Susie Garber

Addresses Anti-Semitism, Israel, Mail Issues

On Wednesday evening, August 16, Congresswoman Grace Meng spoke in a virtual program for the Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Educational Center. Our community is fortunate to have this educational center that hosts informative programs like this.

My Trip To North Dakota

“What did you say? Uh, why are you going there?”

On Sunday, August 20, Rabbi Dovid Ashear, well-known author of the Living Emunah series and sought-after speaker, shared a shiur about Elul, hosted by Chazaq at Congregation Anshei Shalom in Jamaica Estates.

A Life Of Resilience And Positivity In The Face Of Adversity

Mrs. Hannah Deutch just celebrated her 101^st birthday at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She is a Holocaust survivor; listening to her life story, you learn history, but you also learn about resilience and courage in the face of adversity. She exudes a love of life and people, and it is truly inspiring to hear her story and how she forged ahead no matter what.

On Tuesday evening, August 15, Chazaq hosted Rabbi Fischel Schachter, world-renowned maggid and author, who gave a shiur at Ohel Simcha. The shiur was in memory of Netaniel ben Istam. Rabbi Schachter shared many inspiring stories. He told a story about a maggid shiur who planned to give a shiur one night and, even though there was a stifling heat wave, he trudged to shul. There was no one there to listen, but he began giving his shiur anyway. A boy was passing by outside. This boy was out precisely because no one else was out, because he planned to steal. He heard the rav speaking and he came closer and thought maybe the rav was crazy, as he was speaking to the walls and chairs. He stood outside, listening, unbeknownst to the rav. The main lesson of the rav’s shiur was to never give up. Some time later, a bachur met the rav. It turned out that the bachur was that boy who overheard the shiur that day. The bachur told him that because of that shiur, he became shomer Shabbos. What impacted him was the rav’s courage.

On Sunday evening, July 2, Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem featured Rabbi Yosef Sonnenschein, Menahel of Lander College, in a virtual shiur discussing the art of trust in communicating with our teenagers as emerging adults.