Next Lecture: Tuesday Sept 12 730 PM "What's New in Stroke 2017" by Dr. Gary Bernardini who is chair of Neurology at NYP/Q and a nationally know expert on strokes. 

Benefiting the community since 2011, "Navigating the Medical System" presents a monthly lecture on a general medical topic, usually on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June, calendar permitting. The talks are given at the level of the medical consumer. Some of our forthcoming talks are on diabetes and diet, what's new in Heart disease and Palliative Care Medicine.

Contact Mel Breite, MD This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up for our email notifications. Videos of past lectures can be seen in full article.

 Next Shiur: Wed., Sept. 13, - Dr. Yael Ziegler, on the topic of "Chana: The Transformative Power of Prayer".

See a tribute video to Hadassah Waxman upon the completion of ten years of Shiur haChodesh.

For over a decade our Shiur HaChodesh for Women by Women has served to expand opportunities for advanced Judaic studies for women in Kew Gardens Hills and surrounding communities. It is a once monthly session of high-level text-based Torah study by some of the foremost women teachers and professors of Tanach, from both Israel and the United States.  Our sessions are held on Wed. evenings at 8:00 P.M. for approximately 1 hour. Light refreshments are served. There is a suggested donation of $4.00 for Etz Chaim members and $5.00 for non-members, with subscription for the whole series at the onset of each season. Sponsorship and support for sessions can be arranged by contacting Hadassah Waxman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

See videos related to our celebration of Israel at 69, and 50 years of a reunited Yerushalayim

Etz Chaim is a vibrant congregation known for the passion and decorum of its prayer, the breadth and creativity of its programming, its devotion to Israel, and its warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Congregation Etz Chaim is, first and foremost, a makom tefillah, a shul where davening with fervor is complemented by an absolute insistence on proper decorum. Whatever the background, dress, or level of knowledge of worshippers, all feel welcome in a joint effort to create a heartfelt and harmonious tefillah. Yet we recognize that this attitude is a goal for which we must constantly strive, and whose achievements can never be taken for granted.

Parent-Child Learning takes place every Motzaei Shabbat during the winter about 1 hour after havdalah. Come and enjoy Torah, Pizza, and a cool raffle. Contact Rabbi Saul Erlbaum for more information or to sponsor an evening of learning.

Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg has been Rav of Etz Chaim for more than two decades, before which he served as Associate Rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center. A musmach of Yeshiva University, Rabbi Rosenberg has also served as an officer of the Vaad HaRabbonim of Queens and the Rabbinic Alumni of Yeshiva University, as well as a member of the Executive Board of the Rabbinical Council of America.

Makom Ba-Lev project commemorating the lives of our kedoshim in Eretz Yisrael. Message from Rabbi Rosenberg: The inspiration for this project comes from the words of HaRav Yehuda Amital, Zt’l, the founding Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion. When eight of the Yeshiva’s talmidim fell during the Yom Kippur War,

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