Community Corner

Dear Friends,

Chickens For Shabbos (CFS) has become a legendary tzedakah originating right here in Kew Gardens Hills. Since its inception roughly 17 years ago, this charity has raised millions of dollars. Through the cooperation of Yad Eliezer in Israel, and other very reputable organizations in Queens, CFS has been instrumental in providing sustenance for a whole host of needy people.

Celebrating Strength

Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services is proud to announce that we are honoring Adina Lewis, Esq., and Lawrence Garbuz, Esq., with the Harvey a”h and Gloria Kaylie Community Impact Award at our upcoming 51^st annual gala. The theme of this year’s gala, which will be broadcast virtually on Sunday, March 7, at 5:45 pm, is Celebrate Strength.

Celebrities Included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, singer/actress Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and Social Media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry

Chazal tell us that the Jews enjoyed their participation in the feast of Achashveirosh – a feast established as a celebration of the fact that the Jewish nation had not returned from exile and that Hashem had apparently abandoned His people (Maseches Megillah 12a). Before this incident, the Jewish people were content to live their lives in galus within the Persian Empire and did not long to return to Eretz Yisrael nor rebuild the Temple.

Kew Gardens Hills is privileged to have raised Mordechai Serle. The onslaught of this past year’s pande

By Binyamin Ungar and QJL Staff

mic brought the graduate of Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe and Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno front and center as a co-founder of Convalescent Plasma Initiative (CPI). There, he successfully shared methods to fight and control the virus under the guidance of leading medical professionals and rabbinic authorities.

This past Monday, February 15, K’hal Adas Yereim in Kew Gardens continued its tradition of hosting a legal holiday Yarchei Kallah event. The institution, also known as the Wolpin Shul, is the structure that Rabbi Shlomo Teilelbaum zt”l built.