Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community In his support for Israel, Dr. Gene Berkovich backs a variety of causes, sharing them with his...
Last Thursday evening, the community gathered at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills for an inspiring challah bake hosted by Chazaq in solidarity with Israel. The event created an atmosphere of unity, spirituality, and tradition.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Naiburg visited the 107th Precinct in Kew Gardens Hills to meet with NYPD Academy graduates who are set to be assigned to Patrol Borough Queens South. Chief Naiburg spoke about the shared mission between the NYPD and the Queens District Attorney’s office to safeguard Queens residents while ensuring fairness and equity inside the courtroom. The high level of attentiveness and engagement displayed by the group of young officers during the meeting set a positive tone for their upcoming assignments in the borough.
A devastating fire tore through a Kew Gardens Hills home last Wednesday morning, May 29, leaving the lives of an upstanding family overturned. At 9:30 a.m., the Kornblums called for the FDNY as an inferno raged in their basement at 147-15 68th Drive. "We were told to vacate ASAP," said David Kornblum to the QJL. "We are thankful to be alive, b'chasdei Hashem. We are indebted to the fast-thinking work of the fire department. We are grateful that the blaze was contained and our home has not been condemned. However, much work remains."
Ahead of Ateret Cohanim's Tuesday evening dinner, the Queens Jewish Link arranged for the group's global spokesman, Daniel Luria, to address audiences in Great Neck this past Monday evening at Great Neck Synagogue (GNS) to a packed venue, and a Queens lecture set to take place Wednesday evening, June 5, at the Young Israel of Queens Valley.
On the evening of Tuesday, May 28, Rabbi David Katz, Executive Director of IHF, [the Israel Heritage Foundation] joined a historic gathering of “Unity in Action,” a bipartisan dialogue on supporting Israel, graciously hosted by Mr. Ari Rosenblum and his colleagues at the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County’s Community Relations Committee.
According to the Baal Shem Tov, every physical desire in this world really contains an aspect of love of Hashem. When we experience a physical pleasure, it makes it easier to come to love the source of that pleasure. Since Hashem is the Ultimate Source of Good, connection to Him is the ultimate pleasure we can experience. (M’or Einayim, Parshas VaEschanan)
