Community Corner

Two former New Yorkers, an elite soldier and a top doc, share their experiences

A local high school yeshiva graduate who became an elite Israeli soldier. A doctor at Yeshiva University in the Bronx who is now a medical ethics expert in Beersheba. Both discussed their experiences during Queens Jewish Center’s Israel Memorial/Israel Independence Day Zoom event on April 14.

Event will feature Rabbis Oelbaum And Feiner

Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld zt”l had a tremendous impact on bringing the Queens-based Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to the Orthodox Jewish market. Over his decades of influence, Rabbi Schonfeld was a vital leader and effective spokesperson for the entire Jewish community and led the charge of the facility becoming fully kosher. His vision, guidance, and constant support allowed Margaret Tietz to welcome the frum community with open arms.

Residents in Kew Gardens Hills have been on edge for a week after a man said to be in his upper forties wearing work apparel held a sign at the Main Street and Jewel Avenue bus stop which read: "Jews pay police to murder children." The signage then goes on to list alleged proof. The man first appeared on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 13, shortly before 1 p.m. and returned at a similar time a week later. While the individual is not committing a crime, residents should use their judgement to avoid a confrontation that may have an undesirable outcome.

Lag BaOmer, which is the 33^rd day of S’firas HaOmer, and the 18^th of Iyar, is a festive day, celebrating two prominent and connected events.

It is not every day that a tzadik takes from his time to visit Queens, and it is not every day that this sage is a leader of our generation. HaRav Yitzchok Kolodetsky shlita, in his unassuming humility, is an accomplished scholar who has published various s’farim and is a hugely popular magid in Eretz Yisrael, often drawing an overflowing attendance. Still, Rav Yitzchok is best known as the eldest son-in-law and close confidant of the Sar HaTorah, Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita.

Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D-Queens), Amy Paulin (D- Westchester), Simcha Eichenstein (D- Brooklyn), and Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), wrote a letter to Rick Cotton, Executive Director of the Port Authority of NY & NJ and Steve Dickson, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, urging them to conduct an investigation on recent allegations of anti-Semitic actions taken by airlines.