THE AGUDAH’S
RESPONSE TO THE
March 4: Yeshiva Services fills in NYS schools with information from Departments of Education and Health about the virus and prevention tips.
March 5: Yeshiva Services sends NYC schools survey from the NYCDOE about school preparedness for coronavirus in terms of cleaning supplies, masks, etc.; Agudath Israel of Illinois conference call with Rabbi Zev Cohen and Dr. Norman Blumenthal
March 6: Agudath Israel of California sends out memo to community; Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah sends out Kol Korei about increasing Tehillim and Tefillah on Taanis Esther in light of coronavirus outbreak
March 12: Agudah polls Rabbanim around the country to see how coronavirus outbreak is affecting their kehillos to see what Agudah could do to help
March 13: Agudah sends out updated FAQs and guidance to communities
March 15: Agudah releases urgent update/ recommendations for shuls and schools; Agudah presents first in a series of Virtual Asifas with R’ Elya Brudy, R’ Binyomin Cohen, and R’ Yisroel Reisman on “A Torah Perspective on Coronavirus”; Agudah of Colorado creates the Denver COVID-19 Taskforce comprised of doctors Rabbonim and leaders; Agudah NJ Office sends out statement to constituency regarding school closures
March 16: Virtual Asifa continues with R’ Yaakov Bender, R’ Eitan Feiner, R’ Elysha Sandler on “A Torah Perspective on Coronavirus”;
NYC schools provided with guidance regarding school closures after statement from the mayor; Yeshiva Services sends out information to NYC schools about getting reimbursed under NPSE for deep cleaning
March 17: Yeshiva Services sends information NYS schools regarding Governor Cuomo’s executive order closing schools; Office of State Relations contacts Chief Coroner of Clark County Nevada about proposed cremation rule for COVID victims; Due to people sheltering in place, list of Daf Yomi resources is sent to the Agudah email list; Bnos, Pirchei, and Masmidei programs for children begin; Virtual Asifa continues in Yiddish with R’ Binyomin Eisenberger, R’ Yechiel Mechel Steinmetz, R’ Asher Eckstein
March 18: Agudah of Illinois launches community website for all COVID-19 resources, services and information; Virtual Asifa continues with R’ Zev Cohen, R’ Nosson Muller, R’ Efraim Twerski; Moetzes release Kol Korei calling for fasting and tefillah; Agudah of Florida issues Kol Korei on initial steps to protect the community as Covid becomes an issue;
Agudah’s Washington
office works on getting
our community’s
concerns addressed
soon-to-be passed
CARES Act
March 19: Torah Projects convenes conference call for Rabbonim addressed by Dr. Pelcovitz regarding emotional health during this crisis; Yom Kippur Kattan tefillos are sent out to be said on this day of taanis; Bnos updates their hotline due to school being closed. They add Tehillim contests, midah of the week, raffles etc.
March 20: Office of State Relations creates national task force joining 30 communities to share information and resources; Office of State Relations records and distributes Dayan Shmuel Fuerst video message to Stay Home and Save Lives; Daf Yomi Commission sends out recomendations of what to learn to enhance sidrei limmud; Ki Heim Chayeinu launches Shas and Mishnayos in a day programs
March 22: Ki Heim Chayeinu launches Shas and Mishnayos in a day programs
March 23: Ki Heim Chayeinu releases inspirational video about learning;
Agudah NJ Office sends out action alert imploring Congress to help non-profits and struggling families during this financially difficult time; Yeshiva Services sends out an email urging people to tell Congress to help struggling non-profits and families; Yeshiva services sends out a COVID update to schools; Agudah issues second joint statement with major Orthodox organizations regarding Pesach preparation and travel; Halachah webinar with R’ Moshe Heineman regarding halachic pointers in these unprecidented times; Agudah NJ Office sends out a list of financial resources to school administrators
Regional offices create
phone and email
hotlines for people
needing guidance
regarding COVID
issues
March 24: Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah joins Moetzos in Israel in calling for Yom Tefillah for Wednesday 3/25; Agudah’s Communications Department begins daily newsletter updates with vital information and resources; Yeshiva Services sends out update to school administrators and prinicipals regarding mandated services; Yeshiva services sends out action alert to call Senator Schumer about CARES Act;
During the coronavirus pandemic, Agudah mobilized all its resources to
help the Klal across the country. This is just a small snapshot of Agudah’s
activities for the months of March to August. Please help with your
generous support so we can continue doing our vital work.
Yeshiva services sends out update from NYC DOE to schools; SBCO launches emergency mortgage hotline to help with mortgage and bank loan questions
March 25: Agudah NY Office starts sending out regular updates and information for NY residents; Halacha webinar with R’ Zev Cohen regarding halachic pointers in these unprecedented times; Ki Heim Chayeinu partners with Shivti to start special Pesach learning program
March 26: Agudah presents webinar about CARES Act
Klal Yisroel Helping
Klal Yisroel campaign
is launched, leading to
more than $6 million
distributed to those
affected by COVID
March 27: Agudah NJ office puts together team of professionals to help people with questions about financial resources; Annual Agudah Overseas Passover Campaign launched; Pirchei adds many new features to their hotlineMarch 30: Agudah of Illinois puts together and launches financial assistance guidance task force (for Payroll Protection Program, the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, Unemployment Insurance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and other local govt programs, including utility, mortgage and rent relief programs), with a team of staff and trained volunteers fielding hundreds of calls, emails, etc.; Torah Projects division launches virtual Yarchei Kallah program with prominent Rabbonim giving shiurim every day; Torah Projects begins pre-Pesach live teleconference series
March 31: Chayim Aruchim releases statement commendeing U.S. government agencies for ensuring that fair and equitable care be provided; Agudah of Florida sends out guide on Cares Act and State funded programs
April 1: Agudah convenes conference call with Rebbetzins and Dr. Pelcovitz about challenges that their kehillos are facing right now; Agudah of Ohio successfully lobbies to protect and expand EdChoice scholarship program by making hundrends of additional students eligible
April 2:Agudah of Maryland works with the govenor’s office to keep mikvaos open; Agudah holds webinar about the SBA PPP protocols; Agudah regional offices publishes guidance for non-profits, businesses, and individuals in their states regarding financial resources during coronavirus; PCS launches several online courses; Agudah releases video exhorting families to celebrate Pesach separately
April 3: Chayim Aruchim releases statement about respirator removals; Bnos launches virtual senior visitation program; Bnos announces pen pal program with girls around the country
April 5: Agudah extends Virtual Yarchei Kallah program another week; Masmidei HaSiyum launches Pesach chazarah program
April 6,: “Davka Achshav” letter of chizuk from the Moetzes is sent out; Agudah of Flordia convenes Chizuk Asifa with Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro; Agudah releases joint statement with major Orthodox organizations about celebrating Pesach and Chol Hamoed; Chayim Aruchim urges everyone to sign a halachic medical directive; Ki Heim Chayeinu releases another inspirational video about limud Torah
Special shiur for
medical professionals
from R’ Asher Weiss
about COVID-19
medical shailos
April 7: Office of State Relations arranges conference lines to broadcast the levaya of the Novominsker Rebbbe ZTVK’L to more than ten thousand people from around the world
April 8: Torah Projects arranges several virtual Siyum Bechoros (erev Pesach); Agudah works with the National Association of Chevra Kadisha (NASCK) to issue burial guidelines
Agudah coordinates
with hospitals across
the country to identify
eligible donors for
plasma donations
April 12: Chol Hamoed virtual Yarchei Kallah program begins; Pirchei starts special Pesach Hasmadah and Yeshivas Chol Hamoed programs
April 14, 2020: A Agudah releases statement condemning recent anti-Semitism; Agudah of Colorado introduces the Agudah/Chasdei Lev matching grant to local Rabbonim
April 15: Agudah of Ohio helps constituents obtain pulse oximeters
April 19: Agudah and United Task Force organize conference call with Dr. David Pelcovitz about the role of the new home school parent; Virtual Yarchei Kallah program continues due to great demand; Pirchei reaches out to kids with two live story tellers
April 20: Midwest Agudas Yisroel releases booklet with halachos and short essays about sefiras ha’omer
April 21: Bnos launches virtual Sefirah shmiras halashon program; Ki Heim Chayeinu releases new video about limud haTorah
April 22: NYC starts providing kosher lunches for students thanks to the work of Yeshiva Services and others; Pirchei starts the Ten Minutes of Tehillim daily program; Agudah releases a thank you to responsible members of the media; Agudah partners with the NY Blood Center, furthering the plasma drive efforts; Agudah of Maryland helps organize huge antibody testing drive
April 24: Chayim Aruchim works with Lenox Hill hospital to hire a patient liason so that patients and family can communicate
April 26: Yarchei Kallah continues
April 27: Ki Heim Chayeinu releases new video about limud haTorah; Agudah hosts call with MK Litzman, Ambassador Dayan, and US doctors and professionals about dealing with coronavirus in Israel
April 28: Project LEARN, among others, works with NYC to get iPads for private school students with disabilites; Office of State Relations conducts a very successful absentee ballot get out the vote campaign in Ohio
April 28: PCS starts free one-on-one business consulting for those in need;
April 28:
Agudah convenes
an Azkarah for the
Novominsker Rebbe
ZTVK”L that is
livestreamed to nearly
60,000 people
April 29: Agudah releases a statement regarding Mayor de Blasio’s tweet to the Jewish community; Pirchei partners with Night Seder America - a nightly Gemara learning program with close to 1,200 boys; Bnos One-on-One program has a virtual big and little sister event with over 100 pairs
April 30: The Conference of Agudah Midwest Rabbanim convenes a call for all of their Rabbanim to discuss how to keep up with and engage their congregations at this time
May 1: Agudah of Ohio successfully lobbies to allow camps to open; Agudah of Illinois expands Summer Food Service Program from Illinois to Michigan, and over following months is successful in four more states (IN, MN, MO, WI) for a total of 6 states, currently serving over 125,000 kosher meals every week throughout the Midwest
May 3, 2020: Yarchei Kallah program continues
May 4: Agudah joins with religious groups in sending letter to Congress asking for critically needed items to be inserted in the legislative package
May 5: Bnos starts virtual Shabbos Tehillim groups
May 6: Agudah and OU cohost a briefing with U. S. Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
May 7: Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel is added to the NYC Mayor’s Education Taskforce; Rabbi Avi Schnall is added to (Government’s) NJ Governor’s Advisory Council; Pirchei releases a long list of programs they have for boys; Rabbi Ariel Sadwin recites prayer at White House event
May 8: Agudah partners with Eis L’kol Neshama program; Agudah releases national COVID reopening guidance for Shuls
May 10: Agudah-led Association of Jewish Camp Operators (AJCO) writes letter to Governor Cuomo with proposed safety plan for sleepaway camps; Agudah hosts Maintaining Tranquility in Our Homes panel; Daf Yomi Commission holds chizuk asifa for maggidei shiur
May 11: Agudath Israel joins federal, state and city officials in urging hospitals to implement volunteer programs to support Coronavirus patients; Agudah hosts webinar with Roth and Co on Maximizing PPP Loan Foregiveness
May 12, 2020: Class Codes program for Yeshiva and Bais Yaakov students begins
May 13, 2020: Agudah Live with Rabbi Shlomo Soroka and Avi Greenstein on Klal Yisroel’s response to COVID
May 14: Agudah of Ohio starts series of nightly virtual shiurim leading up to Shavuos; Bnos releases full list of all their virtual programs; Masmidei HaSiyum makes expanded Hasmodah program
Agudah holds Q & A
session with rabbonim
about reopening
guidance
May 15: Agudah of Florida issues Kol Korei with local Rabbonim on how to begin re-opening Shuls
May 19: Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel meets with the NYS governor’s office about summer camp, houses of worship; Agudah releases statement on religious expression in New York; Agudah releases statement applauding Governor Cuomo’s NYS hospital visitation project after intense lobbying on the issue
May 20: Rabbi Shlomo Soroka appointed to Chicago Mayor’s faith-based reopening task force - ensuring the guidance includes feasible, safe, and accommodating reopening plans for shuls; Agudah statement welcoming NYS new allowance for 10 people gathering for worship; Agudah’s NJ office shares CARES Act guidance for schools; Agudah Live with Rabbi Ariel Sadwin and Rabbi Yehudah Kaszirer; Rabbi Yeruchim Silber gives opening prayer at the Bruderhof Virtual Garden Brunch
May 21: Project LEARN hosts webinar with Dr. Pelcovits for parents of special ed students
May 22: Bnos launches Chesed Week program leading up to Shavuos; Agudah applauds US DOJ for filing lawsuit against Jackson Township
May 25: Special Pirchei pre-Shavuos program; Office of State Relations participates in a Zoom meeting with Ontario Minister of Labor, 3 members of Parliament, and Vaad HaRabonim of Toronto to discuss reopening shuls
May 26: Agudah Live with Rabbi Labish Becker and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld; Agudah of Florida convenes Chizuk Asifa with HaRav Avrohom Schorr
Kol Korei on kedushas
bais knesses released
by Moetzes Gedolei
HaTorah
May 27: Guidance on P-EBT food benefits released; Siyum Live V’Nismach Shavuos event; Agudath Israel of California releases statement on shuls reopening
May 28: Agudah of Maryland works with Baltimore County Executive office to enable shuls to have access to indoor learning/ davening over Shavuos - two days ahead of the County’s Phase One order
June 2: Agudah intercedes to make sure no religious conflicts with NYC curfew
June 3: Agudah Live with Rabbi Eliezer Feuer and Rabbi Dovid Becker on the topic of summer camps; Statement on death of George Floyd and protests; Torah Project Division organizes virtual Rabbonim asifah
June 4: Agudath Israel welcomes flexibility on Paycheck Loans, after aggressive advocacy toward that goal
June 5: Agudah of Florida activities update via video on its activities; Agudah thanks NY governor for NY day camps being allowed to open; Agudah of Florida begins process to obtain guidelines for camps to reopen
June 7, 2020: Video released about sleepaway camps needing to open
June 7, 2020: Yarchei Kallah still ongoing, with hundreds of participants
June 7: Video released about sleepaway camps needing to open; Yarchei Kallah still ongoing, with hundreds of participants; Agudah partners with Chazaq on webinar “Just Put it Away” regarding cellphones
June 8: Agudath Israel of California lauds Governor Newsom’s decision to reopen schools and camps after extensive lobbying; Agudath Israel hails Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order allowing in-person special education services after concerted lobbying from Project LEARN
June 9: Agudah of Maryland secures permission from Baltimore County health department to hold large outdoor, socially distanced graduation ceremonies for a number of local schools
June 10: Agudah is cohost of Camp Corona event about summer camps under corona; Rabbi Avi Schnall, Rabbi Shlomo Soroka and Rabbi AD Motzen co-host Elementary and Secondary School Education Relief (ESSER) funding webinar, assisting schools nationwide in navigating the process of accessing critical funding for education; Video update from Rabbi Shlomo Soroka on Agudah of Illinois activities; Agudah Live with Rabbi AD Motzen and Rabbi Paysach Freedman on US/Canada border closing and visas to Israel; Bnos holds virtual national leaders event
June 12: Agudah issues strong statement on NYS sleepaway camps closure after months of lobbying for overnight camps to open; Agudah sends letter to Governor Cuomo regarding sleepaway camps
June 14:
Yeshiva Services
division holds
webinar for school
administrators about
ESSA funding
June 15: Agudah of Ohio successfully lobbies to limit state budget cuts and to increase funding for nonpublic schools through CARES funds
June 17: New York office releases public service message about NY primaries; Agudah Live with Rabbi Yeruchim Silber and Rabbi Shlomo Pfeiffer on the topic of sleepaway camps; Agudah praises FEMA for enhancing participation of houses of worship in disaster aid, after lobbying to that end; Census turnout activities ongoing
June 18: Mrs. Leah Steinberg is appointed to New York State Education Department’s Task Force on Reopening Schools; Agudah of Colorado orders thousands of free masks to distribute to the community; Agudah-led AJCO files lawsuit: “Open Overnight Camps!”
June 19: Rabbi Yeruchim Silber interviewed on Kol Mevaser; Daf Yomi Commission debuts Iyunim B’hilchos Shabbos program; Agudah files Amicus brief in lawsuit about inequitable rules for shul attendance in NYS; Pirchei Live grand finale program; Rabbi Shlomo Soroka appointed to Chicago Mayor’s faith-based reopening task force - ensuring the guidance includes feasible, safe, and accommodating reopening plans for yeshivos and Jewish day schools
June 20: Agudah of Illinois creates special Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Helpdesk, successfully helping dozens of constituents apply for, and appeal, UI and PUA benefits
June 22: Daf Yomi Commission shares virtual Daf Yomi shiur directory; Agudah and Roth and Co hold PPP Loan Forgiveness webinar; Bnos starts new program helping seniors with vouchers and food; AJCO requests Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to keep sleepaway camps open
June 23: Agudah supports DOJ in Letter to Mayor de Blasio Highlighting Constitutional Inequities in NYC
June 24: Camp Agudah Day Camp celebrates 10 years anniversary; expands day camp because of COVID-19
June 25, 2020: Torah Projects Division holds webinar for Rabbonim and mental health professionals;
Agudah lobbies for fair
treatment of private
schools in Coronavirus
Relief
June 26: Court Blocks NY Executive Authority to Limit Shuls, Vindicating Agudah’s Claim
June 27: Agudah of Ohio successfully lobbies to allow schools to open
June 29: Video update from Ari Weisenfeld on Census activities
June 30: Agudath Israel of California releases statement opposing Los Angeles City Council’s motion to reassign LAPD budget; Grand Finale for Bnos Shimras Halashon Program held; AJCO presents arguments in sleepaway camp case; Agudath Israel hails Supreme Court ruling that religious schools may not be barred from scholarship program
July 1: Agudah of Illinois launches passport and visa assistance division, assisting with expediting dozens of passports and visas through congressional offices and Israel’s Midwest Consulate Agudah Live with Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel discussing Espinoza Supreme Court decision
July 2: Rabbi Ariel Sadwin joins Maryland Higher Education Commission COVID workgroup to assist with reopening of post-high school yeshivos/seminaries
July 3, 2020: Agudath Israel of Ohio supports Governor DeWine on Ohio Reopening Guidelines after collaborating together
July 6, 2020: FEMA expands NPSG program, after extensive lobbying from Agudah and others; PCS Lakewood office offers free consulations supporting small businesses; Agudah protests decision to keep New York State overnight camps closed this summer
July 7, 2020: After intense advocacy by Agudah, NYC Board of Health decides to allow childcare programs; Atlanta community begins distributing 6,000 meals per week after receiving assistance and advice from Agudah
July 9, 2020: Agudah of Ohio successfully lobbies to preserve busing for nonpublic school students; Midwest Agudas Yisroel Council of Synagogue Rabbonim presents sefer on the halachos of Shiva Asar B’Tamuz, the Three Weeks, and Tisha B’Av;
In case Agudah filed
amicus brief on, U.S
Supreme Court rules
in favor of greater
autonomy for religious
institutions
July 12, 2020: Agudath Israel partners in hosting COVID-19 plasma drive in Fallsburg
July 13, 2020: Torah Projects Division begins Summer of Torah lecture series
July 14, 2020: Rabbi Yitz Frank of Agudah of Ohio shares video update
July 14, 2020: Rabbi Yitz Frank of Agudah of Ohio shares video update; After Board of Regents meets on Substantial Equivalence, Agudah looks forward to continue participating in the process
July 15, 2020: PCS Real Estate Course begins remotely; Agudah of Colorado works with Agudah of Illinois and local institutions to set up a distribution of over 2000 free kosher weekly meals for children under 18
July 17, 2020: Agudah moves to join as co-defendant with Village of Chestnut Ridge in Federal Court in support of Shul’s rights; Action Alert re: school choice bill released: “Our Schools and Families are Hurting and Need Your Help!”
July 20, 2020: Agudah of Ohio helps constituents obtain COVID-19 tests
July 21, 2020: Agudath Israel applauds the US DOJ for action against Village of Airmont; Agudah and other Jewish organizations urge Supreme Court to address religious accommodation in the workplace
July 22, 2020: Bnos Nine Days hotline begins; Bnos Senior Virtual Visitation program begins
July 23, 2020: Agudah of Florida opens a passport assistance division to help seminary and yeshiva students obtain their passport to travel to Eretz Yisroel
July 24, 2020: Agudah of Maryland-led MD COVID Plasma Initiative relaunches efforts to secure additional COVID plasma in response to requests from states with new infection outbreaks
July 25, 2020: Agudah of Colorado sets up weekly distribution of hundreds of free boxes of fresh produce in 4 locations
July 26, 2020: Torah Project Cholim on Tisha B’Av Webinar
July 27, 2020: PCS Software and Web Development Course hosts virtual open house
July 28, 2020: Torah Projects Hachana shiur on inyanei d’yoma
July 29, 2020: Agudah issues statement on census participation; Agudath Israel regional offices help constituents obtain passports; Agudah of California lobbies intensely to reopen schools and released a statement; Agudath Israel of America joined 38 national and state organizations in an amicus curiae brief filed in Michigan v. DeVos
July 30, 2020: Bnos Virtual Tisha B’Av Event; Bnos Chessed Creativity Contest
July 31, 2020: Urging the Jewish community to participate in the Census, Agudah creates Census raffle
August 2, 2020: The Daf Yomi Commission Hilchos Shabbos Halachah L’maaseh Series begins
August 3, 2020: Agudah of Maryland coordinates multi-level response to a Montgomery County, MD decision to prevent private schools from opening, leading to Governor Hogan’s modification of a previous executive order.
August 4, 2020: Agudah takes leadership role in Plasma Drive in South Fallsburg, NY
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