Shabsie Saphirstein

Blue cotton candy floated like clouds above the block. DJ Avraham’s music pulsed through the air. And a brightly feathered parrot hopped from shoulder to shoulder, posing for photos. For one brilliant afternoon, 68th Road, just off 112th Street in Forest Hills, became a festival ground alive with joy, generosity, and pride.

Powerful Speakers Inspire Queens Men to Strengthen Kedushah and Prepare for the Yamim Nora’im

On Sunday night at Beth Gavriel in Forest Hills, hundreds of men gathered for a program titled “The Secret to the Best Life,” co-presented by Chazaq, Ami Athletics, and Guard Your Eyes (GYE). It aimed to prepare the community for the Yamim Nora’im and address one of the greatest spiritual battles of our generation: guarding our eyes in a world overflowing with distraction.

 On Sunday evening, September 7, a milestone few merit was marked with warmth and simchah as family, friends, and neighbors gathered in the social hall of the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills to celebrate the 101^st birthday of Mr. Max Marcus. The evening was both a celebration of life and a tribute to a beloved patriarch whose years have been guided by emunah, perseverance, and Torah values.

In Jewish thought, zikaron (remembrance) is more than memory; it is a sacred obligation. Just as we recall the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash each Tish’ah B’Av, we also mark tragedies of our own era, transforming grief into action and strength.

New York State and City elected officials, city representatives, and community partners gathered on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica for a landmark ceremony: the ribbon cutting of Sutphin Tower, part of the largest HPD/HPS affordable housing project in New York City’s history. Spearheaded by Velocity Management — a frum-owned and operated company — the three-building development delivers more than 1,200 apartments, over 900 of them affordable.

Queens is once again zocheh to host HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Kolodetsky shlita this Shabbos, parshas Ki Seitzei. A son-in-law of the late Sar HaTorah, Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, Rav Kolodetsky has become a beacon of Torah and chizuk for klal Yisrael. Each gathering in our community is remembered not merely for the words shared, but for the k’dushah and inspiration that linger long afterward.