Community Corner

Yosef Azoulay (l), captain, and Eli Nagel (r), of the Touro University Baseball Team, with Gary Perone, General Manager of the Staten Island Ferry Hawks, at their annual Jewish Heritage Day. The two threw out a first pitch to honor the successful first year of the Touro Baseball Team located at Lander College for Men.

Adrienne Adams: A Trusted Partner for Jewish New Yorkers—Rooted in Queens

In an election season filled with uncertainty, one candidate stands out—not because of grandstanding, but because of consistency. Speaker Adrienne Eadie Adams, current leader of the New York City Council and a lifelong Queens resident, is not making promises; she’s reaffirming a relationship.

On Sunday night, June 15, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Rav of the Young Israel of Queens Valley, delivered a passionate speech about the importance of taking responsibility for one another as a z’chus to dwell securely in the Land. Members of the community gathered at the Garber home in Kew Gardens Hills for a parlor meeting on behalf of Our Jewish Children, an organization that helps fund tuition for Jewish students transferring from public school to yeshivah.

We pass our community shuls all the time—but how much do we know about what or who is inside them?

A “Shabbos Goy” is sounding the alarm about the dangers of Zohran Mamdani potentially winning the Democratic NYC mayoral primary on Tuesday, June 24. Right now, the race is tied between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani. Recognizing the urgency, mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson, a successful businessman and philanthropist, is dedicating his resources to raise awareness about the threat Mamdani poses.

On Monday evening, June 9, the Queens Jewish community joined together for a deeply moving evening of honor for wounded IDF soldiers, held at Tel Aviv Restaurant on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills. The event brought together hearts, voices, and hands in unity to thank those who gave of their bodies and souls in defense of Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael.