Kars4Kids Charity Embroiled in $1M Legal Battle With Synagogue

A Jewish group associated with the Kars4Kids charity is trying to wrest a Staten Island synagogue away from its congregation, the synagogue’s members charge.

Oorah Inc., which is funded by Kars4Kids, claims in a lawsuit that the Young Israel of Eltingville synagogue owes it $1 million, a sum the congregation says it can’t afford to pay.

“It’s so infuriating and so incomprehensible,” said Harriet Goldman, a Young Israel member since the 1970s. “Why would they try to do this to us when their main emphasis is on Jewish outreach?”