Community Calendar & Events view NEQJCC Meetings

[NEQJCC Members: please submit your events -- following the format items below are posted via info@northeastqueensjewish.org] 

2008 - 5769

Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 27 Tishri 5769
Installation and Awards Reception sponsored by Parker Jewish Institute
11:00 a.m. at Bellerose Jewish Center
                      254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park, NY  11004
Honorees:
**Outstanding Service to the Community of Greater New York:
William Frumkin, Jewish Communal Network Commission of UJA-Federation
**Outstanding Service to the Community of Northeast Queens:
Hon. Barbara Clark, NYS Assembly Member - 33rd District
**Outstanding Service to the Community of Northeast Queens:
Jeffrey Gurdus, NEQJCC Past President
**Rivka Fox Youth Awards:
Danielle Longueira and Jeffrey Goldberg
NEQJCC thanks Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation for its support of this special program.
For information, call (718) 225-6750x247
Download the Invitation.  Download the Program Journal

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 17 Kislev 5769
NEQJCC Harmony initiative Coat Drive Kickoff 
12:30 p.m. at Samuel Field Y
                      58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY  11362
Download the flyer. (Coat Drive ends Friday, January 10, 2009)

2009 - 5769

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 10 Tevet 5769 
Rally in Support of Israel’s War On Terror
12:30 p.m. Across from the Israeli Consulate
                      42nd Street & 2nd Avenue in Manhattan
Thousands of rockets have been launched by the terrorist organization Hamas into Southern Israel since Israel left Gaza for peace. Israel has the right to defend itself. Come out on your lunch hour and show your support for Israel.
Sponsoring organizations: 
AMCHA – Coalition for Jewish Concerns, AISH, Americans for a Safe Israel, Betar, Christians United for Israel Chapter 10, Coalition for Israel, David Project, Dor Chadash, Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council, Fuel for Truth, Hasbara Fellowships, Indian American Intellectual Forum, Jewish Action Alliance, JINSA, JNF, Mothers Against Terrorism, National Council of Young Israel, NACOEJ, NY Board of Rabbis, OU, RCA,  Jewish Community Council, Stand With Us, Students for Peace in the Middle East, Westchester Jewish Conference, Zionist Organization of America (In Formation)
For more information, please contact Hillary Markowitz at (914) 393-8071 or Meredith Weiss at (845) 642-2751 or email, MW812@aol.com 
Download the flyer

Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 15 Tevet 5769 
Israel Solidarity Rally - STAND UP & SUPPORT ISRAEL 
11:00 a.m. at 42nd Street at 2nd Avenue
(across from the Israeli Consulate)
Subways: 4, 5, 6, or 7 to: Grand Central Station
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and
UJA Federation of New York in cooperation with 
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
confirmed speakers: NY State Governor David Paterson, Membes of Congress Eliot Engel, Steve Israel, Peter King, Jerrold Nadler and Anthony Weiner, NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, NY City Comptroller Bill Thompson, and NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. 
Co-sponsors include (List in formation):
The Academy for Jewish Religion • ACT! FOR AMERICA - NEW YORK METRO CHAPTER • AIPAC - Northeast Region • American Association of Jews from the Former Soviet Union • American Jewish Committee • American Jewish Congress • American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center • American Friends of Bar-Ilan University • American Friends of Magen David Adom (ARMDI) •  American Friends of Likud • American Sephardi Federation • American Zionist Movement • AMIT • Anti-Defamation League/NY Region • B’nai B’rith International • Baltimore Zionist District • Bnei Akiva of North America • Bnai Zion • Board of Jewish Education • Bronx Jewish Community Relations Council • Central Queens YM & YWHA • COJECO • COJO OF Flatbush • COJO of Staten Island • Council of Young Jewish Presidents • The David Project • Dor Chadash • Dov Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe • The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst • EMUNAH of America •Five Towns Jewish Council •  Friedberg JCC • Hadassah - New York Region • Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion • Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life • JASA • JCC on the Hudson • JCC of Staten Island • JCRC of Long Island • Jewish Action Aliance • Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula • Jewish National Fund • Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, New York/New Jersey Region • The Jewish Theological Seminary • Justice for Jews from Arab Countries • Kingsbay YM-YWHA • Long Island Board of Rabbis • Manhattan Jewish Experience • NA'AMAT USA •  National Council of Young Israel • The National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene • New York Board of Rabbis •  92Y • Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council • Orthodox Union • Queens Jewish Community Council • The Rabbinical Assembly • Rabbinical Council of America • Religious Zionists of America • Riverdale Jewish Community Council • Russian American Jews for Israel • SAJES • Salute to Israel Parade • Sephardic Community Center • Sid Jacobson JCC • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Stand With Us • State of Israel Bonds • Suffolk Y Jewish Comunity Center • Union for Reform Judaism • United Hebrew Trades Division of the Jewish Labor Committee • United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ • United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism - METNY Region • Westchester Jewish Conference•  The World Committee for the Land of Israel • World Congress of Russian-Speaking Jewry • World Jewish Congress - United States • Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future • ZOA
For more information contact (212) 983-4800 ext. 158 or info@jcrcny.org 
Download the flyer (PDF) or JPG

Sunday,  February 1, 2009 - 7 Shevat 5769
Join the WORLD WIDE WRAP 
9:00 a.m. at Bellerose Jewish Center 
                      254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park, NY 11004
Sponsored by BBYO and Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council
Celebrate the mitzvah of tefillin. There will be extra sets of tefillin and personal trainers to help you through the process. Afterwards, join us for a delicious breakfast. Be a part of the thousands of Jews who participate in this Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs' worldwide celebration of tefillin!   Download the flyer.
For more information, call Harrison Goldspiel at (516) 603-5286

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 30 Shevat 5769
Ceremonial Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King
Sponsored by Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Jewish National Fund and Israeli Consulate General and recommended by Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council honoring Bishop Dr. Roderick R. Caesar
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Bethel Gospel Tabernacle
                      110-25 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica
Doors Open at 7:00 p.m.  RSVP by Friday, February 20 to (212) 983-4800x154 or email fishbeine@jcrcny.org.
Greetings by Israel Consul General Asaf Shariv
Download the Flyer

Tuesday, February 26, 2009 - 12 Adar I 5769
Silence is not an option: Venezuela's Night of the Broken Synagogue
Sponsored by Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council, the  Kufperberg Holocaust Center and Queens Jewish Community Council
7:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Jewish Center
                      183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY 11366
For reservations/info: (718) 281-5770.  Download the flyer

Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 5 Adar 5769
NEQJCC Harmony initiative Food Drive Kickoff followed by
Purim Party
12:30 p.m. at Samuel Field Y
                      58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY  11362
(Food Drive ends Friday, April 3, 2009)
For information, call (718) 225-6750x247
Watch this site for more details

Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 5 Adar 5769
Purim Paradise
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Samuel Field Y
                      58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY  11362
Admission is Free; Kosher Food Available; Games, Crafts & Inflatable Rides (Tickets available for sale at the door) Come in costume and receive 5 free tickets. Bring a non-perishable food for the NEQJCC Harmony initiative food drive and receive two free tickets.  Sneakers must be worn in the gym.  Donate to Seddukkah box to benefit Israeli Charities (Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, Chickens for Shabbos, Mogen David Adom {Red Shield of David}).  Free Door Prize Raffle sponsored by Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council.  For information, call Amy at (718) 423-611x228or Carol at (718) 225-6750x229.. Download the flyer.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 14 Adar 5769
The AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires: Its Cover-Up and Investigation
Sponsored by Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council and the  Kufperberg Holocaust Center
8:00 p.m. at Queensborough Community College, Room M136
                      222-05 56 Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364
Speakers include Israel Consul General Asaf Shariv and Argentina Attorney General Dr. Alberto Nisman; Edward O'Callaghan, Former Co-Chief of the Terrorism and national Security Unit. U.S. Southern District; Harlan Levy, Partner Boies, Schiller, Former Prosecutor
For reservations/ info: (718) 281-5770.  Download the flyer.

Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 11 Nisan 5769
Model Seder hosted by Kufperberg Holocaust Center
Sponsored by Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council

Monday April 20, 2009 - 26 Nisan 5769
RALLY Against Durban 2 - "the Durban Review Conference" 
12:00 noon (Rain or Shine) at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 
                      47th Street and 1st Avenue, Manhattan
Speakers include Rabbi Joseph Potasnik of the New York Board of Rabbis and others (list in formation).  Join us for a demonstration against the Durban Review Conference and educate the world about Human Rights violations around the world. Demand that the UNITED NATIONS focus on global human suffering instead of obsessively focusing only on one country: Israel.
Please click on the following link - http://www.standwithus.com/FLYERS/  - to see signs and information that you can print and bring.  Download the flyer
For more information, please contact, Avi Posnick - avip@standwithus.com - (212) 398-2524

Tuesday April 28, 2009 - 4 Iyar 5769
Yom Ha'atzmut Israel's Independence Day Celebration
 7:00 p.m. (door open) on the INTREPID
                      West 46th Street & 12th Avenue
sponsored by Dor Chadash (Manhattan-based professionals) & 100 partnering organizations including Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council
8:00 p.m. Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) Ceremony at  with special guest Gabriella Shalev, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations
8:45 p.m All-night dance party celebrating Yom Ha'atzmut (Israel's Independence Day).  Cash Bar Only.  Download the invite.  . All proceeds go to an Israeli charity.  $36 advance through April 8; $40 advance after April 8; $50 at door.  Purchase tickets at www.DorChadashUSA.org. For more info contact Hannah@DorChadashUSA.org 

Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 23 Iyar 5769
Legislative Forum 2009 - The Race for Mayor
9:30 a.m.  at Samuel Field Y
                      58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY  11362
Confirmed: Anthony Avella and William Thompson
Invited: Michael Bloomberg and Anthony Wiener
Sponsored by Queens Civic Congress, Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, Samuel Field Y, UJA-Federation of New York, Queens Hadassah, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. 
Media Sponsors: New York Post and Community Newspaper Group (CNG)
Moderated by New York Post City Hall Bureau Chief David Seifman
For information, call (718) 225-6750x247
Download the flyer

Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 8 Sivan 5769
Salute to Israel Parade 2009
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sundays, June 7, 14, 21, 2009  - 15, 22, 29 Sivan 5769
THEATRE BY THE BAY presents "The Pajama Game"
3:00 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center
                      13-00 209th Street, Bayside, NY 11360
The Community Theatre Group of Bay Terrace Jewish Center 
Tickets: $18 Adults, $16 Seniors a& Children, Group Sales Rates Available
Phone: (718) 428-6363.  Download the flyer.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009  -  2 Tammuz 5769
The Jewish Communal Response to the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Queens Jewish Community: A Community Conversation
8:30 a.m. at Central Queens YM/YWHA
                      67-09 108th Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Introducing UJA-Federation of New York's Connect to Care, A multi-agency initiative assisting families who have been adversely affected by the economic downturn in the areas of: Employment and Career Transition Services, Legal Services, Supportive Counseling and Jewish Spiritual Care, Financial Consultation. Coffee and Registration at 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. followed by a Panel Discussion with Moderator Willie Rapfogel, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Met Council. For Information and to RSVP: David Feinerman, Queens Program Coordinator, Connect to Care at the Samuel Field Y, at (718) 224-0566 or Email: Connect-to-Care@sfy.org. Download the flyer.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009  -  17 Tammuz 5769
Rummage Sale
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Bellerose Jewish Center
                      254-04 Union Turnpike,Floral Park, NY 11004
Come browse through our treasures: new and mostly new clothes, household items, bed and bath, toys. Call 718-343-9001 for more info. The Bellerose Jewish Center is also accepting donations for Rummage. Please call if you want to bring in items.

to be scheduled
Mikvah Ground Breaking
TBD at the Young Israel of New Hyde Park
                      264-15 77th Avenue, New Hyde Park NY 11040
For information, (718) 343-0496.

2009-2010 - 5769-5770

Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 24 Elul 5769 (Executive Committee, 10:30 a.m)
Monday, October 12, 2009 -  24 Tishri 5770 (Regular Meeting`)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 22 Cheshvan 5770  (Executive Committee)
Monday, December 14 - 27 Kislev 5770 (Executive Committee), 7:00 p.m.
Monday, January 11 - 25 Tevet 5770 (Regular Meeting; Appoint Nominating Committee)
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 24 Shevat 5770 (Executive Committee)
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 22 Adar (I) 5770 (Regular Meeting; Nominating Committee Report)
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 28 Nisan 5770 (Executive Committee)
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 26 Iyar 5770 (Regular Meeting; Elect Officers, set calendar)
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2 Tammuz 5770 (Executive Committee)