Chabad of Eastern Queens

What they offer

Chabad of Eastern Queens is a Chabad house in Oakland Gardens, led by Rabbi Yerachmiel Zalmanov.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. They kosher kitchens for the community.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a Hebrew school, after-school programmes and a children's club.

Older children and young adults have a teen club, bar and bat mitzvah instruction, a bat mitzvah club and a young professionals' circle.

They officiate at weddings, circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly, works with children with special needs and distributes food packages.

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.