Community Corner

The room grew quiet as Sami Steigmann stepped forward in the lower-level beis midrash of the Young Israel of Hillcrest. Moving slowly but confidently between the rows of chairs, the 86-year-old Holocaust survivor greeted attendees, shook hands, and made eye contact with nearly everyone in the room. Before long, the more than 50 participants gathered that evening were leaning forward in their seats. For them, this was living history unfolding only a few feet away.

On Sunday evening, March 15, the grand ballroom of Terrace on the Park served as the backdrop for a milestone event that transcended the typical boundaries of a communal fundraiser. As guests arrived for the 36th Annual Dinner of Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim, it became clear that the evening was designed to be a living demonstration of the very values the yeshivah instills in its talmidim every day.

There was a feeling of warmth and joy at Commonpoint’s Central Queens location in Forest Hills on Thursday, March 5, as Holocaust survivors from across the community gathered for a special Purim luncheon hosted by the organization’s Resilience Program and proudly co-sponsored by UJA-Federation of New York.

Queens & Five Towns Responders Join Statewide Coalition Supporting Relief For Drivers

Volunteers from Chaverim of Queens & Great Neck and Chaverim of Five Towns & Far Rockaway are supporting a statewide effort aimed at addressing one of the most common frustrations heard from motorists across New York: the rising cost of auto insurance.

Volunteers from Chaverim of Queens & Great Neck and Chaverim of the Five Towns & Far Rockaway are supporting a statewide effort aimed at addressing one of the most common frustrations heard from motorists across New York: the rising cost of auto insurance.

The living room of Dr. and Mrs. Marc Silverman’s home in Kew Gardens Hills was filled Tuesday evening, February 24, as rabbanim, community leaders, and supporters gathered for a reception on behalf of “P’eylim Lev L’Achim – The Movement of the Gedolei Yisroel,” an organization devoted to bringing Jewish neshamos across Eretz Yisrael closer to Torah.