New York – Orthodox Jewish Couple Amongst Those Who Welcome The First Babies Of 2019

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    (CBS 2)New York – Hospitals across the tri-state area welcomed the first babies of the year not long after the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve.

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    One baby was born at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, a spokesperson for the hospital said. The baby’s parents live in Queens.

    The 7 pound, 13-ounce boy born to Eli and Adina Derdik at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park at seven seconds after midnight.

    “It’s as close as I can remember” in a 22-year career with the Northwell Health system, hospital spokeswoman Michelle Pinto said Tuesday morning in a phone interview with Newsday.

    The Derdiks, observant Jews from Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, will wait to name their boy until after a bris next week, but for now so they are calling him “007.” According to WABC-TV. They sounded “happy and excited,” Pinto said.


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    Yoni96
    Yoni96
    5 years ago

    Maybe they want to call him Yaakov Bunim, which in English is James Bond!

    avigreen
    avigreen
    5 years ago

    Make sure to give the Hep B vaccine, cause the baby is at rust from a XXX transmitted disease…

    Bezalel
    Bezalel
    5 years ago

    Mazal tov. But eight seconds earlier and he would have been an extra tax dependent for 2018.