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Chaverim members took time to offer the community the following summer safety tips:

Mike Khiyayev of Safehouse Locksmith & Hardware encourages the community to always lock your doors, both to your vehicle and to your home. But don’t forget to take your keys along. So many of us are in a rush and forget the most basic rules of life.

We are now six decades removed from the courageous travels the Freedom Riders took through the segregated South. On the evening of Tuesday, July 19, the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall filled to honor Queens residents who participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides. The program, organized by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, celebrated the crucial role these leaders played amongst other noteworthy institutions in the fight for equality during the Civil Rights movement.

The Cheder Moshe Raya Mehamina was founded to raise the bar and bring a robust and professional approach to chinuch in Queens. Under the leadership of menahel Rabbi Meir Chaim Gutfreund, the yeshivah completed its first year with smashing success.

As one of the more than 120 Chaverim of Queens and Great Neck volunteers, I can attest to the need for improved road safety equipment. From jacks to air pumps and lockout kits, every detail matters, and often is on hand to save a fellow neighbor’s day, or rescue them in their time of peril.

What does the word “home” mean to you? It is a query that homeowners, and community members of all ages, are privileged to address. The response is different to whomever is asked, and the reply may change with the passing days and months, or simply as dawn turns to dusk.

This year’s Jewish Education Program (JEP) Queens testimonial breakfast, held in Kew Gardens Hills at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim – Rabbinical Seminary of America, was filled with appreciation to an organization that has dedicated a yovel to bringing Jewish children closer to their heritage. Sitting beside longtime advocates of JEP, Reb Nachum Shmuel Hartman and Ronnie Schlanger, I came full circle with the mammoth impact JEP has had. Their outreach and love for Jewish youth was amplified by the tremendous outpouring of support as I flipped the pages of their breakfast journal.