Today the New York State Board of Regents met to once again discuss the issue of “substantial equivalency” – the legal requirement that private schools provide an education that is at least substantially equivalent to that offered by local public schools. At their meeting this past February, the
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New York Outlines The When And How’s Of A Return To School
New York parents and educators got some long-awaited answers to their back-to-school questions Monday, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying schools will be
ABA Health Committee Organizes Zoom COVID-19 Event
On Thursday, July 2nd, The Alliance of Bukharian Americans Health Committee organized a Zoom seminar, targeted at college students, to explain how
Rep. Meng Delivers On Security Funding
Keeping her promise to deliver Homeland Security funds to her district, Rep. Grace Meng announced this week that $1.6 million in grants has been
CHAZAQ Goes from Zooming to Gradual Reopening
With all the stress and frustration that COVID-19 has brought to the world, one organization found a way to use this terrible period, as a time of
Cool To Be Kind
Great Neck volunteer organization assists families in difficult times
Fountain of Kindness is a remarkable initiative, fostered in the Great Neck
Crushing Ice on Shabbat; Walking on Ice or Snow on Shabbat
The Gemara in Masechet Shabbat (51) discusses the issue of crushing ice or snow on Shabbat. It emerges from the Gemara, as the Shulchan Aruch rules
