The Queens Jewish Community Council expresses appreciation to the US Congress for passing – yesterday, on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day – a resolution honoring the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Israel relations and calling for the expansion and strengthening of the Abraham Accords. The bi-partisan resolution was introduced by Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Chair of …
The Queens Jewish Community Council is sympathetic to the plight of Ukraine’s approximated 200,000 Jews – as well as to the plight of all the good and innocent people there. QJCC calls on its member organizations and their members to do what they can to support victims of this war. Queens is famously New York’s …
To the Men and Women in Blue Who Protect Our City, The Queens Jewish Community Council convey our sincerest condolences to you on the loss of Officer Jason Rivera and Officer Wilbert Mora. Our hearts are with their families and loved ones as well. The NYPD has always been there to support and protect QJCC …
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QJCC Stands with the Jewish Community of Colleyville. As Queens Jewish Sites May See Added Police Presence, QJCC is Available to Provide Guidance While yesterday’s hostage taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, ended without physical injury to the hostages, the incident is a stark reminder that Jewish sites anywhere remain targets to people …
December 16, 2021 The Queens Jewish Community Council [QJCC] strongly condemns the recent anti-Israel resolution adopted by the CUNY Law School Student Government Association. The vilely offensive resolution is full of misinformation and false accusations. QJCC is embarrassed and saddened that such a naive and hateful missive should emanate from students in a place of …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2021 Contact: Mayer Waxman, Executive Director (718) 544-9033 Cell: (516) 234-5221 / [email protected] QJCC Taps Mayer Waxman as New Executive Director. The Queens Jewish Community Council, QJCC, has selected long time Jewish communal worker and Queens resident Mayer Waxman to serve as QJCC’s next executive director. QJCC is the non sectarian, …
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