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Connecting to Tehillim
My connection to Tehillim began when I was
12 years old and part of a bas mitzva celebration with six other girls on a
Sunday morning at Congregation Agudas Achim Anshe Sphard, in Lower Park
Heights. In the faded green play folder I saved from the 50s is a cantata on “The
Seven Days of Creation,” written by Rabbi Harry Bolensky. In the cantata, Rabbi
Bolensky wrote “King David looked up and sang
Hashamayim misaprim kvod Kel,
uma’aseh
yadav yagid harake’ah, the Heavens declare the glory of the Lord, and
the sky testifies to the work of His hands.” Because I only had a Sunday School
WWW: Let me begin by saying thank you so much for joining us; we appreciate your time. I guess we will jump right in to the most pressing thing on everyone’s mind: COVID. You were just inaugurated. How do you think the city has handled COVID so far, and what do you think you can do better in the future as mayor?
Scott: I think that we have really done a good job of handling COVID thus far, under the leadership of the city health commissioner, Dr. Dzirasa, who is doing a fantastic job. But, yes, there’s always room for improvement. We are, first and foremost, going to continue following the advice of the public health professionals. I also want to say that I feel lucky to be mayor of the city that has 11 hospitals. It has Johns Hopkins, which is leading the world in COVID research. We also have University of Maryland Medical System; we are using them as well to help influence what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.