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I love Purim as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is the owner of a new carpet), but I have to say that the worst part of Purim is the traffic.  On random blocks that are not at all built for traffic.  Like for some reason, all the most popular people live in cul-de-sacs.  The entire Purim is just sitting in your car and watching the cars in front of you make K-turns all day.  And circling the block and quadruple parking while your kid stands inside a teacher’s house or their parent’s friend’s house and waits for their turn to be noticed by whoever lives there. 

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 Amidst a surge in high-profile crimes within New York City’s subway system, Governor Kathy Hochul has deployed nearly 1,000 personnel, including 750 National Guard members, state police, and transit officers, to conduct bag checks at key stations.

Study by Touro professor shows promise for preventing anxiety
during high-stress global events

(New York, NY) --A new study found that people with anxiety who had been treated with therapy before the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely to experience increased anxiety during the pandemic than the general population.

This summer, children across Long Island & Queens will not only immerse themselves in arts, music and chinuch, they’ll be playing a wide range of sports, sharpening their skills, and developing a healthy sense of competition on the field.

Recap: Mr. Greenspan, Zeidy’s friend, drives Akiva to shul for his bar mitzvah lesson. He gives Akiva a bag with silver dollars in it. Akiva puts the little sack down while he practices his leining with the Rabbi. Later, his brother picks him up; and as they’re driving home, he realizes that he doesn’t have the gift from Mr. Greenspan. They head back to the shul to look for the little sack of silver dollars, but they can’t find it. 

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