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It seems that we Jews can never get a break. The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights by the United States should have been a day of jubilation, but instead it was a traumatic day for Israelis. Rockets were being launched deep into central Israel by the terror group Hamas in Gaza overshadowing the significance of the US gesture. The fighting has been fierce, and because civilians have been hurt this time, Israel must see tangible gains in this round with Hamas.

In his remarks at the formal signing of the presidential proclamation at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “US recogniti

The United States Census is imperative to our borough. The Constitution requires the government to enumerate the number of people living in the Unites States every ten years and to use the data to apportion the seats in Congress among the states. The calculation is based on total resident population, which means citizens and non-citizens alike, and it generally shifts power between the states, once a decade, in line with population and migration trends. The current conventional wisdom seems to indicate that New York is expected to lose one seat in the House of Representatives. The Census is also a means that determines how Federal funds are distributed. That is why the count has to be accurate.

Dear Editor:

 Growing up as a little girl in the New York City Housing complex called Pomonok, I viewed Saturday as a day for fun and visiting relatives. The highlight often was going to eat at a Chinese restaurant where we met many of the Jewish families who were our neighbors. I couldn’t imagine that much of what I and our family were doing conflicted with Halachah, the laws that guided Jewish observance. My family was a typical post-World War II Jewish family. My father and his three brothers worked on Saturday so that they could provide their families with clothing, shelter, and food. My mother kept a kosher home but some among her five sisters did not; this did not stop the family from staying close together and eating over on a regular basis. Looking back, I wonder how my Grandma, Grandma Chena Basansky, accepted this; but to her – despite saying T’hilim throughout the day and strictly observing Shabbos and the laws of kashrus – family unity was paramount.

A New Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden

Dear Editor:

On Monday, November 24, at 12:00 p.m., New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and the Queens Jewish Community Council will gather for the groundbreaking of the Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden, to be built on the southeast lawn of Queens Borough Hall at 120-55 Queens Boulevard.

Paid Workers Needed

Dear Editor:

Yes! Yes! Absolutely yes. Chani A. wrote the truth last week about how disappointed my family and others are in the teenagers and older members of the community.

Dear Editor:

I am very disappointed in the teenagers in this community. I am a mother of a special-needs daughter. She is fun-loving, delightful, the light of her family’s life — but sometimes her family needs a break — a respite.