236 posts categorized "Hessed"

May 23, 2013: Agri Star Donates More Than $50,000 Worth Of Meat Products To Oklahoma Tornado Relief
Comments: 11 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Haredim , Hessed , MO & Chardal
Agri Star, the successor company to Agriprocessors, has donated 20,000 pounds of meat products to Oklahoma tornado relief in partnership with the haredi chain of soup kitchens Masbia. The meat and poultry products, which Agri Star says have a wholesale...

March 12, 2013: All-Female Version Of Hazolah Gets NY State Approval
Comments: 36 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Women & Judaism
Ezras Nashim, the women-only haredi EMT group, recently received the okay from New York State to open their service to the public. Ezras Nashim will compete with Hatzolah – the male-only haredi EMT service – in heavily Jewish neighborhoods. Hatzolah...

February 1, 2013: Baltimore Shomrim Member Gets Award From San Francisco Cops
Comments: 4 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
A member of Shomrim of Baltimore, Maryland received a certificate of appreciation for helping free a woman trapped with her children in a storage locker – in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Police Department awarded the certificate to Yitzy...

January 29, 2013: Mordechai Ben David, Choir, Visit Rubashkin In Prison, Sing For Him In Honor Of Daughter's Wedding
Comments: 49 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Hasidic singer Mordechai Ben David and members of the Shira Choir visited former Agriprocessors VP Sholom Rubashkin in federal prison this week to help Rubashkin celebrate his daughter's wedding. Rubashkin is serving a 27-year sentence for bank fraud and related...

January 24, 2013: Video: 6-Year-Old Writes Book To Raise Money To Find A Cure For Friend's Genetic Disorder
Comments: 6 | Categories: Hessed
“Chocolate bar” means “awesome” to Dylan Siegel, a 6-year-old 1st grader who wrote a book called Chocolate Bar to raise money to find a cure for his 7-year-old best friend's rare liver condition. Link.

December 16, 2012: New Jersey Pilot Program Allows Inmates To Participate In Lighting Of Menorah
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Hanukkah , Hessed
It took about a year to iron out the details of the department's new menorah policy, which allows each state prison to designate a room where one menorah will be lit by a staff member or a volunteer religious group...

December 13, 2012: Flatbush Shomrim Honored For "Lumberjacking"
Comments: 20 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
“This guy, Chaim Deutsch, blows me away,” Manhattan Beach Community Group President Ira Zalcman said of the Flatbush Shomrim founder, who lead a team of urban lumberjacks who cut up and carted off more than 70 trees that fell across...

December 12, 2012: Baltimore Shomrim Saved Trapped Woman And Kids – In San Francisco
Comments: 7 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
Baltimore Shomrim received a hotline call just after midnight Tuesday from a woman who was trapped with her children in a locked in a storage rental facility in San Francisco. The email reportedly sent by Shomrim said the woman was...

November 16, 2012: Is This Any Way To Treat The Poor?
Comments: 56 | Categories: Halakha , Hessed , MO & Chardal , Poverty & Homelessness
"…Jews believe in charity, but primarily as a private endeavor. The tithing obligation, or the dispensing of gifts to the poor in Biblical times (maasrot, leket, shikcha, pe’ah – known collectively as matnot aniyim, gifts to the poor), are all...

November 7, 2012: A Lesson From The Storm
Comments: 26 | Categories: Hessed , Poverty & Homelessness
What can we learn from the massive natural disaster that ravaged New York City and New Jersey along with many other East Coast locations after Hurricane Sandy struck? One of the new facts of life in the aftermath of Hurricane...

November 5, 2012: Jewish Federation Releases $10 Million For Hurricane Relief
Comments: 12 | Categories: Hessed , Jewish Leadership
The UJA-Federation of Greater New York released $10 million to its member agencies and synagogues to use for emergency hurricane relief. The decision to release the funds was made last night by the UJA-Federation’s board of directors, which met in...

November 4, 2012: Jewish Community Locations Providing Hurricane Relief
Comments: 7 | Categories: Hessed
A list of NYC locations where Jewish community members can find kosher food and other forms of assistance. The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty's head, Willian Rapfogel, sent me the following list of locations you can go to for help....

November 4, 2012: Lower East Side's Rabbis AWOL In Face Of Hurricane, Some Residents Say
Comments: 98 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , MO & Chardal
Lower East Side residents stuck without food (and sometimes without water) in the neighborhood's high rise buildings complain that the area's haredi and Orthodox rabbis left the area without helping the elderly, disabled and poorer residents they left behind. Lower...

November 2, 2012: More Hurricane Sandy Recovery, Clean Up, And Public Aid Information
Comments: 3 | Categories: Hessed , Poverty & Homelessness
"As our City begins to recover from Hurricane Sandy, I wanted to share information about relief groups and other charitable organizations to which you can donate, if it’s difficult for you to personally offer supplies and shelter to people in...

July 17, 2012: Haredim Drain Welfare Benefits Away From The Truly Poor
Comments: 52 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Israel , Religion
Israel’s poor receive far less welfare than the poor of other first world countries and suffer because of it. Elderly, poor and homeless in Israel Haredim Drain Welfare Benefits Away From The Truly Poor Israel’s poor receive far less welfare...

July 8, 2012: Exclusive: Police Say $1 Million Beggar’s Death Suicide, Despite Conflicting Evidence And Lack Of An Autopsy
Comments: 58 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
Police tell Howard Frank's brother that the investigation into his brother's suspicious death is now being closed, and that Howard Frank's death is being ruled a suicide – even though Frank told people in the hours before he died that...

July 8, 2012: Video: The Apparent Murder Of Howard Frank
Comments: 36 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
As first reported on FailedMessiah.com, a mentally ill beggar was found dead in the Gowanus Canal in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 days ago. Evidence collected by FailedMessiah.com points to murder as the cause of death. But the haredi organization Misaskim...

July 6, 2012: Exclusive: The Life And Suspicious Death Of Howard Frank
Comments: 97 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Hessed
Author, photo collector and Jewish beggar Howard Frank dies a suspicious death in murky water off Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Howard Frank at the main Chabad synagogue, 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York Originally published at 9:31 pm CDT...

April 29, 2012: Haredi Man Helps Save Boy From Burning House
Comments: 58 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
He ran to the house and called 911, and a dispatcher told him to make sure no one was trapped inside. A Spring Valley Department of Public Works employee, was driving by about the same time and stopped to help....

April 20, 2012: Shame
Comments: 14 | Categories: Hessed , Israel , Poverty & Homelessness
10,000 destitute survivors have discovered that the $400 quarterly stipend they receive from the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets has been cut down to $320. The destitute survivors were not informed of the cut. Instead, they...

April 5, 2012: Emergency Bidikat Hametz Appeal!
Comments: 28 | Categories: Books , Hessed , PARODY & SATIRE
I was crawling on the floor in my room in mother's basement, beeswax candle, feather and brown paper bag in hand, chaffed by and constrained in the clothing necessary to properly do the important mitzvah of searching for hametz, when...

April 1, 2012: Video: Voice Of Justice Model Seder Draws Dozens Of Survivors Of Child Sex And Domestic Abuse
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Dozens of survivors, activists and supporters gathered in Brooklyn to eat, dance and show haredi leadership that they aren't going away. Food donated by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and other groups was distributed, both to survivors of child...

March 19, 2012: NYC Bans Food Donations
Comments: 13 | Categories: Hessed , MO & Chardal , Poverty & Homelessness
The Bloomberg administration is now taking the term “food police” to new depths, blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless. No Kugel for you! Mike’s homeless-gift ban JEFF STIER • NY POST So much for...

February 19, 2012: Haredi Leader Out Of Coma
Comments: 36 | Categories: Hessed , Israel
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the 101-year-old leader of Ashkenazi haredim, was brought out of a medically-induced coma. Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the 101-year-old leader of Ashkenazi haredim, was brought out of a medically-induced coma earlier today....

January 29, 2012: Pay To Beg: Chabad's Main Synagogue Charges Beggars Admission Fee
Comments: 90 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Hessed , Poverty & Homelessness
Down-on-their luck panhandlers at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights have to follow the 11th Commandment: Fork over $5 for the right to beg inside. Charity collector in front Chabad's main synagogue, 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York Temple’s...

January 22, 2012: Exclusive: In Chabad's Central Synagogue, Charity Collectors Have To Pay To Play
Comments: 39 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Hessed , Poverty & Homelessness
Administrators known as gabbais are charging charity collectors and beggars $5 to beg inside Chabad's main synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York. Those who do not pay are ejected, sometimes by police who are called in by...

December 25, 2011: Hannukah Party For Survivors Of Child Sex Abuse
Comments: 5 | Categories: Hessed
The party will be held in Brooklyn for survivors of child sex abuse and domestic abuse and their families. The Voice of Justice is sponsoring a Hanukkah party in Brooklyn for victims, advocates and their families who are survivors of...

December 22, 2011: Big Haredi News: 2 Men Give Up Bus Seat For Elderly Woman
Comments: 54 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Israel , Women & Judaism
A haredi news site posts a video of an elderly woman who was given a man's seat on a illegally gender segregated Israeli bus and writes, "Let’s see Haaretz, Ynet, or some other anti-charedi news outlet report this story,” as...

December 16, 2011: Haredi Org To Donate Winter Coats In Newark, NJ
Comments: 30 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Oorah Kars4Kids
Kars4Kids, the haredi car donation program that is controlled by the leadership of and funds Oorah, announced yesterday that they will be hosting their 2nd annual coat giveaway in Newark, New Jersey next week. The event was planned in conjunction...

December 3, 2011: Gemach's Aren't Just For Orthodox Jews Anymore
Comments: 37 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Hessed , Jewish Leadership , Poverty & Homelessness
Jewish free loan funds often run by haredim now serve an expanded clientele that includes people not usually considered part of their communities. But the economic downturn has hit many Jews hard, and as I've reported many times, the Jewish...

October 23, 2011: Missing Boy
Comments: 21 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
A 12-year-old boy has been missing from the Catskills since yesterday. Monticello Police and Catskills Hatzalah are reportedly setting up for a large-scale search. The missing boy The staging area is being set up at the Hebrew Day School across...

October 19, 2011: The Jewish Community Should Be Ashamed – But It Isn't
Comments: 15 | Categories: Hessed , Poverty & Homelessness
The holiday of Sukkot is both a harvest festival and a commemoration of the time the ancient Hebrews spent in the desert after fleeing Egypt. The sukkah symbolizes the protection God gave them during their 40 years of wandering. It...

October 9, 2011: Haredi 2-Year-Old Found Walking Alone At 3 AM
Comments: 33 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
Borough Park Shomrim patrolling the streets of Borough Park were shocked when they came across a 2-year-old boy walking alone early Sunday morning just before 3:00 a.m. Miracle In BP: Shomrim Find 2-Year-Old Child Wandering Streets On Motzei Yom Kippur...

October 2, 2011: 101-Year-Old Haredi Leader Said To Be In Failing Health
Comments: 44 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Israel
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the 101-year-old haredi leader, has reportedly been suffering from unexplained weakness and is slated to return to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem for tests. No word on when Rabbi Elyashiv will go in for those tests....

September 25, 2011: Chabad Rabbi And Rabbinical Students Walk 15 Miles Every Shabbat
Comments: 45 | Categories: Chabad , Hessed
A Chabad rabbi and two rabbinical students walk 15 miles from Crown Heights to the Bronx each Shabbat morning to lead services in a tiny synagogue housed in a mosque. "We come to help the old Jewish people here," said...

September 22, 2011: Israel's United Hatzalah To Open On Shabbat
Comments: 5 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Israel
The organization's managers turned to the rabbis guiding them and asked for the help in dealing with the halachic challenge hidden in this move. The rabbis responded that the emergency center could be operated by a non-Jewish worker on Shabbat...

September 20, 2011: 35 Orthodox Rabbis Sign Petition For Prison Reform
Comments: 61 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
None of the rabbis who signed are Chabad or are linked to Sholom Rubashkin's defense fund, and few, if any, appear to be haredi. Our prison system is broken and we need to fix it! Join Uri L'Tzedek and over...

September 8, 2011: Arabs Join Jerusalem Hatzolah
Comments: 11 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Israel , Religion
Arab volunteers have joined the Hatzolah volunteer ambulance corps that serves Mea Shearim, the Old City of Jerusalem and, now, the Arab neighborhoods that border them. Fazi (L) and Hezy (R) Here are some excerpts from Ynet's report: …The story...

September 5, 2011: Gospel Concert To Benefit Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
This year’s West Indian-American Day Parade in Brooklyn has a religious component for the first time in its 43-year-existence – a gospel concert featuring calypso, hip hop and reggae music with Christian and spiritual themes, staged in part to benefit...

August 30, 2011: Video: Rabbi David Reichenberg Dies Trying To Save Father, Son From Flood Waters In Spring Valley
Comments: 31 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Med-Ethics
Rabbi David Reichenberg lost his life this weekend trying to save a father and his son amid the winds and rain of Hurricane Irene on Sunday.

August 22, 2011: ZAKA Sends Its Jeeps On A Special Mission
Comments: 4 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed , Israel , MO & Chardal
The ZAKA Jeep Unit, which normally carries out search and rescue operations in difficult terrain, could be seen recently snaking through the Jerusalem hills, festooned with dozens of balloons, taking sick and disabled campers on a jeep adventure. ZAKA jeep...

August 15, 2011: Vizhnitzer Rebbe Critically Ill
Comments: 35 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe is critically ill, and doctors apparently have little hope for recovery. From Behadrei Haredim: …People are asked to pray for Admor Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua ben Margalit, who is in need of Divine mercy along with all the...

July 31, 2011: Video: Borough Park Shomrim In Action
Comments: 28 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
Here's an interesting fundraising video from the Brooklyn South Safety Patrol, better known as the Borough Park Shomrim. [Hat Tips: Dr. R-F and Marlon Brando.]

July 25, 2011: Neighbors Try To Raise $1 Million For New Kletzky House
Comments: 74 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Neighbors who opened their hearts to slain Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky's family are now opening their wallets, trying to raise money to move the family from its ramshackle apartment to a new home free from the painful memories. Neighbors unite...

July 25, 2011: Video: Leiby Kletzky Memorial Candlelight Vigil
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Video and exclusive pictures from the vigil held last night in Kensington, Brooklyn for the murdered 8-year-old hasidic boy, Leiby Kletzky.

July 24, 2011: Tonight: Candlelight Vigil To Honor Leiby Kletzky
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
A candlelight vigil will be held tonight in Kensington, Brooklyn memory of a eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who disappeared and was found murdered in the neighborhood earlier this month. I don't know who is sponsoring this or any details past what...

July 24, 2011: Leiby Kletzky's Father Speaks
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Nachman Kletzky, the father of little Leiby Kletzky, murdered and dismembered by confessed child killer Levi Aron, speaks about remembering his murdered 8-year-old son. From Zev Brenner's Talkline radio show last night. Please click the gray bar to listen: Rabbi...

July 21, 2011: Kletzky Family Starts Fund In memory Of Murdered Son
Comments: 59 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed
Relatives of little Leiby Kletzky have set up a memorial website in his honor with the hope of raising $1 million for needy kids. Leiby Kletzky's family starts website in honor of slain boy, aims to raise $1 million for...

July 17, 2011: Near-Drowning In Catskills
Comments: 16 | Categories: Haredim , Hessed
Catskill Hatzolah is on the scene of a near-drowning of a child in Ulster County. Paramedics on Sportsman Road, near Route 55A. The child was reportedly pulled from the water, and is unconscious – but is breathing. From Hatzolah's Twitter...

July 17, 2011: Audio: Shomrim And Misaskim Speak About The Search For Leiby Kletzky
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Hessed , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The leader of Borough Park's Shomrim and the leader of Misaskim speak about the search for Leiby Kletzky, the confessed murderer Levi Aron, and the murder. Brenner cut off or minimized any criticism of Shomrim by callers, and he did...

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