Community Corner

Maintaining a constant air bridge to and from Israel since October 7th has been a humbling task for EL AL, Israel’s national airline, but for the company, serving the state of Israel during wartime goes beyond that.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office hosted the NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Rebecca Weiner, as a guest speaker during their quarterly meeting of the QDA Jewish Advisory Council held on Tuesday morning, October 1, at the QDA’s Queens Boulevard offices in Kew Gardens.

On the evening of the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel, a powerful and solemn commemoration event took place at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater in Eisenhower Park. Hosted by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in partnership with the Long Island Jewish Coalition, the gathering brought together leaders, community members, and survivors to remember those who lost their lives, and to reinforce a collective resolve to stand with Israel in the face of terror.

Rabbi Shaul Wertheimer of Chabad on Campus of Queens is pictured assisting QC student Michael Daniel wrap t’filin in front of the library on October 7, 2024. Pro-Hamas protesters can be seen in the background. A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness. Am Yisrael Chai!

On Monday, UJA-Federation of New York held an evening of grief, resilience, community, and hope in Central Park. Elected officials and thousands others joined JCRC-NY and BringHomeNow, alongside Temple Emanu-El, for the event, which was presented in person and online. The large event was one of many memorials all across New York that commemorated the horrors of October 7.

Protesters stole his Israeli flag and left him with a bloody nose.

(Oct. 8, 2024 / JNS) Video captured by a reporter for The Washington Free Beacon shows a mob of masked, keffiyeh-clad protesters in New York City attacking Todd Richman, co-chair of Democratic Majority for Israel, on Monday.