Shabsie Saphirstein

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, threw out the opening pitch at the Sunday, September 8, New York Mets game at Citi Field in Queens.

Queens Shmira plays pivotal role

This past Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., Queens Shmira members responded to a hotline call for a perpetrator on the loose in Kew Gardens Hills after shoving a teenage female to the pavement. The incident occurred in the heart of the neighborhood at Jewel Avenue and Main Street and evolved throughout the area as the suspect walked about. Shmira volunteers, together with the victim, tracked the perpetrator along Main Street towards 73^rd Avenue and then further towards 76^th Avenue, all while keeping a close eye until police officers responded. The perpetrator stopped off at a convenience store and continued his stroll to Union Turnpike where officers finally took control.

Last Sunday, a steady stream of neighborhood families participated in The Q Kosher Back-to-School Sunday Funday. Based in Fresh Meadows, the supermarket is the Queens Jewish community’s newest one-stop shop for a wide array of beautifully displayed groceries, produce, meat, poultry, fish, sushi, bakery goods, and weekly super specials.

Yeshiva Sha’arei Zion and its affiliate boys and girls elementary schools, boys high school Yeshiva Tiferet Tzion, and girls high school alongside the greater Beth Gavriel Congregation community, invited Forest Hills families to its annual Back To School Celebration in conjunction with Queens Shmira.

This past Sunday afternoon, September 1, Republican Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa delivered a powerful keynote address at the grand opening of the joint campaign office set to house Republican New York State Senate Candidate for District 11 Yiatin Chu, Republican New York State Assembly Candidate for District 25 Kenneth Paek, and Republican Candidate for Queens Surrogate Court Judge Stephen Weiner. The Oakland Gardens headquarters on Springfield Boulevard was standing room only as the candidates made their case to supporters.

On behalf of Queens Shmira, I joined the Jewish leadership of Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill, for an informative conversation with Congress Member Gregory Meeks. Due to redistricting,