Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to prevent New York State from placing unequal coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings, Rabbi Moshe Parnes, Southern Regional Vice President of the Coalition for Jewish Values, issued the following statement:
I grew up in a world where there were no children with special needs.
There were stupid kids. Weird kids. Problem kids.
But kids with learning disabilities or autism? We never heard of that.
As the crippling economic effects of COVID-19 continue to linger, leaving many storeowners on the brink of despair, the Kew Gardens section of Queens has been hit with an uneasy increase in local crime. Within 48 short hours of this past Monday afternoon, three stores within blocks of one another were targeted.
(a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Avi Schick, a partner of the New York affiliate of Troutman Pepper, is also a former deputy attorney general for the State of New York. Schick is a well-versed attorney in both criminal and civil investigations, with a primary focus in First Amendment issues. Schick and his team took on this case pro bono to ensure religious freedoms. The Queens Jewish Link discussed religious advocacy and the future of the case.
The time after lighting the Chanukah menorah is a beautiful time, very special and full of potential for growing. There is a s’gulah from the Ramban for after lighting the Chanukah lights to say T’hilim p’rakim 90 and 91 on all eight days of Chanukah in the following order:
