Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
If you’ve passed by HALB during arrival or dismissal, you’ve seen Mr. Shwom smiling, and sometimes even dancing, as he helps children cross the street. Simply helping kids get to and from school makes 84-year-old Fred Shwom happy.
The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur, the most spiritual day of the year, is really Yom k’Purim, which means “a day like Purim” (Tikkunei Zohar 21: 57b).
BAR AND BAS MITZVAHS
Chezky and Leah Badian on the birth of a son
Menachem and Elana Bedziner on the birth of a granddaughter, born to Eitan and Jessica Bedziner
Rep. Grace Meng, D-Queens, recently joined the Met Council on Jewish Poverty staff, volunteers, and CEO David G. Greenfield at Met Council’s Affordable Housing Towers VI in Flushing to prepare essential food and hygiene kits that will be distributed to New Yorkers in need and launch a first-of-its kind diaper bank in Queens.
In what was certainly one of the largest displays of k’vod haTorah in South Florida, over 500 men, women, and children came together on Sunday, September 10, to celebrate the Chanukas HaBayis of the beautiful new beis midrash and Heichal HaTorah Zichron Yitzchok Isaac of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes in North Miami Beach. It was a highly anticipated moment, as roshei ha’yeshivah, rabbanim, rebbeim, parents, alumni, and friends all shared in the simchas haTorah that was so palpable in the room.
An American Zionist leader is calling on the Biden administration to take action in response to Palestinian Arab violence against Jewish worshippers at the Tomb of Joseph, in Shechem (Nablus).
