Community Corner

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur, the most spiritual day of the year, is really Yom k’Purim, which means “a day like Purim” (Tikkunei Zohar 21: 57b).

Amid the ongoing national economic crisis, Met Council, America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to serving the needy, plans to feed more than 200,000 food-insecure people before Rosh HaShanah – the traditional Jewish high holiday season. This comes as rising costs of food production, compounded by economic inflation, have created an increased demand for the organization’s assistance and support to put nutritious food on the table of food-insecure community members. The distribution is being funded through a recently launched emergency campaign, which aims to raise $2.3 million to cover the costs.

Rep. Grace Meng, D-Queens, recently joined the Met Council on Jewish Poverty staff, volunteers, and CEO David G. Greenfield at Met Council’s Affordable Housing Towers VI in Flushing to prepare essential food and hygiene kits that will be distributed to New Yorkers in need and launch a first-of-its kind diaper bank in Queens.

In anticipation of Rosh HaShanah, Emet Outreach hosted its annual “ReJewVenation” event.  Held just steps away from the Emet office at the Bukharian Community Center in Jamaica Estates, the program drew a crowd of alumni couples and Emet educators who were eager to enjoy an uplifting and mindful evening in preparation for the yamim noraim.

An American Zionist leader is calling on the Biden administration to take action in response to Palestinian Arab violence against Jewish worshippers at the Tomb of Joseph, in Shechem (Nablus).