Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
One Young Lady’s Drive To Build A Playground
Posted on: November 11th, 2010
Sections → Community"Building From Bottles" is a community-wide endeavor orchestrated by Avigail Borah, an 11-year-old from Hewlett, NY. Her goal is to amass enough recyclable bottles and cans and donate the redeemed proceeds to One Israel Fund (OIF) to help build a playground for the Jewish children living in Israel.
A Kosher Pantry Expands In Brooklyn
Posted on: February 17th, 2010
Sections → CommunityA troubling number of Jews, until recently firmly entrenched in the middle-class of the region's socio-economy, currently find it extremely difficult to simply put food on their tables.
A Kosher Pantry Expands In Brooklyn
Posted on: February 17th, 2010
Sections → CommunityA troubling number of Jews, until recently firmly entrenched in the middle-class of the region's socio-economy, currently find it extremely difficult to simply put food on their tables.
Family Celebrates Upsherin By Picking Potatoes For Israel
Posted on: July 15th, 2009
Sections → CommunityTwenty-five members of the extended Marks family from Woodmere, New York recently traveled to Israel to celebrate their son Moshe's upsherin. However, this was no ordinary upsherin celebration.
Family Celebrates Upsherin By Picking Potatoes For Israel
Posted on: July 15th, 2009
Sections → CommunityTwenty-five members of the extended Marks family from Woodmere, New York recently traveled to Israel to celebrate their son Moshe's upsherin. However, this was no ordinary upsherin celebration.
Charity, Support And Some Hoops
Posted on: June 17th, 2009
Sections → CommunityMany organizations and charities hold various events to help raise needed funds to continue their operations. Typical fundraisers include benefit dinners, Chinese auctions, and raffles - all worthy and enjoyable affairs. But few organizations have sponsored an inventive activity such as the one by Migdal Ohr Educational Center, Israel's largest orphanage, founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Grossman. In October 2007, the organization held a basketball game between the New York Knicks and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv.
Charity, Support And Some Hoops
Posted on: June 17th, 2009
Sections → CommunityMany organizations and charities hold various events to help raise needed funds to continue their operations. Typical fundraisers include benefit dinners, Chinese auctions, and raffles - all worthy and enjoyable affairs. But few organizations have sponsored an inventive activity such as the one by Migdal Ohr Educational Center, Israel's largest orphanage, founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Grossman. In October 2007, the organization held a basketball game between the New York Knicks and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv.
Posted on: February 18th, 2009
Sections → CommunityLast week Hershel Puretz paid 50,000 shekels [almost $13,000] in bi-monthly heating bills to the Israel Electric Corporation. Does he own several windswept mansions? A large factory? A hotel? No, Hershel, originally from Brooklyn, lives in a modest apartment in Jerusalem's Mattersdorf neighborhood. A full-time yeshiva student, he is 30 years old, married, and has three children. The heating bills are not his at all. They belong to a couple hundred destitute Israeli families.
Posted on: February 18th, 2009
Sections → CommunityLast week Hershel Puretz paid 50,000 shekels [almost $13,000] in bi-monthly heating bills to the Israel Electric Corporation. Does he own several windswept mansions? A large factory? A hotel? No, Hershel, originally from Brooklyn, lives in a modest apartment in Jerusalem's Mattersdorf neighborhood. A full-time yeshiva student, he is 30 years old, married, and has three children. The heating bills are not his at all. They belong to a couple hundred destitute Israeli families.
Students Raise Thousands For Chickens For Shabbos
Posted on: February 18th, 2009
Sections → CommunityStudents from several Queens' yeshivas joined forces in two back-to-back bake sales, and raised over $5,000 to help feed the poor in Israel through the Chickens for Shabbos program.
Students Raise Thousands For Chickens For Shabbos
Posted on: February 18th, 2009
Sections → CommunityStudents from several Queens' yeshivas joined forces in two back-to-back bake sales, and raised over $5,000 to help feed the poor in Israel through the Chickens for Shabbos program.
Hanging In the Balance: Nightmare in Japan
Posted on: February 11th, 2009
Sections → CommunityThe loneliness is overwhelming. Yoel G., Yaakov Yosef G., and Yossi B. have spent ten months in solitary confinement, sitting on a hard concrete floor, their mobility severely restricted.
Hanging In the Balance: Nightmare in Japan
Posted on: February 11th, 2009
Sections → CommunityThe loneliness is overwhelming. Yoel G., Yaakov Yosef G., and Yossi B. have spent ten months in solitary confinement, sitting on a hard concrete floor, their mobility severely restricted.
Jewish Community Acts To Tackle Economic Crisis
Posted on: February 4th, 2009
Sections → CommunityAmerica has been hit by what is likely the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression. Many Jewish communities have been hit hard, with a staggering number of families struggling with joblessness.
Jewish Community Acts To Tackle Economic Crisis
Posted on: February 4th, 2009
Sections → CommunityAmerica has been hit by what is likely the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression. Many Jewish communities have been hit hard, with a staggering number of families struggling with joblessness.
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008
Sections → CommunityNoam Talmor is 33 years old, married and a talented Israeli architect. He is also a painter and a computer-science engineer.
Posted on: November 25th, 2008
Sections → CommunityI live in Baltimore, Maryland. Wendy lives in Santee, California. So even though we've loved being Partners in Torah for almost five years, I really didn't think we'd ever get to meet.
MakeAShidduch Foundation: Building The Community One Shidduch At A Time
Posted on: February 13th, 2008
Sections → CommunityAbout a year ago, one of Jeff and Karen Cohns' frequent Shabbos guests returned home from a date distraught and dismayed.
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