NYC Mayor’s Jewish Advisory Council holds second meeting.
‍Launched in June, the mayor’s new Jewish Advisory Council held its second meeting on Monday, at the headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League. When it was announced, the council drew criticism for underrepresentation of women and non-Orthodox Jewish leaders.
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Agudah says U.S. officials should not comment on Israeli judicial overhaul.
‍Agudath Israel of America, an organization that advocates for Haredi causes, released a statement on Wednesday saying it took no position on the Israeli judicial overhaul, and it does not think U.S. lawmakers and officials should comment, either. Last week, many American Jewish groups spoke out after Israel’s government signed off on a law that limits the Supreme Court’s power to review government decisions.
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Israeli outlet interviews World Jewish Congress leader who grew up Hasidic.
‍“From the place and the way I grew up, I didn't know that there was even a life like the one I'm living now,” said Sara Friedman, the chief marketing officer for the World Jewish Congress, in an interview with the Israeli news outlet Ynet News. Friedman, who grew up in the Ger Hasidic community in Boro Park and Monsey, said she now serves as a mentor to other Haredi women.
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Haredi man named valedictorian of NYPD training academy.
‍Samuel Winsbacher, a 25-year-old member of the Chabad-Lubavitcher community in Monsey, was named valedictorian of the New York Police Department training academy, according to Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He will now join a division that patrols a section of the Bronx.
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New York State clarifies rules on corporal punishment.
‍The New York Board of Regents, which supervises all education in New York State, voted earlier this month to update its regulations, clarifying rules around corporal punishment in schools, News 10 reports. The New York Times reported in September that teachers in many Haredi boys’ schools have regularly smacked, slapped and kicked their students. Weeks later, a report from the Times Union found similar problems in public schools.
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Haredi charity organization provides burial to woman without relatives.
‍The organization Chesed Shel Emes stepped in recently to arrange the burial of a 68-year-old woman who had no next of kin, according to the New York Daily News. The woman, Joyce Greenberg, was struck and killed by a car in Kensington, two blocks from her home.