each child.

Yes, it has already been a year. The Kansas City Chiefs are back to defend their title in Super Bowl 55 as they face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In a year of firsts, the Bucs will battle it out for the Lombardi Trophy in their very own Raymond James Stadium. The incredible quarterback Tom Brady will make his tenth Super Bowl appearance as he takes on Patrick Mahomes, a force to be reckoned on the Chiefs.

Smiles Through Cars and its founder Josh Aryeh, AKA Batman, spread cheer at Queens Hospital Center, a division of NYC Health + Hospitals, this past Thursday morning.  The show of appreciation was planned to highlight the devotedness of our frontline workers who continue to risk their lives fighting COVID-19.