May 2026
Joshua Zucker
Shalom Chaveirim,
I would like to extend a Hakarat HaTov (big thank you) to brother Lee Stanton and sister Sara Saltzman-Izon for running our April meeting at Chabad of Riverdale. We had the privilege of hearing from our brother, Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matter Michael Matters Michael Gerber. Our members accepted the nomination of Rabbi Kogan by the nominating committee and elected him as our new Spiritual Director. Rabbi Kogan has asked that we appoint an Assistant Spiritual Director to help him in his new role. Our constitution states:
The President shall appoint a committee of five members to interview candidates for the position of Spiritual Director and to recommend to the Board of Directors its choice for the position. The Spiritual Director must be a duly ordained rabbi and a resident of the City of New York. If an Assistant Spiritual Director is to be appointed, the above procedure shall be followed in the appointment. The Spiritual Director shall be a member of the search Given the momentous occasion and importance of this task I feel that giving this responsibility to only four members plus Rabbi Kogan would not be proper.
Therefore, the committee of five will be assisted by an additional five members who will help screen candidates but not have voting powers.
I would like to thank brother Gal Tal for representing our society at the 1 Police Plaza memorial service which took place on April 28 and brother Elliot Zinstein for representing our society at the Albany memorial on May 5. Shomrim of D.C. will host it’s annual Kaddish Service on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. The service and reception will take place at 441 4th Street NW, two blocks from the memorial.
I look forward to seeing everyone at our Monthly meeting on Monday May 18 at the Tribeca Synagogue, as well as the annual Celebrate Israel Day Parade on Sunday May 31. If any active members are interested in marching, please contact me.
Joshua Zucker, President