Community Corner

Tomchei Shabbos of Queens (TSQ) conducted a successful pre-Pesach chametz drive on the morning of B’dikas Chametz, Sunday, April 21. The program was an opportunity for the greater Queens Jewish community to contribute food items that they might otherwise have been discarding ahead of the chag.

 Sinwar and Khamenei

Have lots of good friends

Pompously convening

At the UN.

SINAI Schools will hold its annual Unique Inspirations Student Art Show on Wednesday, May 22, 5-6:30 p.m., at a private home in Queens. Generously sponsored by Bear Givers, the family-friendly event will feature artwork by students at its SINAI@YCQ campus created through SINAI’s Paley-Mironov Art Therapy Program.

As costs continue to soar due to global inflation, Met Council has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to ensure that the Jewish organization can provide free food to the more than 300,000 Jews who rely on the organization’s free food distributions for Passover across the tri-state area.

On the surface, the days of S’firas HaOmer seem to have two somewhat contradictory themes: On one hand, it’s a time of mourning, when we limit joyous activities, like making a wedding, listening to music, or buying new clothes. On the other hand, the month of Iyar, which sits in the middle of S’firas HaOmer and contains the majority of its days, is a time of great rachamim (compassion) and an influx of Divine healing. The Hebrew letters that spell the month of Iyar are actually an acronym for the phrase “Ani Hashem Rof’echa” – “I am G-d, your healer” (Sh’mos 15:26).

The Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 2,500 Orthodox Jewish rabbis in matters of public policy, called for Congressional support for the Define to Defeat Act of 2024, proposed by Congressman Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY). This bill requires that when referring to anti-Semitism, the Federal government use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, along with its contemporary examples.