Community Corner

Misaskim volunteers never rest. From assisting bereaving families to addressing the concerns of almanos and yesomim, the volunteers are always ready. Due to demand, the Queens and Great Neck division recently expanded into a new division exclusively for the Far Rockaway and Long Island region, coordinated by renown mechanech Rabbi Moshe Hamel. This past Sunday evening, the two divisions met up at the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Lawrence on Doughty Boulevard for a face-to-face with Misaskim founder Reb Yanky Meyer to discuss new opportunities as the organization pushes forward to make a larger impact on those families suffering.

This coming Presidents’ Day weekend, the Young Israel of Holliswood will continue their Holiday Breakfast Lecture Series.

The shul’s rav, Rabbi Moshe Taub, has spoken already regarding topics ranging from Houdini and Halachah to Woman’s Suffrage in Halachah and History, as well as such eclectic subjects such as Sexual Abuse, Ribbis, and Shabbos Timers.

A year has come and gone and the Super Bowl is back for its 56^th debut. As you gather with family or friends, you will find the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Los Angeles Rams in their own brand-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, although the Bengals will serve as the home team. A Rams win would make them the second team in Super Bowl history to win in their home stadium, only following the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. The game will mark the first time in just about three decades that the battle for the Lombardi Trophy will return to the California region.

The OU Women’s Initiative is challenging synagogues and communities to create innovative women’s programming in 2022. Grant awards are up to $3,600 per program, for the 10 organizations/programs receiving funding.

Event will also honor volunteer first responders and celebrate paper’s 10^th anniversary

On Wednesday, February 16, the Queens Jewish Link, in partnership with its sister publication the Bukharian Jewish Link, will host an evening of networking, open to all community members. “In addition to current events and Torah perspectives, our newspapers offer financial opportunities for readers,” explained Yaakov Serle, co-publisher of the publications. “As the effects of the pandemic settle, more and more locals require new means to sustain their families. This networking event takes on added meaning as it very well may help bolster our local families and business.”

It’s a fundamental idea in Torah-observant Judaism that when we were born into the world we became a new link in a long spiritual chain. We begin our lives with a spiritual connection to our parents, our parents’ parents, and all of our direct ancestors – even those who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago. And, this connection has an influence on the path that our life takes.