Community Corner

The boys of Pirchei of Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill, held in Khal Adas Yereim of Kew Gardens, enjoyed an annual trip to Laser Bounce – Family Fun Center at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale this past Monday, March 25, Shushan Purim. Any talmid who attended Pirchei’s Motza’ei Shabbos Learning Program more than ten times was treated to the fantastic trip. Additionally, each boy also received a $72 gift card to Safra Judaica & Stam in Kew Gardens Hills.

Laura Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, was recently appointed as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. She thought that it would be an innovative idea to change the name to the President Donald Trump National Committee to increase donations. The new name would state the reality that Donald Trump is in control of the Republican Party. His handpicked people are now in charge of the RNC, and all of the money is going to his campaign and to pay his legal costs. There was opposition by the Benedict Arnold Project, Republicans against Trump (RAT), and Americans Not Trump Supporters (ANTS). Donald Trump called them traitors, rodents, and vermin. The motion passed and the name was changed.

The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, welcomed the release of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, noting with appreciation the multiple items therein supporting Israel, combating anti-Semitism, and combating anti-Israel bias in Palestinian and global bodies.

Pioneer of Modern Orthodoxy in Great Neck and Long Island’s North Shore, Rabbi Emeritus at Great Neck Synagogue, and Founder of North Shore Hebrew Academy

This 13th of Adar, (traditionally Ta’anis Esther, Erev Purim), marks the 20th Yarzheit of our dear Rabbi Dr. Ephraim R. Wolf, HaRav Ephraim Reuven ben Nachum Chaim zt״l. The modern Orthodox community in Great Neck was shaped by him.

Chock Schnorrer, a 73-year-old career politician, can finally sleep at night, having thrown the Jewish state under the proverbial bus last week when he gave a bombshell speech on the Senate floor.

A lively energy was in the air this past Sunday, March 17, throughout the Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill Jewish communities as the local Pirchei hosted a Purim mesibah at Khal Adas Yereim of Kew Gardens with the participation of over 100 local yeshivah boys.