Colors: Blue Color

A memorable luncheon for 40 Holocaust survivors and Bukharian elderly was held at Prestige Restaurant in Rego Park. Notable attendees from the Holocaust survivor community included Leo Bikk of Kew Gardens, Maya Gurevich of Rego Park, and Vladimir Epshtein of Richmond Hill. Mr. Epshtein is also a famous refusenik who was previously jailed in the Soviet Union for standing up against the authorities when he was denied permission to emigrate.

The City University of New York Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and the Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism (FCAS) Executive Director Matthew E. Berger last week hosted “Paint the University Blue” at Queens College, an event in partnership with FCAS’s #StandUpToJewishHate campaign to raise awareness about anti-Semitism and hatred against Jewish people by wearing blue squares or posting or sharing the blue square emoji.