Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
Kew Gardens Hills residents know that we have a vibrant public library (the Queens Public Library of Kew Gardens Hills) that tries to serve the needs of our community. But did you know there is a volunteer organization that provides additional activities at our local library? It’s called Friends of the Kew Gardens Hills Library, and most activities are focused on children or seniors.
On Monday evening, September 11, The Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Adult Education Center featured an inspiring lecture by Rabbi Shay Schachter at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills. Rabbi Schachter is the Rosh Beis Midrash at the Young Israel of Woodmere, overseeing its extensive adult educational programs. He is the Rabbi and spiritual leader of Yachad, the Orthodox Union’s international program for individuals with disabilities.
On September 2, Regina Lewis celebrated her 104th birthday. Regina Steiner Lewis was born in Krakow in 1919. She was raised and lived in the Jewish community there called Kazimierz.
We all know that Queens is a special community filled with achdus and wonderful yeshivos and chesed. There is something else unique and special about Queens. Did you also know that we are graced with k’varim of tzadikim in Mount Judah Cemetery and the adjoining Union Field Cemetery, which are just off the Jackie Robinson Parkway?
Last Wednesday evening, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, world-renowned author and speaker, spoke at the Young Israel of Forest Hills on behalf of Chazaq on the subject of preparing for Rosh HaShanah.
A beautiful state-of-the-art pre-school has been opened in Maspeth this week and was named for Rebbetzin Pesha Leibowitz a”h of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim. The pre-school is in the Maspeth Jewish Center building, which was originally built in the 1920s. The original congregation dated back to 1910.
