Community Corner

Assemblyman Berger provides state funding towards Public Safety

Assemblymember Sam Berger (D-Kew Gardens Hills) announced $300,000 in capital funding for emergency services group Queens Borough Safety Patrol Shmira to support their public safety mission.

Shabbos Nachamu, named for the haftarah that begins with “Nachamu, nachamu, ami” – “Take comfort, take comfort, my people” – signifies a profound shift from mourning to consolation. This haftarah, the first of the seven “haftaros of comfort,” follows Tish’ah B’Av and brings a message of hope and reassurance.

MTA has talmidim and alumni attending and working at various camps around the Tri-State Area and in Israel. It is always a highlight for the boys to be visited by MTA rebbeim and staff, who always show up bearing a summer swag gift and food! It is a great way to stay connected over the summer months.

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.

This year’s Israel Day had an extra sense of meaning and purpose at Camp Kaylie. Israel Day began with a powerful video introduction, featuring reflections from our upper staff and campers about what makes living in Israel so special. Their personal stories and emotional insights painted a vivid picture of the love and pride they feel for living in our homeland.

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.