Achiezer: Meeting The Need
Achiezer: Meeting The Need
Achiezer is proud to announce several major developments that will greatly enhance support and care for community members across the Five Towns, Far Rockaway, Queens, and beyond.
Opening Of Achiezer’s Seventh Hospital Respite Room
Achiezer Community Resource Center is proud to announce the opening of its seventh Hospital Respite Room, located in Long Island Jewish Valley Stream. This milestone achievement continues its mission of ensuring comfort, dignity, and support for families facing medical challenges. This newest respite room, created in partnership with Northwell Health, reflects Achiezer’s ongoing commitment to standing at the side of our community during their most difficult moments.
“For more than a decade, Achiezer has identified gaps in community resources and worked tirelessly to fill them,” said Achiezer President Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender. “The need for quiet, comfortable, private spaces within hospitals—where families can regroup, rest, and recharge—has never been greater.”
Achiezer’s new wheelchair-accessible specialty transport vehicle
Filling yet another critical community need, Achiezer is excited to introduce a new wheelchair-accessible specialty vehicle. This resource is designed for urgent situations—whether assisting patients who cannot reach life-saving dialysis during storms, helping individuals travel from rehab or a hospital to attend a simcha, or ensuring someone can reach a levayah when other transport is unavailable. Achiezer extends sincere thanks to the generous community member who sponsored this essential vehicle, which is already becoming an important part of the Achiezer fleet.
“This van is more than a vehicle,” said Rabbi Bender. “It’s dignity. It’s relief. It’s hope. And like everything we do, it was created because a member of our community cared enough to step forward and make it possible.”
After several years of coordinated effort, Achiezer and Northwell Health are proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership: the hiring of the first-ever Jewish Community Liaison dedicated exclusively to our community.
Navid Hakimian
Navid Hakimian, a seasoned and highly respected Hatzalah member and community activist from Great Neck, has served as a trusted resource to Achiezer and countless patients in both the Five Towns and Queens. His appointment marks a transformative step forward in the level of care and advocacy available to families within the hospital system.
Having a devoted liaison inside the hospital every single day—someone who understands our community’s culture, sensitivities, and unique needs—will be an invaluable asset. Navid will be working closely with Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, Elke Rubin, and members of Achiezer’s Hospital Support Team. Together, they will provide hands-on guidance to hospitalized community members and their families, assisting with difficult surgical decisions, Shabbos accommodations, care coordination, and so much more.
Achiezer is thrilled to welcome Navid to this historic role and looks forward to the lasting impact this partnership will bring.
Together, these new initiatives underscore Achiezer’s ongoing mission: identifying unmet needs within the community and creating meaningful, practical solutions to support families during life’s most challenging moments.
Achiezer continues to be a central address for crisis intervention, medical advocacy, social services, and emergency support across our region. Whether through our respite rooms, mental-health support, volunteer programs, hospital liaisons, emergency coordination, or specialty services, our mission remains the same: to be there for every individual, every family, and every need—24 hours a day.
For more information, visit Achiezer.org or contact 516-791-4444.
