Community Corner

What the U.S. Army Is Learning from Israel’s Combat Medics

Israeli soldier Eytan Tesler survived a devastating battlefield injury in northern Gaza after receiving blood donated by a man he had never met. Weeks later, the two stood face-to-face at Magen David Adom’s Marcus National Blood Services Center, where Tesler could finally thank the stranger whose donation had helped save his life.

Queens Organizations Have Spent Years Moving Children Into Jewish Schools, While New Data Show Both a Worsening Climate and the Limits of Sweeping Claims

Recent coverage of Jewish-school enrollment in N1ew York has focused on one striking number: an increase of 3,115 students during the 2025-26 school year.

Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov Explains Why He Welcomed the Mayor to Kehilat’s Pantry

When Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at the Kehilat Sephardim Food Pantry at the corner of 153^rd Street and 78^th Road in Kew Gardens Hills on Monday, September 28, the visit raised an immediate question: Why had Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov agreed to receive a mayor whose statements about Israel and its soldiers have deeply angered many Orthodox and Bukharian Jews?

When Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his administration’s 33-page Strategy to Combat Antisemitism on September 29, much of the immediate debate focused on what the document said—and did not say—about Israel, Zionism, and the definition of antisemitism.

Queens families considering Aliyah will have an unusual opportunity on Sunday, October 11, to meet Israeli municipal representatives, educators, advisers, and immigrants who can answer many of the practical questions that rarely fit into a brochure.

Public Funding, Private Donations, and a Preliminary Design Point Toward a Living Classroom at Borough Hall

The Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden began with a question raised by community leaders: How could a borough that became home to thousands of Holocaust survivors still lack a major stand-alone memorial?