Shabsie Saphirstein

Residents of Kew Gardens Hills can breathe a sigh of relief following an ordeal that has left the community in high tension since late-February/early-March of this year.

The Jewish world was plunged into mourning with the untimely passing of Rav Zecharyah Shimon ben Yitzchak HaKohen (and Tzirel) zt”l – Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein – a world-class orator and educator, early this past Monday morning at the age of 64.

It is not every day that a tzadik leaves his quarters to venture into other cities. On Sunday evening, May 15, the Mosholu Rebbe of Boro Park joined the Five Towns and Far Rockaway community for a Pesach Sheini tish that emphasized achdus and reconnection, and exuded k’dushah.

National Small Business Week began this past Monday with a kickoff forum at the General Society Hall in Manhattan on Friday. The event united Jewish community leaders, city, and state officials to raise awareness of resources and services available to business owners throughout the state and allowed them to network as they continue to recover from the pandemic and seek new growth opportunities as they are at the core of the city’s path to rebuild and reinvent herself.

The Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center hosted an annual memorial service for Yom HaShoah this past Thursday, April 28. The Remembrance Day for Jewish Martyrdom and Heroism included the participation of residents, rabbis, elected officials, and survivors of Nazi brutality.

This past Thursday, April 28, nearly 850 Orthodox Jewish men of all ages and backgrounds converged on the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation, located at Avenue T and East 8^th Street in Flatbush for an epic daf yomi shiur given by the legendary Reb Eli Stefansky.