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Community Articles/Community Announcements
For many decades, there stood a Catholic school named St. Agnes Seminary on the corner of Avenue R and East 23rd Street in the Madison section of Brooklyn. Over the years, the noticeable demographic shift in the neighborhood could no longer be denied. The predominantly mixed neighborhood of both Chr...
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Community Articles/Community Events
A career can be defined as one's occupation or profession, which shows a person's progress or course of action through life. Recently, the 9th grade students of Magen David Yeshivah High School enjoyed an informative program, offering many ideas and suggestions when selecting a career. This comprehe...
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Community Articles/Community Events
The serenity and peaceful nature of the summertime gives us all a chance to take a step back and relax for a few months. With that in mind, Magen David's PTA coordinated three summer events that were uplifting and enjoyable.
10/11/2007 | 321 Hits |  (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
The overcast skies and threat of rain did not deter the excited crowd of community members that gathered on a June morning to mark a momentous occasion. They had all gathered on 67th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to witness the unveiling of a plaque that designated the Magen David Synagogue a New ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
As we embark into the 21st century, Magen David Celia Esses High School is forging the path for our youth. In a competitive global world, MDY students are offered a unique opportunity to develop their leadership skills. From advanced individualized academic programs to a vast array of extra-curricul...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Magen David Yeshivah hosted a ‘Girl's Night Out' talent show to raise money for the Koby Mandell Foundation, recently. Many talented girls delighted the audience with their exceptional and gifted performances, raising money for such an important foundation.
04/30/2008 | 137 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
It is a privilege to bear witness to some of our community's most monumental events: the opening of a new school, the establishment of a new synagogue, or the completion of a Judaic and cultural center. In 2004, Magen David Yeshivah, which for 52 years had been educating and molding our children at ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Magen David Yeshivah recently held its annual Hanukah carnival. While enjoying Hanukah, the students were treated to a well deserved day off, and what better way to spend the day than at a fun-filled carnival! The children were treated to two floors of fun and games. Carnival rides, arts and crafts,...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Recently, Magen David's sixth grade girls celebrated the wonderful bond that is shared only between a mother and daughter. After many months of preparation, the girls were thrilled and excited to perform before their mothers, aunts, sisters, grandmothers and even great-grandmothers.
04/29/2008 | 162 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Events
During Maimonides Medical Center’s 14th Annual Cardiac Symposium in December, the Maimonides Cardiac Institute honored Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, the pioneering surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant there 40 years ago. Following the tribute, Dr. Kantrowitz spoke about his...
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Community Articles/Health
Maimonides Medical Center has been recognized with a five-star rating for clinical excellence in women's health services, based on a recently published study by HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings company. This places Maimonides in the top 10 % of hospitals in the nati...
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Community Articles/Health
Maimonides Medical Center is one of only three hospitals in the nation to achieve excellent ratings in both heart attack and heart failure patient outcomes.
07/30/2007 | 131 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Health
Getting sick during a vacation can do more than spoil a trip. It can also lead to long-term negative health consequences. Diseases that have been eradicated in the United States are still active in certain countries, and the water supply is not always safe for drinking.
Fortunately, people can ...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
Patients from around the region and the country come to Maimonides Medical Center seeking the experience and skill of the hospital's cardiac and vascular surgeons, orthopedists, spine surgeons, pediatric surgeons and numerous other surgical specialists. They come because the Departments of Surgery a...
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Community Articles/Health
What is metabolism? Your metabolism, experts say, involves a complex network of hormones and enzymes that not only convert food but also affect how efficiently you burn that fuel. Our metabolism establishes the rate at which we burn our calories and, ultimately, how quickly we gain and how easily we...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
The writing, aka graffiti, is on the wall—the walls of buildings, storefront gates, mail boxes, fire hydrants, light poles, traffic signal boxes and more—it is everywhere! But it doesn't have to be.
You don't see it on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street or in neighborhoods such as Park S...
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Community Articles/Health
Miri gets so worried about her tests at school that she develops severe headaches. Nothing I say seems to relax her tension. What should I do?
08/06/2007 | 209 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/NY News
One of 39 prohibited melahot (labors) on Shabbat is carrying an object from a reshut hayahid (a private domain) to a reshut harabim (a public domain). The Torah does permit carrying within the reshut hayahid itself. Therefore, precise definition of reshut hayahid and reshut harabim is crucial to the...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Mattan Basseter and its three principal members, Aslan Bawabeh, Elias (Eli) Levy and Itzchak (Zaki) Sardar were recently honored with the Keter Shem Tov Award by The Yeshiva of Manhattan Beach.
Mattan Basseter, which literally translates as “gift giving in secrecy,” is a fitting des...
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Community Articles/Community Events
As I close my eyes, I think of which direction I want to go. As a healthy teen, I have so many choices. There are many different doors; some open, some closed, some looking exactly the same, and some distinctive and unlike the others. Either way, whichever door I choose to go through, I will be on m...
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