Community Corner

A community garden in Ridgewood that was developed two years ago has now been told to leave due to exclusionary practices – part of a neighborhood spillover of the war in Gaza.

On Sunday, May 4, the Kew Gardens Synagogue filled with community members for a presentation by Chayim Aruchim, an organization dedicated to guiding Torah-observant families through the complex challenges of end-of-life medical care.

I have been teaching Sports Management courses at Touro University’s Lander College for Men for a number of years. When I first saw the large field and baseball diamond in the rear of the college building, I thought of the most famous line in the movie Field of Dreams, which is, “If you build it, they will come.” I knew that I had to start a baseball team at Lander College for Men.

On Monday night, May 12, Rabbi Mashiach Kelaty, a well-known speaker, delivered a shiur at the Beth Gavriel Center, hosted by Chazaq.

It was a murder that shocked a family and the community: Dr. Daniel Malakov was shot dead in Rego Park on October 28, 2007, while expecting to hand his four-year-old daughter Michelle to his ex-wife, Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova. She hired her uncle, Mikhail Mallayev, to shoot her ex-husband. Both were convicted and are currently serving life sentences in prison.