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On Sunday, May 4, the Kew Gardens Synagogue filled with community members for a presentation by Chayim Aruchim, an organization dedicated to guiding Torah-observant families through the complex challenges of end-of-life medical care.
I have been teaching Sports Management courses at Touro University’s Lander College for Men for a number of years. When I first saw the large field and baseball diamond in the rear of the college building, I thought of the most famous line in the movie Field of Dreams, which is, “If you build it, they will come.” I knew that I had to start a baseball team at Lander College for Men.
On Monday night, May 12, Rabbi Mashiach Kelaty, a well-known speaker, delivered a shiur at the Beth Gavriel Center, hosted by Chazaq.
It was a murder that shocked a family and the community: Dr. Daniel Malakov was shot dead in Rego Park on October 28, 2007, while expecting to hand his four-year-old daughter Michelle to his ex-wife, Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova. She hired her uncle, Mikhail Mallayev, to shoot her ex-husband. Both were convicted and are currently serving life sentences in prison.
A community garden in Ridgewood that was developed two years ago has now been told to leave due to exclusionary practices – part of a neighborhood spillover of the war in Gaza.
Queens Jewish Center marked the solemnness of Israel’s Memorial Day with tempered joy for Israel’s Independence Day, hosting about 70 people on April 30.
