News

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) Tuesday made the following statement in response to the criticism directed towards Israel from some Members of Congress after the latest rocket attacks aimed at Israel from Gaza:

The Northwell Health System serves a wide range of patients in its 23 hospitals and over 700 outpatient clinics, including many in the Queens area. Understanding the cultural and religious needs of the Jewish community during the Passover 2019 holiday, the Board of Trustees of Northwell Health designated Executive Vice-President Mr. Jeffrey Kraut to effectuate a unique and halachically correct m’chiras chametz under the guidance of Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz and Rabbi Hillel Fox.

Reasons for the Jewish people’s suffering and their purpose in exile was the theme of keynote speaker Rabbi Ari Lamm at Holocaust Remembrance Day held at the Young Israel of Forest Hills on Wednesday, May 1.

Chazaq collaborated with the Young Israel of Queens Valley on Yom HaShoah for an evening of reflection, where a standing room only crowd gathered for a special viewing of Hidden Face, a documentary about the life of Rabbi Yekusiel Halberstam, the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, ztk”l, whose wife and 11 children were murdered during the darkest days. Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Rabbi of The Young Israel of Queens Valley, gave background on the Admor’s struggle and ability to invigorate others throughout his ordeal. Rabbi Marcus pointed out that the Admor established several institutions, most notably the Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Israel, also known as the Sanz Medical Center. This medical facility is a voluntary, non-profit operation in Kiryat Sanz, serving a regional population of over 450,000 throughout Netanya and the Sharon plain.

(L-R) Rav Leibel Rockove, R’ Dovid Tropper (host), Raphael Deligdish, Dr. Donny Norowitz, Rav Yechiel Michel Stern, Rabbi Aloni Russek, Reb Aaron Cyperstein, and R’ Gedaliah Bienkiwetz

On Wednesday evening, May 1, the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at the Yeshiva of Central Queens organized a Shlissel Challah Bake. Many people have the minhag to bake a shlissel-key challah for the first Shabbos following Pesach. The idea is to make a key-shaped challah or place a key inside the challah prior to baking. The “key” symbolizes that our parnasah, our livelihood, is in Hashem’s hands, and we should daven that Hashem will shower us with abundance.