Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
The Young Israel of Jamaica Estates recently held its annual anniversary dinner. They feel fortunate to have been able to continue this tradition, that for most organizations came to a halt in 2020 and 2021, to pay kavod to their members who have gone above and beyond to make this k’hilah a home.
HaRav Dovid Goldwasser leads recitation of T’hilim at the kever of HaRav Yaakov Joseph zt”l, Chief Rabbi of New York, in honor of the yahrzeit, accompanied by Reb Mendel Friedlander, Esq., and Reb Binyamin Pruzansky, at Union Field Cemetery in Queens.
Following a week of hype amongst the members of Chaverim of Queens and Great Neck, a unique experience was had by all, with a delicious to’ameha this past Friday afternoon, July 22, in the beis midrash of Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun in Kew Gardens Hills.
The walls of the Emet Center have expanded from Queens to the Land of Israel. That’s what it felt like for students in the Women’s Division who are spending the summer studying at Neve Yerushalayim. In order to ease their transition to seminary, Ms. Adina Fendel, Emet Women’s Director, and Ms. Sara Blatt, Emet Mekareves, traveled to Israel to help guide and unite them. “Our idea was to not only bring an Emet feel, but also to create memorable programming to make their experience in Israel as impactful as possible,” said Ms. Fendel. The result was an amazing week of learning, laughter, and enjoying the land.
Over 200 food packages were given out on Tuesday, July 26. The food truck enables Met Council to provide pantry services anywhere in the city, reaching those who are food-insecure, wherever they might be.
The NSHA Middle School Megillah Readers Program, initiated two decades ago by Dr. Paul Brody, was named in his honor as was a recently purchased beautiful megillah, to be used by each student reader on Purim Day. The announcement was delivered by Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh HaYeshivah and Head of School, at the Middle School graduation exercises, held in the main sanctuary of the Great Neck Synagogue this past June.
