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A tradition of togetherness took on greater significance this year when Emet Outreach hosted their ninth annual Couples Shabbaton and Retreat. In the largest gathering to date, over 300 Emet alumni and staff spent Thanksgiving weekend at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, New Jersey.
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy association, released the following statement by Ashley Ranslow, NFIB’s New York State Director, responding to the MTA Board’s approval of the Congestion Pricing Plan, which imposes a $15 fee on vehicles and $24-36 fee on trucks, depending on size, for entering Manhattan below 60th Street:
A tradition of togetherness took on greater significance this year when Emet Outreach hosted their ninth annual Couples Shabbaton and Retreat. In the largest gathering to date, over 300 Emet alumni and staff spent Thanksgiving weekend at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, New Jersey.
The eighth day of Chanukah is known as “Zos Chanukah.” Zos Chanukah has the kedushah of the past seven days of Chanukah built up. The s’farim ha’k’doshim bring down how it’s a very auspicious time to gaze at the eight flames and daven from your heart. The day is m’sugal for one to daven for barren women to have children, for a r’fuah sh’leimah, and for one to be blessed with increased parnasah.
A tradition of togetherness took on greater significance this year when Emet Outreach hosted their ninth annual Couples Shabbaton and Retreat. In the largest gathering to date, over 300 Emet alumni and staff spent Thanksgiving weekend at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, New Jersey.
In recent days, CUNY’s Queens College has seen anti-Semitism rear its ugly head, even during a pro-Israel rally last week. What was meant as a vehicle for pro-Israel sentiment turned nasty as a pro-Palestinian activist approached Jewish students hurling insults, “Go back to Poland. Go back to Germany. That’s where you’re from,” as reported by New York Post. Many of these insidious remarks were captured on video, as Israeli flags were trampled upon by hooligans.
