Community Corner

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, January 2, by Supreme Court Administrative Judge Donna-Marie Golia. The ceremony, held in the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall, was attended by some 200 staff and justices. The DA’s youngest son, Hunter, held the copy of the Old Testament used for the swearing in.

Despite the cold temperature, the Queens Jewish community recently witnessed the dazzling spectacle of the annual “Light Up the Night” Chanukah celebration, a unifying event that brought together 3,000 revelers from our diverse communities for the fifth consecutive year.

Assemblymember Sam Berger has introduced groundbreaking legislation, The Dialogue & Decorum Act (A.8334), set to establish the crime of disruption or disturbance of a lawful assembly by making such crime a class A misdemeanor. The bill guarantees the First Amendment of the United States Constitution right to freedom of speech and assembly will not be denied by those intent on silencing speech they disagree with.

For the first time ever, The Home Depot of College Point made an out-of-store trip to run a kids program for the Chabad Community in Rego Park.

The Chofetz Chaim, a revered Jewish sage known for his wisdom and teachings, shared a profound insight about a time before the arrival of Mashiach. He conveyed that Hashem would shake the world as if with a rope, testing the faith of individuals in challenging times. These tough moments, as he explained, serve as a trial for our faith, urging us to tightly hold onto our connection with Hashem, likened to a symbolic rope.

Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today condemned The New York Times newspaper for publishing, without critical comment or rebuttal, an op-ed by a member of the Hamas terror organization blaming Israel for the destruction of Gaza City.