Veins, Veins, Go Away
By David T. Jacobs, MD
Winter has settled in. The holidays have passed. At this time of year, warm spring and summer weather isn’t at the top of your mind....
Achiezer Enables Final Kindness
Shalom Jaroslawicz was manning the Urgent Line when Mrs. Sheila Kahn* called in. Her request was indeed urgent, and while she did not know how to proceed, she did...
The Lights Are Still Burning For Kids Of Courage
What a month it has been! On Tuesday, December 4, Kids of Courage opened the third night of Chanukah with an evening of laughter and joy. Over 300 people...
Here’s How Charities Are Faring 10 Years After Madoff
NEW YORK (JTA) — Robert Lappin was in Palm Beach when he found out that his charity was broke and his money was gone.
It was the same small, moneyed...
Jewish Food Trends You’ll Be Seeing in 2019
BY SHANNON SARNA
This article originally appeared on The Nosher.
What a year — delis opened, delis closed, we talked about rainbow bagels, and reviewed the history of pickles in America. And now it’s time to look...
Rav Chanina Herzberg, z’l: A Rebbe, A Mentor, A Friend
By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
The loss of Rav Chanina Herzberg was a tremendous blow, not only to our yeshiva, but to the community at large, and most certainly to Klal...
NASCK Addresses The Full Range Of End-of-Life Topics
Every Jewish community has organizations that tend to the needs of its residents. But one organization — the chevra kadisha, the burial society—is less familiar than most, since its...
Aliyah Chronicle: Remembering Rabbi Herzberg, z’l
By Shmuel Katz
A couple of months ago, I received an email from Yeshiva of South Shore (yes, I am still on their email list) asking the community for tefillos...
NCSY Launches Chesed Database
NCSY teens engage in a diverse array of meaningful volunteer service opportunities, learning about and putting into practice the Jewish value of chesed, our responsibility to help others in...
Jewish Future Fund to Mold Tomorrow’s Leaders
A group of young visionaries has joined forces to establish the Jewish Future Fund, a unique initiative that will invest in molding laypeople and leaders for the next century...