Community Corner

On Tuesday evening, January 28, Chaverim of Queens held their Members Appreciation Dinner, celebrating 12 years of service to the Queens community. The event, which took place in Fresh Meadows at Beit Eliyahu, was a true success, as Chaverim volunteers were appreciated over dinner and with words of encouragement and inspiration from community leaders.

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

Malkah Esther bas Sarah

Leah Nacha bas Esther Bryna

The BYQ eighth grade STEM class’ unit on structural engineering culminated in students designing and building their own bridges. They were given specifications, including that the bridge must span 14 inches and support at least 10 pounds. In addition, in the spirit of “real” engineers, they were given a budget of 200 Popsicle sticks and a bottle of wood glue. The girls were excited to begin their task, and each group submitted at least two design ideas for consideration before settling on the best plan. As construction began, they began to realize that bringing their ideas to actuality may be more difficult than they had thought. Each group tackled their unexpected snags through brainstorming and cooperation, even changing their original designs as needed.

HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, Shlita and Many Senior Gedolei Yisrael to Participate

“Our FATHER is making a simcha! This is a simcha of Hashem Yisborach Himself who is saying, ‘chazu banai chavivai - Look at my dear children who forget all their difficulties and immerse themselves in Torah to such an extent that they have taken tests on all of Shas!!’”

In Parshas B’Shalach, the Jewish people were trapped between the sea on one side and the advancing Egyptians on the other. Moshe turned to Hashem in prayer, and Hashem instructed him to raise his staff and stretch his hand over the waters to part the sea. The Jewish people then entered the sea.

After the brutal murders in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, the horrific Chanukah attacks in a rabbi’s home in Monsey, several mass shootings in the nation’s schools, and on the heels of mass shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway synagogues, Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D-Kew Gardens Hills) and Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) have called upon the New York State Legislature to substantially increase security funding for nonpublic schools in the New York State budget.