Community Corner

The three-week period that begins with the fast of the 17th of Tamuz and climaxes with Tish’ah B’Av, is known as The Three Weeks. It is a time of mourning and reflection for the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, as well as many other tragedies that befell klal Yisrael over the course of history. In order to internalize and grow from the memory of these calamities, Chazal instituted increasing degrees of mourning practices during this period.

Great Neck volunteer organization assists families in difficult times

Fountain of Kindness is a remarkable initiative, fostered in the Great Neck Jewish community with the goal of spreading kindheartedness and encouraging others to follow suit. The diverse group of over 500 active volunteers and supporters provide gift baskets for hospitalized children and their siblings, supplies meals to hospitalized patients and their families, and fulfills the wishes of sick children. Through word of mouth, Fountain of Kindness has assisted families during difficult times.

Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.

David ben Shima

Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Menashe ben Rachel

Chances are, if you ask a dentist over age 65, he may tell you, “I remember when we didn’t even wear gloves.” Will we be telling our grandchildren that we remember when we didn’t have to wear masks to shul? I hope not. But for now, we in Jamaica Estates will take comfort in the baby steps that are allowing us to return to some form of “normal.”

Congresswoman Grace Meng, Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz released the following statement after the NYPD 112th Precinct reported that a car’s tires had been punctured by an unknown object, with the hood of the vehicle defaced with the carving of a swastika over the weekend of July 3 in Forest Hills. The crime is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force.

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) last week called on elected officials and leaders in the African American community to condemn the linkage of the Black Lives Matter movement to the anti-Semitic BDS movement, after protestors chanted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic phrases at a march that took place this week in Washington, DC.