Community Corner

A series of home burglaries in Queens neighborhoods with substantial Jewish populations – including Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hollis Hills, and Bayside – has led to arrests and convictions following investigations by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office. Burglars stole cash, jewelry, and other valuables, with one convicted offender sentenced to 28 to 30 years in prison.

Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller Joseph Hernandez visited Kew Gardens Hills on Monday evening, October 12, walking along Main Street to meet residents and local business owners while sharing his personal story and plans for overseeing New York’s finances.

From a real Parker family to the Jewish roots of a comic-book legend, Queens honors its most famous fictional resident

For more than six decades, Spider-Man has swung between Manhattan skyscrapers, battled villains, and captured imaginations worldwide. Yet through countless comics and films, the superhero has maintained one constant: his roots in Forest Hills.

Gubernatorial Candidate Addresses Antisemitism, Public Safety, Affordability, and the Importance of Voter Participation

“Did you ever think you would be living in this city, a city that has been so welcoming to the Jews from around the world for years and years and years, and people would be worried about walking around and wearing a kippah, or going to and from shul, or sending their kids to yeshivah?”

“I don’t know why I’m here. I’m just a person who helped a little bit wherever I could.”

The Kew Gardens Hills Rosh Chodesh Yarchei Kallah drew one of its largest crowds to date on Monday evening, October 12, as men representing 18 local congregations and an additional learning group gathered to hear Rabbi Shaya Cohen, Rosh HaYeshivah of Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh. Every seat was occupied, prompting organizers to bring additional chairs from the garage.