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Ohr Torah Stone Wishes a Very Special 80Th Birthday to Rabbi Shlomo Riskin NSPRINGewsbrie 2020 • 5780 f “You empower our Ohr Torah Stone students, staff, emissaries and soldiers participating in the fight against COVID-19. We are implementing the messages you inspire us to teach and study in the beit midrash to help the needy, the isolated and the lonely, and provide effective leadership for communities across the globe. Thank you.” Rabbi Kenneth Brander President and Rosh HaYeshiva RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN AND RABBI KENNETH BRANDER DANCE WITH THE SEFER TORAH DEDICATED ON RABBI RISKIN’S BEHALF IN HONOR OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. “The tragedy of corona has Ohr Torah Stone Wishes a Very Special given our students the opportunity to be very much 80th Birthday to Rabbi Shlomo Riskin involved in chesed, in helping Ohr Torah Stone celebrated Rabbi Riskin’s birthday in a with health care, visitations to the elderly who are alone, and most fitting tribute, through 24 hours of Torah learning even in many private study in preparation for Shavuot. sessions. Hopefully, our abbi Riskin is a true visionary leader. He has touched the lives of students understand that Rthousands of people through Ohr Torah Stone’s pioneering approach halakha is first and foremost to leadership training and Jewish outreach in Israel and across the about doing chesed to help globe, shaping Modern Orthodox society as we know it. So many people others. throughout the world appreciate his sensitive and forward-thinking approach to Jewish law and living. As the Rambam explains, the central mitzvah of our As Rabbi Riskin has dedicated his life to bringing people closer to Torah, You) והלכת בדרכיו :it seemed most fitting to celebrate his birthday through a day of Torah Torah is learning. From May 27 – May 28, Ohr Torah Stone hosted a full 24 hours shall walk in God’s ways), chief of learning leading up to Shavuot, with 96 classes given by educators from among which is compassion every Ohr Torah Stone program in honor of Rabbi Riskin’s birthday. and loving kindness.” We want to thank Rabbi Riskin for his wisdom, vision and guidance, as we Rabbi Shlomo Riskin wish him a wonderful 80th birthday. Founder and Chancellor 2 OTS NEWSBRIEF Building Jewish Community in the Midst of a Worldwide Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic struck everyone, in every community throughout the world. The scope of Ohr Torah Stone’s work, with emissaries placed in approximately 300 Jewish communities globally, positioned us to help people worldwide face this new and frightening challenge. hanks to your support, Ohr Torah Rabbi Hertig returned to Zurich in 2015 Since before Purim, Rabbi Hertig has been TStone has a special ability to provide to become the Assistant Rabbi of a fielding a host of new questions related to emotional support, Jewish engagement diverse community of 2,600 Jews rang- celebrating holidays and commemorat- and connection through emissaries in ing in Jewish practice from secular to ing life cycle events. “By Purim, we were Jewish communities throughout the Modern Orthodox. In 2017 he was already making adaptions, including live- world. appointed Community Rabbi. He has streaming the megilla reading, which older had to be particularly responsive to and more vulnerable people really appre- community needs in recent months ciated. New questions since then have since the coronavirus crisis began. related to concerns about burying loved “What we do as rabbis and community ones, saying kaddish, and celebrating life- leaders in our daily work and lives is the cycle events. I am already considering the opposite of social distancing. We are many questions that will arise once I am doing outreach work, trying to bring able to reopen the synagogue. The Straus- people closer, visiting the sick and the Amiel staff has been in constant contact elderly. All of our work had to change and Rabbi Brander and Rabbi Birenbaum, dramatically, and we adapted very in particular, have provided invaluable quickly.” guidance on a host of new halakhic issues.” Among the many adaptations was the THE STRAUS-AMIEL STAFF OFFERED GUID- ANCE TO EMISSARIES HELPING COMMUNITIES introduction of weekly online pre- RABBI NOAM HERTIG RECEIVED HIS RABBINICAL THROUGH LIFE’S MOST PAINFUL MOMENTS. Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat programs ORDINATION AND TRAINING THROUGH OHR and on Saturday evening. TORAH STONE. HE IS NOW THE COMMUNITY havdala RABBI OF HIS COMMUNITY IN ZURICH, “People frequently share that it’s the SWITZERLAND. highlight of their week. I think that when the crisis is behind us, we may see many Rabbi Noam Hertig grew up in Zurich, more people in synagogue than before.” Switzerland. Impressed with the leader- ship he showed while working in various According to Madeline, a local commu- roles, in particular with local youth, nity member, “Rabbi Hertig is giving us the community explored his interest in so much during this very difficult time, studying towards rabbinical ordination finding a way to keep us close in every in Israel and then returning to serve the way possible. It is truly ‘living, practicing’ community where he grew up. After Judaism.” researching various rabbinical schools, In many small, remote communities, it became clear that Ohr Torah Stone these emissaries are the address for offered the best option. “I was excited emotional support and Jewish connec- about the opportunity to study at The tion. Today, they are doing this work Beren Academic Center.” Rabbi Hertig through online classes and activities for was ordained through the Joseph all ages, as well as phone calls to provide and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical guidance and comfort. Seminary and received practical tools through the Straus-Amiel Rabbinical Yehuda and Batya Stroll left for Tukoman, Emissary Program. “A rabbi needs to Argentina just over a year ago after know the texts, but also needs tools and completing the Straus-Amiel Rabbinical guidance to be a community leader. The Emissary Program and the Claudia Beren Academic Center offered both.” Cohen Women Educators Institute. SPRING 2020 • 5780 3 According to Rabbi Stroll, “When people hear I’m in Argentina, they compare it to Providing Crucial Support When New York. However, our community is small and far from everything — a two- it’s Most Needed hour flight from the capital, Buenos Aires. We have about 50 active families, When women in chronic crisis face COVID-19, their situations including people of all ages, from young become even more dire; and the role of Yad La’isha: The Monica children through the elderly. We are Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center & Hotline, more critical. there for everyone.” arit is a mother of four children who recently received her Sget (divorce). Tirza Karniel, her social worker from Yad La’isha, continues to counsel her to make sure she has the tools she needs to take care of herself and her family. Because Tirza is in regular contact with her, she understands the details and depth of Sarit’s daily struggles and knows that since the COVID-19 crisis began, her financial situation has worsened, creating major worries about feeding her family. Below is the message FOOD CARDS OFFERED SARIT Sarit shared after she received very generous food card from CRITICAL RELIEF. Yad La’isha to a local supermarket. “I have been unable to work since the COVID-19 crisis began. With four young children home and no job, the situation has been extremely difficult. Yad La’isha has been a lifesaver for me. The food card made such a difference. You should have seen the looks on my children’s faces when I came home from the super- market with the food I bought — you helped me make them so happy.” Yad La’isha’s team of social workers has RABBI YEHUDA AND BATYA STROLL, ALUMNI been working day and night to ensure OF THE AMIEL TRAINING PROGRAMS, CONNECT JEWS TO JEWISH LIFE IN THEIR REMOTE the wellbeing of the women they help — COMMUNITY IN ARGENTINA. women home full-time with a house full of children, enduring the strain of their Rabbi Stroll is a rabbi and Batya is the ongoing battle to obtain a get from their principal of the local Jewish afternoon recalcitrant husbands, and working to school. Together, they run programs for rebuild their lives post-divorce. Most teens and young adults. “I believe our have endured abusive marriages and role here is even more important now. are working hard to build their Because the public schools are not in resilience and be there for their children. session and people are craving routine, Because of their round-the-clock work, we have increased our online religious Yad La’isha’s social workers saw the school hours. We now provide classes YAD LA’ISHA SOCIAL WORKER, MICHAL OR increasing financial distress of so many online daily, rather, than the three times HAS BEEN WORKING NON-STOP TO HELP who lost jobs, and looked for a solution a week that we typically meet. And the HER CLIENTS. to provide for these families’ most basic activities we’ve been doing for teens and needs. Thanks to generous donors, 40 women and their children (200 people) young adults online have more partici- received food support in time for Pesach. Recognizing that the financial strain pants than ever, even attracting people would continue for weeks and possibly months, these families received a food who are more removed religiously.” card in May and June, as well. As they marked the one year anniver- While social workers have worked to alleviate clients’ emotional strain, Yad sary since their arrival in Argentina, the La’isha’s lawyers have continued to advocate using every means available. Strolls received the following thank you Israel’s Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision in a case brought note, “Since you arrived, you have won by Yad La’isha on behalf of an aguna who has been fighting for her freedom for all of our hearts and done an exceptional more than a decade.
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