Resources

Tomchei Shabbos of Queens 129-01 Metropolitan Avenue Kew Gardens, NY 11415 Tel. 718-850-8070 Fax. 718-441-3535 www.tsqinc.org The Vaad Harabonim of Queens 141-49 73rd Avenue, Flushing, NY 11367 Tel. 718-520-9060 Fax. 718-520-9063 www.queensvaad.org The Queens Jewish Community Council 119-45 Union Turnpike Forest Hills, NY 11375 Tel. 718-544-9033 Fax. 718-544-8011 www.qjcc.org The Young Israel of Jamaica Estates 83-10 188th Street • Jamaica Estates, NY 11423 Tel. 718-479-7500 Fax. 718-479-7501 www.yije.org CHAZAQ Tel: 718-285-9132 or 718-440-2391 www.chazaq.org
Congregation Toras Emes 78-15 Parsons Boulevard, Kew Garden Hills, NY 11366 Rabbi Chaim Ackerman • Tel: 718-591-4240/4241 RabbiAckerman@earthlink.net The Shul is located at the corner of Parsons Boulevard & 78th Road, on the other side of Union Turnpike. Young Israel of Jamaica Estates 83-10 188th Street, Jamaica Estates, NY 11423 Rabbi Shlomo Hochberg • Tel: 718-479-7500 The Shul is located across Grand Central Parkway on 188th Street. Proceed north on 188th Street 3 blocks, the Shul is on the left. Young Israel of Briarwood 84-75 Daniels Street, Jamaica, NY 11435 Rabbi Mendel Kaufman • Tel: 718-657-2880 Take 164th to Grand Central Parkway Service Road and make a left turn. Proceed 6-7 blocks to Daniels Street, make a left on Daniels Street. Proceed all the way down Daniels Street (3-4 blocks) to the end & find Pershing Crescent. Shul in on left side of street with entrance around the corner on Pershing Crescent. Mincha is 10 minutes after candle lighting. Center for Jewish End of Life Care The Center is a collaboration between MJHS and UJA-Federation of New York. It is dedicated to facilitating conversations about the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish people affected by any advanced and terminal illness. www.centerforjewishendoflifecare.org Caring for Holocaust Survivors with Sensitivity at End of Life: A Guidebook for Clinicians This guidebook is for clinicians who have never, or rarely, worked with Holocaust Survivors. It is meant to help readers gain a deeper understanding of end-of-life issues that may manifest in the Holocaust Survivor patient, especially ones that can be easily misunderstood or misinterpreted. www.hospicenyc.org Halachic Pathway MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care offers the Halachic Pathway as a tool that assures a patient and the family that a chosen rabbinic advisor, or Posek, will be included in the medical decision-making process www.hospicenyc.org