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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community When Mrs. Porter heard a knock at the door of her Baltimore home one evening at suppertime, she...
Lag BaOmer, which is the 33rd day of S’firas HaOmer, and the 18th of Iyar, is a festive day, celebrating two prominent and connected events.
In Albany, as the state budget is being finalized, Met Council is celebrating successfully securing an additional $50 million for the Nourish New York Initiative, a vital tool in the fight against food insecurity and an important lifeline for the state’s local farmers. After initially being slated to only receive $25 million in initial budget proposals, Nourish NY received $50 million in the budget’s final form, thanks to a coalition of legislators led by Assembly Members Dan Rosenthal and Catalina Cruz and State Senators Joseph Addabbo and Andrew Gounardes. Nourish New York is an emergency food program that was created last year, thanks to early pandemic advocacy by Met Council on Jewish Poverty. Since the start of the pandemic, Met Council had distributed over 15 million pounds of free food to more than 305,000 New Yorkers in need and assisted over 380 food pantries.
Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D-Queens), Amy Paulin (D- Westchester), Simcha Eichenstein (D- Brooklyn), and Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), wrote a letter to Rick Cotton, Executive Director of the Port Authority of NY & NJ and Steve Dickson, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, urging them to conduct an investigation on recent allegations of anti-Semitic actions taken by airlines.
As the risk of infection to COVID-19 remains an ever-present danger for the community-at-large, one supermarket took upon itself the impressive task of vaccinating its entire crew. Chaimy Deutsch, manager of the Main Street location for the Seasons supermarket chain, understands the stakes for his customers and employees and went the extra mile to ease their minds.
Forest Hills and Long Beach Hold Joint Remembrance for Yom HaShoah
Working as a slave laborer in Berlin, Ruth Abraham was naturally afraid of the woman following her. Ruth did not know this woman would save her and her family’s lives during the Holocaust.
Tomchei Shabbos of Queens has been at the forefront of feeding local Jewish needy families since 1979. TSQ prides itself on its intergenerational group of dedicated volunteers.
