Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
On Motza’ei Shabbos, January 27, community members, community rabbanim, and alumni of Yeshiva Kesser Torah gathered for the annual Yeshiva Kesser Torah Melaveh Malkah to show hakaras ha’tov to the yeshivah.
When Morah Channah Hecht, Limudei Kodesh teacher for over 25 years at Yeshiva Primary, invited me to attend her students’ Chumash party, I was happy to come, but I had no idea how moving it would be.
On Tuesday, January 23, Mrs. Dina Schoonmaker, teacher, popular lecturer, and relationship counselor, and staff member of Michlalah Jerusalem College for over 20 years, delivered a virtual musar class on behalf of Midreshet Adina. It was the last of an eight-class series.
On Tuesday evening, January 16, Navigating the Medical System featured a virtual lecture with Glenn S. Turett, MD, Infectious Diseases Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, on adult vaccinations. The lecture series is hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim.
On Sunday evening, January 15, Rabbi Shai Graucher, well-known author and Director of Chessed V’Rachamim, spoke about lifting Israel’s most broken and empowering the Jewish community, in a virtual conversation on Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem.
Yeshiva Kesser Torah, nestled in the center of Kew Gardens Hills in a small house with a big heart, hosts the most minyanim in the neighborhood.
It’s a special place where everyone is welcome, and everyone feels important! Ashkenazim, Sefardim, chasidim, and everyone else all daven together in harmony.
