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At 9:30pm, there will be a dessert reception in the Chabad House, followed by Megillah reading at 10pm.

On Sunday, there will be a Megillah reading in the Chabad House at 3pm.

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Grand Menorah Lighting with QC Vice President Adam Rockman

Special Guest Comedian Rabbi Simcha!

Free Chinese Food!

Mr. Rockman lights the 8-foot Menorah in front of over 100 students.

Arnold, an elderly evacuee, told the Rabbi that he needed to say Kaddish for his mother. The Rabbi helped him calculate the exact date of the yahrtzeit, and then, in conjunction with Uri Cohen, Executive Director of the Hillel, coordinated a student minyan on Friday, November 9th. Additionally, Chabad & Hillel joined together to deliver “Shabbat Packages” containing grape juice and challah to Jewish evacuees.

Here is something written by the Rabbi, about other Chabad activites after the Hurricane:

The extent of the devastation is difficult to wrap one’s head around. Yet there are also some stories of light that have emerged from Hurricane Sandy. Here are two of them:

On Sunday, I was fortunate enough to coordinate and accompany a group of Queens College students, alumni and a professor to the hard-hit areas of Long Beach and Oceanside. We drove down there in two vehicles — using what is now no-less-than-precious gasoline, with fuel lines in some areas of New York City still exceeding a few hours — to aid in the relief efforts. We brought food (thanks to Mayer Gold at Seasons Supermarket for donating self-heating meals and sandwich supplies), flashlights, batteries, and work gloves and shovels for our work.

One of the students who volunteered, Alyssa, is from Long Beach.

We drove through the debris-strewn streets, arriving at her home. Her parents greeted us with smiles on their faces. Sand from the beach was everywhere in the street. We assisted them in removing a fridge, carpet and other water-soaked items from their ground-level floor. The car in the driveway had been filled with sea water and was now ruined.

The Chabad rabbi in Long Beach, Eli Goodman, lives a few blocks away, right next to what used to be the boardwalk. A foot or more of sand fills his entire apartment; everything inside is ruined. No, I am not exaggerating.

In a certain sense, morale was low, yet the prevailing feeling was not one of despair, but of resolution to move forward despite the challenge.

I returned the next day with a QC student, Shachar, and a recent alum, Abe. We went door-to-door in homes in Oceanside, delivering free, hot soup and pasta.

These students, alumni and my friend Prof. Tim Rosen demonstrated the adage of our sages that, “The main thing is action.”

Some of you may wonder how I raise money for the operating costs of Chabad QC. One way is through our monthly giving program. People who believe in what we do (alumni, parents & friends) sign up with their credit card to give a monthly donation; amounts range from $10 – $400 per month.

My goal is to add two new monthly donors each week of November & December, for a total of 16 new monthly donors.

Students know that they can always rely on Tzipah and myself, even when Queens College is closed. I just need to know that I can rely on you for support.
Become a monthly donor today at whatever giving level is comfortable to you, and help me reach my goal. Click here to make your pledge!

New Donors for 2012 Monthly Giving Campaign

1st week of November: Daniel Saleman ’11; Rebecca Steinmetz; Aaron Wertheimer

2nd week of November: Sippy Laster ’11; Bernard & Haina Just-Michael

3rd week of November: Rabbi Ilan & Devorah Weinberg; Howard Friedman; Ben Faulding ’12

4th week of November:

1st week of December: Michelle Silberstein ’08

2nd week of December: Yaakov Schwartz ’10

3rd week of December: Danny & Esther Herskowitz ’09; Dr. Richard & Ellen Gertler

4th week of December: Deborah Tibor; Yishai Maynard ’06; Ari & Faigy ’07 Gilder

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The Dining Hall, Queens College

Addresses were made by Queens College President, Dr. James Muyskens, the Student Government president, and Rabbi Shaul Wertheimer.

For Rabbi Wertheimer’s 4-minute message of hope and vision for the future, click here: 9-11 memorial QC

Join us for the warmest Yom Kippur services around!

Tuesday, September 25th
Kol Nidrei

Wednesday, September 26th
9:30am – Morning Services
6:30pm – Ne’ilah
7:26pm – Fast Ends

More info TBA.

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