Imagine a Jew who has never heard of Shavuos. There are thousands in New York City alone. This reality is shattering for the future of the Jewish people. Enter Emet Outreach. For the past 16 years, this dynamic, Queens-based kiruv organization has been on the spiritual frontlines — helping unaffiliated Jews reconnect with Judaism, embrace Torah and mitzvos and ultimately build strong Jewish families. Emet offers multifaceted programming to guide and support individuals through every stage of their religious journey. Initiatives start at the college level and continue with young professionals and young couples.  Right now, Emet is in the final stretch of a critical Charidy campaign to continue their life-changing, transformative work.

First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought she had recovered from COVID-19. Doctors said she just needed rest. And for several days, no one suspected her worsening symptoms were related — until a May 4 video call, when her physician heard her slurred speech and consulted a specialist. “You’ve had two strokes,” a neurologist told her at the hospital. The Hopkinton, New Hampshire, mother of three is only 43. Blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and dangerous blockages in the legs and lungs are increasingly being found in COVID-19 patients, including some children.

IDF Sgt. Shadi Ibrahim, a Druze IDF combat soldier in Brigade 401, who was badly injured a week and a half ago in a ramming attack near Chevron, was released from the ICU on Monday. Unfortunately, Ibrahim, 21, had to have his leg amputated due to his serious injuries. He also had numerous other surgeries. But Ibrahim is not letting the loss of his leg daunt him, saying when he woke up in the hospital: “I want to go back to my soldiers…nothing will break me.” He recorded a video message from his hospital bed, thanking everyone who sent him encouraging messages: הלוחם שאדי איברהים שנפצע בשבוע שעבר בפיגוע הדריסה מדבר מבית החולים ואומר שהוא בסדר, מודה לכל מי ששלח לו הודעות ודואגים לו, גאים בך איברהים היקרומאחלים לך רפואה שלימה ❗

The public is asked to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Brisk in Yerushalayim. The Rosh Yeshiva was hospitalized on Monday at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after a fall in his home. Rav Soloveitchik, 98, has suffered from a variety of medical issues in recent months. The tzibur is asked to daven for Meshulam Dovid ben Alte Hendel. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

How many times have you rushed your child to the doctors’ office? How many times have you called your pediatrician in the middle of the night? How much time and attention has your pediatrician given you? Now, it is your turn to give a little something for our pediatricians! Please show support and help us reach the goal for this Sefer Torah Campaign. This Sefer Torah Campaign is both: in loving memory of Dr. Harvey Hirsch – נפתלי הירץ אנשיל בן קלונימוס ז”ל – and as a heartfelt Zechus Refuah Shelaima for יבלחט”א Dr. Chaim Kaweblum – חיים בן שרה – who is in desperate need of our Tefillos as he fights this virus. https://www.rayze.it/rofeiyisrael/?aff=YWN01  

The trading floor of the New York Stock exchange reopened Tuesday for the first time in two months and the state legislature was set to reconvene as the state relaxed more restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Traders cheered as Gov. Andrew Cuomo rang the opening bell of the Stock Exchange, which had been closed since March when the state shut down in the face of the virus. Under rules put in place to prevent a resurgence, traders will be required to wear masks and stay 6 feet apart. Anyone entering the Exchange will be asked to avoid public transportation. The legislature will be in session Tuesday for the first time since the coronavirus forced lawmakers home after they passed the state budget in April.

The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a disturbing incident that occurred on Tuesday morning on Yeshiva Lane, when a man attempted to run over a senior staff member at Yeshiva Ner Yisroel with a vehicle. Sources tell YWN that at around 7:45AM, a staff member had just gotten into his car outside the Yeshiva, when a man deliberately rammed his vehicle into his car. The man managed to get out of his car and run inside the Yeshiva building. The suspect then continued his rampage, driving at a high-rate of speed and began chasing another senior staff member of the high school with his vehicle. Eyewitnesses say that he missed striking him by inches, as the suspect drove at a high rate of speed. Police responded in seconds, and managed to apprehend him and take him into custody.

When the Coronavirus hit New York – almost without warning – Jewish day schools, Yeshivos and Mesivtos had to scramble to find a solution for schooling kids from home while keeping them engaged – without free access to the internet. Yeshiva Ohavei Torah in Riverdale is known for not only its top-notch learning in both Torah and secular studies, but its warm atmosphere and individualized attention. It’s a place where no boy falls through the cracks. How could Ohavei maintain its unique atmosphere and commitment to excellence remotely? In mid-March, when the Yeshiva sent the boys home from its dorms, Rabbi Chaim Pechter, the Menahel of Ohavei, instituted teleconferencing classes, and the full schedule of phone meetings went right up until Pesach- literally.

Out of town students now have the unique opportunity to join the acclaimed PCS Masters in Accounting program fully online! Since 2005 students have recognized this as an easy path to a stable and lucrative parnassah. With a 96% Placement Rate, PCS/Agudath Israel has decades of relationships with hundreds of top tier firms, where graduates have been placed since 2005. What employers are saying about the program…  “I find that the PCS graduates are well prepared for the workforce. I attribute that to the quality of their education.” Zvi Weissman Senior Tax Manager, National Tax, Ernst & Young LLP “The training PCS students acquire have them suitably prepared to assume vital roles in our Accounting and Operations and Acquisitions departments.

Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has waged much of his campaign from his home in Wilmington. When Biden emerged on Monday, he wore a face mask, in contrast to President Donald Trump, who has refused to cover his face in public as health officials suggest. Biden and his wife, Jill, laid a wreath of white flowers tied with a white bow, and bowed their heads in silence at the park. He saluted. “Never forget the sacrifices that these men and women made,” he said after.