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JFK Int’t Synagogue Rosh
Hashanah New Year Blessing
In these rather frightening and
unpredictable times, it behooves
us to consider:
“Life is never made unbearable
by circumstances, but only by lack
of meaning and purpose.” Viktor
Frankl
The apostle of positive thinking
and wellness long before the current
popular pop-psychologists,
was the preeminent Viennese psychiatrist
Victor Frankl, the author
of many works, most famously, his
seminal work “Man’s Search for
Meaning”. For three years, he remained
a prisoner of the Holocaust
in Auschwitz and Dachau and at
this horrendous environment discovered
his theories while observing
fellow prisoners and his own
introspection. Instead of thinking
about the life he left behind, he focused
on finding meaning in every
little moment.
Victor Frankl concludes “Man’s
Search for Meaning” telling of his
recollection shortly after his camp
had been liberated. While walking
through the campgrounds just
days after his liberation, he relates
how the countryside around
the camp he was imprisoned at
was free and open—a kind of sight
that once seemed hopeless to him.
In this state of gratitude, Frankl
broke down and fell to his knees.
He would recite over and over
again the following line:
“I called to the L-rd from my
narrow prison and He answered
me in the freedom of space.” Psalm
118:5
May we too immediately merit
a return to our normal, meaningful
lives!
Consider the tens of thousands
of boys and girls, teens and college
students, adults, families, camps,
youth groups, tours, synagogue
groups, Chassidic entourages,
and religious pilgrims of different
faiths vending their way to Israel
via our host Terminal and Chapel.
Consider the thousands of students
in primary and secondary schools
that participate in our art and essay
contests promoting Jewish
pride and love of Israel. May G-d
grant you a year of health, physical
and spiritual abundance and happiness
and may all blessings that
we wish each other be immediately
fulfilled for a most blessed year.
Rabbi Korinblit
JFK International Synagogue
JFK Airport
Letter to the Editor
Why do we need Rapid Covid -19 testing
BY JIM SPARRO
JFK LONGTERM PARKING INC.
In my opinion there are two
main reasons that people are not
traveling, first is personal safety
second is the hardship of a 14 day
quarantine.
On August 26th the CDC said
“reentry requirements for arriving
passengers,such as mandatory
testing or quarantine” .They
say testing or quarantine I choose
testing but I am not offered that
option. Because it is not practical
for example for a family returning
from a weekend trip to quarantine
for 14 days. Kids go back to school
and Dad needs to go back to work
testing is the answer.
Next is personal safety. If Rapid
Covid-19 testing becomes part of
the check in security protocol then
it will insure that all the passengers
on the flight have tested negative
for the virus. This is documented
on an app accessed on your
cell phone. Those who test positive
will have to return from where
they came and quarantine according
to the local government requirements
or take another more
thorough test
Travel by air,sea,road and rail
are what drives our global economy.
If we can implement this testing
at airports on cruise ships in
resorts and theme parks as well as
hotels and a dozen or more venues
we will see an immediate surge in
all types of travel.
Ok you ask who is going to pay
for this Rapid testing. The cost of
the test today is $5. The next question
you have is what about the
vaccine. Even after we have a vaccine
that works we will still need
testing. TESTING is going to be
the new normal and people will
embrace it.
There is a device on the market
today that requires no saliva or
blood sample and gives results in
seconds.
We will all benefit tremendously
from the amount of data
that can be applied to Contact Tracing
in real time on a global scale.
-What can we as individuals
do to get the attention of the Governors
of NY&NJ and ask them to
drop the mandatory 14 day quarantine
that is strangling our economy???
I don’t know the answer
that is why I’m writing this letter.
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