Community Corner

Visiting Jewish patients at Northwell Hospital in Forest Hills for years, known as “The Rabbi” by residents at the Castle Senior Living assisted facility in Corona for his spiritual Shabbos and holiday services, blowing the shofar while on nasal oxygen for the homebound, Tom Hamori was remembered on his Shloshim at Congregation Havurat Yisrael on Sunday, April 7.

Recently, Mayor Eric L. Adams hosted a pre-Passover discussion with Jewish ethnic media groups. At the meeting, the mayor offered the idea of a case study for a question posed by Co-Publisher Yaakov Serle based on testimony provided by a Queens College student at a recent conversation on college anti-Semitism held with QC President Frank Wu at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills.

The NYPD held a promotion ceremony this past Thursday where Yehuda Sirota, left, was promoted to Lieutenant, and Yehuda Sicherman to Sergeant.

Six months to the day after the October 7 massacre in Eretz Yisrael, Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation held a remarkable hachnosas sefer Torah this past Sunday, April 7, five years after first setting out to plan its welcome to the center. Alex Solovey, CEO at Cassena Care, took over management of Margaret Tietz back in March of 2018 and has embodied the spirit and foresight of its founders by delivering worthy programs and services in an atmosphere immersed with home-like qualities set forth in 1971 when the facility opened. Today, the center boasts 140 private and 30 semi-private rooms, and 380 stellar staff members who care for residents round-the-clock.

On Sunday evening, March 31, the Bukharian Congregation of Briarwood featured an inspiring event titled “Elevating Your Relationships and Unveiling the Secrets of Pesach,” featuring Rabbi Paysach Krohn, well known mohel, author, and speaker, and Rabbi Yisrael Abisror, founder and CEO of Lincoln Square & Co. and Board Member of the Talmudic College in Orlando, Florida. The shiur was hosted by Chazaq, Amudim, and UJA.

According to the Baal Shem Tov, Hashem leads the world like a compassionate mother who is trying to teach her small, tender child how to walk. She first stands him up on his feet, makes sure he’s steady, then distances herself from him a little so he can get used to walking on his own. And as he gets closer to her with small, stuttered steps, she once again pulls away, ever so slightly, encouraging him to walk a bit further.