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08/22/2024

What could we accomplish if instead of listening to the voice in our head that tells us we can’t, we listened to the voice within us that tells us we can?

-by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

Can You Really Become As Great As Moshe Rabbeinu? Details R' Shmuel Reichman Torah August 21 2024 Empty Print Email There were once two boys who went ice-skating on a frozen lake in their neighborhood. As they were enjoying themselves, the ice suddenly cracked, and one of the boys fell through i...

08/22/2024

Anyone looking at the campus protests that defined the spring semester of universities around the country, the shutting down of roads and bridges, or the gathering of tens of thousands of terror supporters outside the Democratic National Convention can see how many people are wearing masks. Unlike the mask-wearing of 2020 and 2021, where people were concerned about the spread of Covid, this mask-wearing is for an entirely different purpose. This is to prevent accountability for their actions.

-by Moshe Hill

Where Nassau Leads, New York City Must Follow Details Moshe Hill Opinion Columns August 21 2024 Empty Print Anyone looking at the campus protests that defined the spring semester of universities around the country, the shutting down of roads and bridges, or the gathering of tens of thousands of ...

08/22/2024

NYS Governor Kathy Hochul stood at the center of the Queens Interfaith Breakfast held at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall last Wednesday, August 14. Kicking things off was a roundtable of Queens’ honorable religious and nonprofit leaders from every major faith and corner of the borough.

-by Shabsie Steven Saphirstein

Governor Hochul Presides Over Queens Borough Hall Interfaith Breakfast Details QJL_Staff Shabsie Saphirstein August 21 2024 Empty Print Email Queens Jewry a partner in progress dedicated to building stronger communities through faith, collaboration, and innovation NYS Governor Kathy Hochul stood...

08/20/2024

At his press conference in Palm Beach last Thursday Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris is “very, very bad to Israel,” and “very bad to Jewish people,” and added that any Jewish voter who casts his ballot for Harris “should have his head examined.” Trump’s rhetoric is inarguably indelicate, even crass. But substantively, is he right?

-by Caroline Glick - קרולין גליק

Trump’s Rhetoric vs. Harris’ Policies Details By Caroline B. Glick Opinion Columns August 14 2024 Empty Print While the former is doubtless hard for liberal Jews to absorb, with regard to Israel and the Jews, the latter are much worse. (August 11, 2024 / JNS) Former President Donald Trump dr...

08/20/2024

Ohel Children's Home and Family Services recently unveiled the newly renovated Kleinman Family Ohel Regional Center, expanding the space to accommodate the growing needs of local youths and their families seeking mental health services. The updates were made possible through grants from the New York State Office of Mental Health and generous donors, including Deena and Marvin Nagler, helping Ohel to deliver affordable and quality mental health care.

Ohel Children’s Home And Family Services Expands Its Far Rockaway And Five Towns Mental Health Center Offerings Details QJL_Staff Style And Living August 14 2024 Empty Print Email The newly renovated Kleinman Family Ohel Regional Center now features thoughtful spaces to enhance mental health s...

08/20/2024

Assemblyman Sam Berger joined leadership and dedicated volunteers from Queens Shmira - Queens Borough Safety Patrol outside of their Kew Gardens Hills Office on Main Street to present a check representing $300,000 in state monies Berger was able to secure the local organization in Albany as part of the 2024 NYS Budget.

Berger Allocates $300k to QBSP Shmira Details QJL_Staff Community Corner August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Assemblyman Berger provides state funding towards Public Safety Assemblymember Sam Berger (D-Kew Gardens Hills) announced $300,000 in capital funding for emergency services group Queens Boro...

08/20/2024

RIETS - Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary is proud to announce the appointment of Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz as the Abraham Arbesfeld Torah dean of RIETS. Rabbi Lebowitz is a world-class scholar and teacher of Shas and poskim who is known throughout the Jewish community for his erudition and pedagogy.

New Leadership at YU RIETS to Start the Fall Semester Details QJL_Staff Style And Living August 14 2024 Empty Print Email (Courtesy of YU) RIETS is proud to announce the appointment of Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz as the Abraham Arbesfeld Torah dean of RIETS. Rabbi Lebowitz is a world-class scholar and ...

08/19/2024

The market crash on Monday, August 5, was an awful event and it may yet end up becoming even worse than that. Meanwhile, Wall Street carries on as usual.

-by Gerald Harris

The One-Day Market Massacre Details Gerald Harris Financially Forward: Gerald Harris August 14 2024 Empty Print The market crash on Monday, August 5, was an awful event and it may yet end up becoming even worse than that. Meanwhile, Wall Street carries on as usual. The downturn began in July but...

08/19/2024

The main thrust of the Democratic Party campaign against Donald Trump and the Republicans is that they are a threat to democracy. It looks like they are right. Here is the proof you may not have heard.

-by R' Yoel Schonfeld

Republicans: A Serious Threat To Democracy Details By R' Yoel Schonfeld Message from R’ Schonfeld: R’ Yoel Schonfeld August 14 2024 Empty Print The main thrust of the Democratic Party campaign against Donald Trump and the Republicans is that they are a threat to democracy. It looks like they...

08/19/2024

This year’s Israel Day had an extra sense of meaning and purpose at Camp Kaylie. Israel Day began with a powerful video introduction, featuring reflections from our upper staff and campers about what makes living in Israel so special. Their personal stories and emotional insights painted a vivid picture of the love and pride they feel for living in our homeland.

Israel Day At Camp Kaylie Details QJL_Staff Community Corner August 14 2024 Empty Print Email This year’s Israel Day had an extra sense of meaning and purpose at Camp Kaylie. Israel Day began with a powerful video introduction, featuring reflections from our upper staff and campers about what ...

08/19/2024

MTA (Yeshiva University High School for Boys) has talmidim and alumni attending and working at various camps around the Tri-State Area and in Israel. It is always a highlight for the boys to be visited by MTA rebbeim and staff, who always show up bearing a summer swag gift and food! It is a great way to stay connected over the summer months.

MTA Camp Visits Round-Up Details QJL_Staff Community Corner August 14 2024 Empty Print Email MTA has talmidim and alumni attending and working at various camps around the Tri-State Area and in Israel. It is always a highlight for the boys to be visited by MTA rebbeim and staff, who always show u...

08/18/2024

Eczema can be an unpredictable condition accompanied by itchy uncomfortable skin, which can be aggravated by dry heating systems and outdoor air during the winter. However, for others, it’s the hot weather, sweat, and outdoor allergens that can ignite a bout of itching, rashes, and other symptoms. This can put a damper on a more carefree and fun-loving season. The following steps can help you ward off the worst of warm weather effects on eczema.

-by Risselle Naimark

Summer Eczema Details Risselle Naimark Beauty Briefs August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Eczema can be an unpredictable condition accompanied by itchy uncomfortable skin, which can be aggravated by dry heating systems and outdoor air during the winter. However, for others, it’s the hot weather, s...

08/18/2024

It’s weird – many of us, when asked, will say that we don’t fully trust the medical community. But then we’ll go in for a procedure and lay there, unconscious, while the medical community roots around in there doing who knows what. I mean, the paperwork we signed beforehand said what, but no one’s actually watching. Maybe they put you to sleep so you don’t see the doctors frantically googling things.

-by Mordechai Schmutter

My Roof, My Rules Details Mordechai Schmutter Feelin’ Funny: Mordechai Schmutter August 14 2024 Empty Print It’s weird – many of us, when asked, will say that we don’t fully trust the medical community. But then we’ll go in for a procedure and lay there, unconscious, while the medical ...

08/18/2024

...it seems that you see someone playing with a toy you threw out and now you want it back. The toy is still the same. Whatever reason that made you throw it out is still there; it didn’t magically disappear. But as soon as you saw the pretty little freckle-faced girl with pigtails in her hair playing with it, you’re laying claim to it. And it’s not yours to lay claim to.

-by Goldy Krantz

Don’t Do A Bad, Bad Thing! Details By Goldy Krantz Dating Today August 14 2024 Empty Print Dear Goldy: I’ve spoken with my best friend and mother about this, and they both say it’s a bad idea. I’m turning to you because there is something in me that needs to do this, no matter what the o...

08/18/2024

It can feel as if the world itself is mocking you. What are the origins of your hyper-sensitivity? If you are convinced that you are awful, it makes sense to believe that the phone company made sure your phone gave out just when it did. Then again, look at today’s relationships: You can touch each other, but not each other’s phones.

-by Caroline Schumsky, LCSW, MS

You Are Your Own Light Details Caroline Schumsky, LCSW, MS Hooked On Healing August 14 2024 Empty Print There are few more crucial tasks in a relationship than to be able to listen properly. If you have been listened to with consideration and compassion, you can remain in touch with what you tru...

08/16/2024

An Ir Miklat is a place for those without a place. When one loses his physical makom, he feels lost, abandoned, hopeless. At exactly this moment, he is given a sense of hope. He may have lost his place, but there is still a place for him to go in the interim until he can return home. This is what the Ir Miklat represents: hope for the hopeless, home for the homeless, stability for the unstable.

-by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

When The Broken Path Still Leads Home Details R' Shmuel Reichman Torah August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Nothing in life is an accident. In Parshas VaEschanan, we read about the Arei Miklat, the Cities of Refuge for those who unintentionally killed (D’varim 4:41-49). This parshah usually falls ...

08/16/2024

From the time a person is born… no, from the moment the child is first conceived…no, from when the child’s parents… no, from when one’s grandparents got married…we can keep going back. Don’t we need to thank Hashem for all that? Why did He do that for us? He orchestrated everything because He owed us, or because it’s all a matnas chinam for us?

-by R' Dovi Chaitovsky

Tefillah, Free Gifts, And Tu b’Av Details By R’ Dovi Chaitovsky Style And Living August 14 2024 Empty Print Email The very first Rashi in this week’s parshah teaches us an amazing basic rule about tefillah. The word va’eschanan comes from the word chanun, which means to beseech (How’s ...

08/16/2024

Question: May a non-Jew affix your mezuzos or must it be affixed by someone who is obligated in mezuzah?

-Halachic Highlight by R' Ephraim Glatt, Esq.

Non-Jew Affixing Mezuzah Details Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq. Halachic Highlights August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Question: May a non-Jew affix your mezuzos or must it be affixed by someone who is obligated in mezuzah? Short Answer: A Jew must affix the mezuzos in your house according to most posk...

08/15/2024

Wednesday, 28 Iyar – June 8, 1967 – was the third day of the Six-Day War, and it was the first time that residents of Jerusalem felt that the Yad Hashem was guiding the Jewish Nation to victory.

-A story of greatness by R' Dovid Hoffman

Preserving The Greatness Of Moments Details R’ Dovid Hoffman Stories Of Greatness August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Wednesday, 28 Iyar – June 8, 1967 – was the third day of the Six-Day War, and it was the first time that residents of Jerusalem felt that the Yad Hashem was guiding the Jewish...

08/15/2024

Hashem destroyed the Beis HaMikdash, but He did not destroy us, giving us the chance to rebuild anew. Our exile, in a sense, is a gift, as it allows us to rebuild the connection between us and Hashem and return home once more.

-by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

When The Broken Path Still Leads Home Details R' Shmuel Reichman Torah August 14 2024 Empty Print Email Nothing in life is an accident. In Parshas VaEschanan, we read about the Arei Miklat, the Cities of Refuge for those who unintentionally killed (D’varim 4:41-49). This parshah usually falls ...

08/15/2024

On Tuesday night, August 6, Mindy Ginsberg, longtime resident of Kew Gardens Hills, speaker for Project Inspire and many other organizations, and Founder and Director of Zichron Chana Bayla Kids for Chesed, shared an inspiring virtual shiur on behalf of the Young Israel of Holliswood. The title was “The Power to Change Your Reality.”

-by Susie Garber

Rosh Chodesh Av Women’s Shiur In Holliswood Details By Susie Garber Susie Garber August 14 2024 Empty Print Email On Tuesday night, August 6, Mindy Ginsberg, longtime resident of Kew Gardens Hills, speaker for Project Inspire and many other organizations, and Founder and Director of Zichron Ch...

08/15/2024

“Grace Meng has been a friend to our community for a very long time. She did not start being our friend on October 7 or October 8 or October 13 when it became a thing to do for some; she was our friend way before,” began Sorolle Idels, chairperson of Queens Jewish Alliance, in her opening remarks this past Monday evening at the Young Israel of Queens Valley at a reception in honor of Congress Member Grace Meng.

-by Shabsie Steven Saphirstein

Queens Jewish Alliance Honors Congress Member Meng For Her Unwavering Support Of Israel Details By Shabsie Saphirstein Shabsie Saphirstein August 14 2024 Empty Print Email “Grace Meng has been a friend to our community for a very long time. She did not start being our friend on October 7 or Oc...

08/12/2024

Ardent basketball fans, caught up in the excitement of games, often chant “De-fense, De-fense.” There are several reasons why they do, but all boil down to supporting the home team and discouraging the opposing team. “De-fense” also can be important to Wall Streeters. Has the time come for investors to become defensive?

-by Gerald Harris

Basketball And Wall Street Details Gerald Harris Financially Forward: Gerald Harris August 07 2024 Empty Print Ardent basketball fans, caught up in the excitement of games, often chant “De-fense, De-fense.” There are several reasons why they do, but all boil down to supporting the home team ...

08/12/2024

When patients come into therapy with a presenting problem, that is only the tip of the iceberg. Patients tell the therapist what they consider their primary concern. However, there are always issues the patient does not consider which contribute to the presenting problem and are also issues in their own right.

-by Jonathan Bellin, LCSW

The Meaning Of Symptoms Details By Jonathan Bellin, LCSW Style And Living August 07 2024 Empty Print Email A woman, whom we shall call Caroline, contacted me three years ago and presented with anxiety and panic attacks, which became unbearably intense when she tried to drive over high bridges. T...

08/12/2024

Queens Jewish community members joined the New York Police Department’s National Night Out festivities at area precincts.

-by Shabsie Steven Saphirstein

Jewish Communities Of Queens Join NYPD’s National Night Out Details By Shabsie Saphirstein Shabsie Saphirstein August 07 2024 Empty Print Email Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov receives honorary accommodation Queens Jewish community members joined the New York Police Department’s National Night Out fest...

08/11/2024

I’ve never really been a big hiking person. The way I see it, most places you go are technically hiking. A zoo is hiking with guaranteed animals. A mall is indoor hiking with gradually-increased weightlifting. But the activity we call “hiking” is just the hiking part. Nothing else.

-by Mordechai Schmutter

Finding Yourself Details Mordechai Schmutter Feelin’ Funny: Mordechai Schmutter August 07 2024 Empty Print I’ve never really been a big hiking person. The way I see it, most places you go are technically hiking. A zoo is hiking with guaranteed animals. A mall is indoor hiking with gradually-...

08/11/2024

How can you end a date without the fellow feeling that you cut the date short because you don’t like him and without hurting him? I think it’s refreshing that you are considering how your actions affect the fellow you’re going out with, and you want to do things the “correct way.” Bad news, there is no correct way with anything when shidduch dating is involved. Everyone will have their opinion.

-by Goldy Krantz

Saying Goodbye Details By Goldy Krantz Dating Today August 07 2024 Empty Print Dear Goldy: I’m kind of new to the dating scene. I’ve been out with three guys so far. I’m easing myself into things. I’m 20 years old and really want to focus on my education and graduating college now, becau...

08/11/2024

We all provide a service to others, whether we realize it or not. You may not feel as though your work is significant, but trust me – it is.

-by Caroline Schumsky, LCSW, MS

Don’t Let The Wind Of Change Blow You Over Details Caroline Schumsky, LCSW, MS Hooked On Healing August 07 2024 Empty Print What do you wish to do with your life? Did you go for a stable, reliable career or have you chosen something you truly love? It may be hard to muster energy for things in...

08/09/2024

If a single screw in the radio is missing, the entire radio won’t work; if a single note in the song is missing, the entire melody is affected. However, if any number of books are missing from the library, the rest of the library will be unaffected.

-by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

Balancing Your Individuality With The Larger Purpose Of Klal Yisrael Details QJL_Staff Torah August 07 2024 Empty Print Email In our previous article, we began exploring the Torah concept of order and unity. To briefly review, Rav Eliyahu Dessler, a prominent 20th century Jewish thinker and auth...

08/09/2024

Question: Must a new brachah be recited if a person talks in between putting up multiple mezuzos in his house?

-Halachic Highlight by R' Ephraim Glatt, Esq.

Talking In Between Mezuzos Details Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq. Halachic Highlights August 07 2024 Empty Print Email Question: Must a new brachah be recited if a person talks in between putting up multiple mezuzos in his house? Short Answer: There is a major dispute amongst the poskim whether a new...