Community Corner

On a recent Thursday afternoon, the Boulevard ALP Assisted Living facility in Fresh Meadows hosted a touching ceremony for a special resident, World War II veteran Irving Goldstein, who will celebrate his milestone centenarian birthday at the end of the year.

Graduate School of Social Work Honored by National Association of Social Workers –New York City Chapter at 13^th Annual Leadership Awards Gala

On Thursday, October 15, two of our local Queens educational institutions – Fresh Meadows’ Yeshiva Ketana of Queens and Kew Gardens’ Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe – were issued inaccurate summonses for “not complying with NYS EO #202.6 and NYSDOH guidelines by operating a school in a red/orange zone.” The duo from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would not listen to a rationalization that the schools were in their respective yellow zones and allowed to operate.

As a way to help our communities remain safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. will be holding mobile office hours outside of Wasserman’s Supermarket in Kew Gardens Hills this month to distribute free masks and hand sanitizer.

Rosenblum’s of Kew Gardens has tenaciously served its close-knit community for nearly half a century. Neighborhood residents are widely grateful for the kosher grocery’s conveniences and welcomingly show their patronage. With no availability for a parking lot, the few municipal parking spaces dotted along Lefferts Boulevard have had to make do for its customer base. Over the years, the metered spaces have been the subject of varied contention, along with the Q10 bus stop just prior to Metropolitan Avenue.

Initiative designed to invest in Jewish nonprofit ventures
addressing needs of today’s Jewish community

The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has launched the application process for the third cohort of its Impact Accelerator program to rapidly identify and invest in ventures addressing current and future Jewish communal interests.