Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
This past Friday, October 27, marked five years since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The anti-Semitic attack killed 11 people, injured six, and is the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the United States in our nation’s history.
Yeshiva Har Torah has been running a myriad of special events and initiatives in the wake of the recent tragedies that are happening in Israel. This week, Yeshiva Har Torah hosted a series of rallies for all of their students to join together in song, prayer, speech, and other activities.
In the z’chus of their many brothers and sisters in Israel, SINAI@YCQ students recite brachos out loud before consuming their yummy treat. Kol ha’kavod!
In an expression of love and care for the families and children of Israel, the students of the Bnos Malka Academy have undertaken a special project. In a desire to bring a smile to the faces of Israeli families displaced from their homes in the South, and to the families whose fathers or sons were called up to duty, our girls are sending the families fresh pizza pies.
When the Central community committed to this year’s theme of positivity, no one could have imagined what the global events of the semester would bring. But this ethos has been leading the Central community in its initiatives since October 7. “We are here, and our hearts are in Israel,” said Central’s Head of School, Ms. Bracha Rutner. “Ever since we woke up on Shemini Atzeres morning to the news about the horrific events in Israel, we have been thinking about how we can support the families, the soldiers, and the country as a whole. This is our homeland, and we want to help them.”
Students at SINAI@YCQ who had recently written letters of gratitude to Israeli soldiers were thrilled to receive a response back from one of them, who thanked the students, sent a picture of the letters on display at the army base, and said the letters “give us a boost” and “we read [them] every day.” Meanwhile, junior high school students joined with their peers at the Yeshiva of Central Queens to show their own support for Israel in the schoolyard!
