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MTA talmidim, rebbeim, and faculty have done an incredible job adjusting to the new online learning platform, MTA@Home, where the yeshivah joins talmidim at home to learn, rather than feeling the distance of remote learning. It was another amazing week of MTA@Home, packed with incredible learning and fun activities and events, including:
Harvey Sheff of Kew Gardens Hills passed away at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens on March 31 from the coronavirus. The 59-year-old was inducted into Yeshiva University’s Basketball Hall of Fame on May 23, 2019.
With every Passover program cancelling, many families are feeling the pressure of having to make Pesach at home for the first time.
In the New York State 2020-21 budget passed today and signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, the legislature included a key piece of legislation proposed by Governor Cuomo and strongly supported by Agudath Israelof America.
To my dear brothers and sisters in Kew Gardens Hills,
Olam Chesed distributes goods to needy families through a network of volunteers and partner charities, empowering them to lead healthy and productive lives. On Wednesday, March 18, Olam Chesed delivered over 50 packages to New Rochelle families under COVID-19 quarantine. A week later, Olam Chesed offered the same services to over 100 SAR families in Riverdale.
