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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu grew up in West Jerusalem but spent his high...
In the gallery that is life a wig by Ralph is a work of art. If you think we’re exaggerating, consider this: A Ralph Wig combines the very best in workmanship, quality, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence.
This past Thursday, January 7, Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal announced his new appointment as the Chair of the Assembly Task Force on Food, Farm, and Nutrition Policy.
For over 5½ years, “Mind Your Business” with Yitzchok Saftlas has brought you hundreds of informative interviews from Fortune 500 executives, business moguls and marketing gurus. Now, Mind Your Business is proud to begin 2021 with new content, a fresh new look, and a new home on WOR 710 and on the powerful iHeartMedia network, America’s #1 audio company.
The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has proposed a homeless shelter in the heart of the Briarwood neighborhood. The shelter, to be located at 138-50 Queens Boulevard, is part of Mayor de Blasio’s Turning the Tide on Homelessness initiative, which includes installing 76 facilities throughout the city. The idea has angered residents and the local Community Board. “This location is completely inappropriate,” stated a Briarwood resident who requested to remain anonymous. “There is a liquor store barely a block from the proposed site and it is immediately adjacent to a marijuana dispensary! It will never work out well for me and my neighbors.”
While the crushing physical labor of the Egyptian exile left the nation exhausted and short of breath, the emotional toll was in many respects worse. Jewish families were torn apart. The people were demoralized and depressed, stripped of the most basic sense of human dignity and self-respect.
Often, when beginning to discuss the life of someone we lost, a speaker or writer will preface his or her words with, “for those who are not very familiar with…” But that is not necessary when remembering the mara d’asra of the Young Israel of West Hempstead, Rabbi Yehuda Kelemer. Rabbi Kelemer is one of the increasingly few people in our world who transcended every division in Judaism. His reputation was sterling among every sect of Judaism, having made inroads and connections with everyone, whether Ashkenazi or Sefardi, chasidishe or Litvish, Modern Orthodox or Yeshivish, frum or unaffiliated, and everything in between.
