My letter in The New York Times about Kohelet Yeshiva’s response to Covid-19

The following is a letter to the editor that I wrote regarding Kohelet Yeshiva’s incredible initiative to help medical professionals who are on the front lines battling Covid-19, which appeared in The New York Times:

Coronavirus in America: A Highlight Reel

April 5, 2020

To the Editor:

Amid a global pandemic that is wreaking havoc on all of us, it was heartwarming to see that my children’s high school found a way to answer the frantic call for help. Kohelet Yeshiva High School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school in Merion Station, Pa., is using the 3-D printers and laser cutter in its fabrication laboratory to produce special protective face shields for medical professionals who are on the front lines battling Covid-19.

The local community is partnering with the school by donating the necessary supplies and funds to help with production costs, and the school has delivered its medically approved face shields to hospitals, our community ambulance corps and local doctors.

Even in the darkest of days, it behooves all of us to go above and beyond the call of duty to help the greater community, and the school’s magnanimity in the midst of a crisis is laudable and uplifting.

N. Aaron Troodler

Bala Cynwyd, Pa.