Style & Living

 Chaverim of Queens, founded in memory of world-renowned philanthropist, Mr. Jack Friedman, a”h, started with just ten volunteers. That was a dozen years ago when calls were dispatched to volunteers via beepers. Today, Chaverim of Queens has over 100 volunteers who respond to calls rapidly via an APP. The acts of chesed that the volunteers of Chaverim do daily, does not go unnoticed by those who have benefited from the assistance provided. The devastating effects of the events of this past year will be studied long into the future, but if there is just one lesson, it may be that every life has extreme value and time may be cut short most unexpectedly.

 Like many shul-goers, I have not gone to shul in the last year.

Rav Kanievsky Appointed As Education Minister

In his bid to avoid a fourth election in one year and maintain his hold on power as Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu struck an unprecedented power-sharing deal with United Torah Judaism. “It has become clear that the guidelines of Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita have the support of the nation, and I offer my deepest respect to the Sar HaTorah of our time,” he said. “I look forward to his sagely guidance as a member of the governing cabinet.”

Eliyahu and Shiffy – twins – simultaneously gasped. They’d been fiddling with a dilapidated machine in a dusty alcove in the basement, and it was a time machine!

King Achashveirosh

Threw a party

With every type of wine

To celebrate the passing

Over the last few weeks, the weather here in the tristate area has brought upon us what we tend to call “ ankle fracture season”. Obviously this is very self explanatory. Those slippery sidewalks and streets tend to cause many of us to slip and fall. Thus, broken bones around the ankle are a common sequela of this.