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This past Monday evening, October 25, members of Chaverim of Queens joined City Council Candidate Joann Ariola for a meet and greet. The members spent considerable time hearing about Ariola’s vision to overcome her Leftist contender. The members also shared details of their volunteer efforts throughout Queens and within the 32^nd Council District.

Daily Giving, a unique effort in which one can guarantee himself/herself a mitzvah every day by automatically donating one dollar to tz’dakah, has reached another major milestone. The organization has signed up more than 8,000 members who give charity together each day. Daily Giving is now scheduled to donate almost $3 million to its beneficiary nonprofit organizations over the next 12 months.

When you wake up in the morning in New York City, Chazaq programs are running full force. When you go to sleep after a long day of work, Chazaq programs are just beginning in the Holy City of Jerusalem.

One of the deadliest single massacres in the history of the Holocaust, the Babyn Yar mass killing committed by the Nazis in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 29 and 30, 1941, heartlessly stole the lives of more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children. Standing in solidarity with Queens’ Jewish and Ukrainian communities, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. traveled to Ukraine earlier this month to participate in a series of events commemorating the 80^th anniversary of the massacre.

Unique focus on health and healthcare will offer training for careers in medical and behavioral health settings

The Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation (RCRF) commemorated the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu on Sunday, October 17, 11 MarCheshvan, the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu, at its 27^th Annual Yahrzeit Dinner. This year was doubly exciting, with two separate programs – one in Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood, just a stone’s throw from Kever Rachel, and the other at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center – since RCRF Founder Evelyn Haies made aliyah with her husband Jay on July 4, 2021.