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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Approaching its 50th anniversary, Laniado Hospital – Sanz Medical Center reflects on five decades...
A Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel of Holocaust survival was banned by a county school board in Tennessee last month on the excuse that its content is inappropriate for young audiences.
The shluchim of Chabad are famous for being on the scene in crisis situations, and sometimes it is as simple as assisting one family stuck in traffic with a hungry infant.
A dozen local doctors, and a nearly matching number of local yeshivos, sponsored a free Zoom presentation this past Monday, given by Dr. Paul Offit, a renowned authority on children’s immunizations. Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, there are millions of Americans who refuse to be vaccinated, despite evidence that doing so can keep people out of the emergency room.
A month ago, many Jewish bookshelves around the world still had volumes of inspirational books that quoted children as an empowerment and teaching tool. When multiple allegations emerged that the author behaved inappropriately with women and children, Jewish institutions and homes worldwide tossed the books away. Then came the difficult part of explaining the absence of the once-popular books, the allegations against its author, the lives that were damaged, and preventing such incidents from happening to our children.
When there is an open election that does not directly involve the voting public, political reporters search for the scoop that reveals how the next City Council Speaker is selected. Based on recent history, that choice depended on the Queens delegation and the borough’s Democratic Party chair. With Corey Johnson leaving office at the end of the month, two contenders from this borough emerged as the frontrunners, Francisco Moya from Corona and Adrienne Adams from South Jamaica.
Since her early childhood, Estee Ackerman has been climbing the charts as a champion in table tennis, never compromising on her observance of Shabbos. For more than a decade, the 20-year-old junior at Stern College has been making headlines for her stellar scores and then fleeing the court as the sun descended to the horizon on Friday afternoons.
