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Avi Perets returned to Cunningham Park on Wednesday evening, August 19, for another Queens Jewish Community Council concert, drawing a broad cross-section of Jewish Queens for an evening of music, dancing, and ruach. Amid the celebration, however, Assembly Member David Weprin warned that future funding for the program may be in jeopardy. Taking the stage, Weprin warned that future budget cuts could jeopardize funding for the concert and urged the community to speak up in support of the program.

More than a month after Young Israel of Jamaica Estates and Young Israel of Holliswood were targeted in a pair of hate crime attacks, the NYPD has released surveillance footage of two individuals sought in connection with the incidents.

A new street sign bearing the name “Rabbi Mendel Kaufman Way” was unveiled Sunday morning, August 23, at the corner of Daniels Street and Pershing Crescent in Briarwood, honoring the longtime Rav of the Young Israel of Briarwood, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 85, and his decades of service to the community.

Rabbi Moshe Sokoloff will deliver a pre-Rosh HaShanah shiur on Sunday, September 6, examining the halachic and conceptual significance of Rosh HaShanah falling on Shabbos.

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At the levayah of Allison “Ally” Rahmani a”h, her close friend Shayna Ungar spoke about the Hebrew words nega, meaning affliction, and oneg, meaning joy. The words contain the same letters, but the placement of the ayin, which also means “eye,” changes their meaning.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled a planned exhibition honoring fashion designer John Galliano following sustained objections over his history of antisemitic and racist statements and the decision to launch the show in connection with the 2027 Met Gala.