On Sunday, May 8, at 4 p.m., the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (the Fish Center) at Yeshiva University, is presenting a fascinating lecture by guest speaker public historian Yitzchak Mais.
(Courtesy of CBY) It was with joy and gratitude that Congregation Bnai Yeshurun came together last week for the inaugural Shabbat of Rabbi Elliot Schrier as its Mara D’atra.
#toysagainstterror: Emergency Care Drive Brings Toy Care Packages to Children in Israel By Ronit Mershon | May 20, 2021
As news of Hamas rockets raining down on Israel kept pouring in, Congregation Bnai Yeshurun Youth Directors Rivka and Yehoshua Szafranski felt compelled to do something to help ease the suffering of thousands of Israelis forced to flee to bomb shelters day and night.
Together with the Bnai Yeshurun youth committee, headed by Dr. Doron Katz, Sari Sheinfeld and Henry Orlinsky, the team sprang into action. Dr. Katz reached out to one of his contacts at Colel Chabad, knowing that the organization already has a well-established infrastructure and abundant network of volunteers to help facilitate this initiative. When he asked the organization what the kids really needed most, he was told they needed things to do while spending their time in shelters.
Etai (on the ambucycle) and members of the Rimel family at the dedication ceremony, Jan. 31, 2021.
On December 1, 2019, the Rimel family was devastated when an Arab driver hit their car at high speed on Highway 443 near Givat Zeâev, killing Tzipi Rimel and her three-week-old daughter Noam. The accident left the father, Ephraim Rimel, crippled, and his son, Etai, in a coma in critical condition. Ephraim and Etai were treated at the scene by United Hatzalah volunteers and later transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
Etai recovered slowly and required numerous surgeries to repair the damage to his body. He lost his left leg from the knee down. Like his father, Etai now requires a wheelchair to get around. Six months after the horrific accident, Etai, who was 12 at the time, was released from the hospital and continues intense rehabilitation therapy at Alyn Hospital.