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Beginning this past Thursday, April 22, 3,600 students from four time zones and two countries came together to celebrate Go Purple Day, a day that Shalom Task Force established to promote awareness around healthy relationships and domestic abuse within the Jewish community.

On Tuesday evening, April 29, the Navigating the Medical System presented an eye-opening virtual lecture hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim. Dr. Mel Breite, Founder and Director of the Navigating the Medical System Lecture Series, introduced the guest speaker, Sirikishan Shetty, MD, the director of New York Presbyterian Eye Center in Fresh Meadows, Queens.

All who enter the doors of Queens Borough Hall will be reminded of the late borough president Claire Shulman, the first woman in this role, who served her constituents proudly from 1986 until 2002. Shulman passed away last August. On Monday, April 26, Donovan Richards, who now operates as our borough president in the same corner office Shulman once used, held a ceremonial address renaming the entranceway “One Claire Shulman Way” in a fitting tribute to permanently and prominently remember her nearly 16 years of service in its hallways.

On Sunday evening, April 18, Coach Menachem offered the 50^th shiur with Rabbi Daniel Kalish, Menahel of the Mesivta of Waterbury, on proper chinuch for our children.

First County in New York State to Reach Milestone

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. stated the following in response to Queens becoming the first county in New York State to have one million residents receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine – a milestone that the World’s Borough hit on April 23, according to the State Department of Health.