Shabsie Saphirstein

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.

On Motza’ei Shabbos, February 7 – with Bryna Greenberg’s yahrzeit approaching the following Tuesday – the social hall at the Young Israel of Queens Valley filled with friends and family who knew her best. For those present, the room carried a quiet sense that Bryna was with them – not only as memory, but as a living influence.

New York City announced the first phase of a new universal childcare initiative that will provide free full-day “2-K” seats for two-year-olds, with several southern Queens neighborhoods included in the initial rollout.

Khal Adas Yereim of Kew Gardens marked its 77^th annual Tu BiShvat mesibah on Sunday evening, February 1, in the Bais Brachah Simcha Hall: a gathering that felt both familiar and deeply meaningful, as generations of mispalelim came together to perpetuate a mesorah their fathers and grandfathers have cherished for decades.

On a frigid Super Bowl Sunday morning, the social hall at the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates (YIJE) filled early despite the cold. The gathering marked QJCC’s 56^th year of continuous service to the people of Queens.

Park East Synagogue in Manhattan hosted the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY)’s annual Congressional Breakfast on Monday, February 2, an event that also served as the official launch of the organization’s 50^th anniversary year.