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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Features On The Jewish World 278 Archived Articles Found in Features On The Jewish World Next 20 Articles > 1) Posted Sep 07 2011 *Running For Tzedakah* And For Fun By Sandy Eller JRunners is the Brooklyn based organization that combines the exhilaration of running with philanthropy. They have held several races since they burst onto the scene with their sensational 2010 Catskills relay race. Read Article 2) Posted Aug 17 2011 Misaskim: One Crisis At A Time By Tzvi Aryeh Benoff You join the rest of the crowd and step uncertainly over the threshold of the door. Immediately, you recognize the familiar objects in a shivah house: The low, black leather seats, the tall wax candles, the chazzan's shtender, the coat rack and hangers, the aron kodesh, and the blue mishnayot sign-up sheet. On your way to one of the two-dozen uniform metal and plastic folding chairs, you pick up a small siddur stamped with an insignia. You don't need to look at it to figure whose symbol it is; the handwriting is all over the room: Misaskim. Read Article 3) Posted Jun 29 2011 Lev Leytzan: Medical Clowns Bringing Joy To Patients And Their Families** By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Most people love watching clowns. Being one, however, is an entirely different story. And being a clown who attempts to raise spirits in hospitals and nursing homes can be especially tough. Yet the organization Lev Leytzan (Hebrew for "heart of a clown"), The Compassionate Clown Alley, Inc., is devoted to training exactly this type of clown and facilitating his or her visits to the sick and elderly. Read Article 4) Posted Dec 15 2010 The 'Shtieble' Gets A New Torah On Sunday, Dec. 12, members and friends of Congregation Shaarey Torah (affectionately known as the Shtieble) rejoiced in the writing and dedication of a new sefer Torah for the shul. Read Article 5) Posted Nov 11 2010 Facebook Contest - November 12, 2010 Read Article 6) Posted Oct 13 2010 'Unity For Justice' Premiere By Yonit Tanenbaum An unparalleled musical production featuring 39 Jewish music superstars made its worldwide debut Thursday at the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights. "Unity for Justice" is a unique display of solidarity for the family of incarcerated Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, whose sentencing of 27 years in federal prison last year has led to a thunderous outcry by the Jewish community and a number of government officials. The project serves as an innovative campaign for financial support of the Rubashkin Defense Fund, drawing mounting online interest by the hour. Read Article 7) Posted Oct 13 2010 *ROFEH International - Chesed* With A Heart By Gavriel Horan When Dr. David Shashar of Ramat Gan was called out to serve in the Paratrooper reserves during the Second Lebanon War of 2006, his goal was to help heal wounded soldiers. He never thought that he would become one himself. When two Hizbullah anti-tank missiles hit the house he was staying in, killing nine soldiers, he was among the 30 to be seriously injured. Dr. Shashar was hospitalized for the next three months in an attempt to save his arm from amputation. He underwent numerous reconstruction operations over the next three years, a number of which were in Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The Ministry of Defense referred him to ROFEH International - a comprehensive medical referral and bikur cholim service founded by the Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, zt"l. Read Article 8) Posted Jul 21 2010 Discovering Hope In New Orleans By Rachel Daniels This summer 17 Yeshiva University students participated in the Center for the Jewish Future's New Orleans Service Mission. As part of the mission students had the opportunity to engage members of the community ravaged by Hurricane Katrina just five years ago learn about their current challenges and help rebuild. Read Article 9) Posted Jul 02 2010 An Eruv "Grows" in Ann Arbor, Michigan By Judy Lederman Segaloff The Ann Arbor community welcomed a brand new Eruv with open arms-which will soon be pushing strollers to shul, just in time for the delightful summer weather. The Eruv envelopes much of the community surrounding the University of Michigan Hillel Orthodox Minyan neighborhood, and parts of student campus housing. Read Article 10) Posted Jun 30 2010 Lev Leytzan: Laughter Is The Best Medicine Gathered under a circus tent at the Lawrence, New York, home of Batsheva and Shaul Katz last month, more than 300 Lev Letyzan supporters celebrated, laughed (with the help of two professional comedians) and barbequed. A sports memorabilia auction was held to the delight of the many sports fans in attendance. The benefit celebrated Lev Leytzan's commitment to humanitarian causes locally and around the world. The evening kicked off with inspiring addresses by Dr. David Pelcovitz and Rachel Pill, LCSW. Read Article 11) Posted Jun 16 2010 See You On Shabbos By Julius Young** The idea of SeeYouOnShabbos.com popped into Rabbi Benzion Klatzko's head one morning. Wouldn't it be wonderful, he thought, if a website could be created that would allow Jews from all over the world to find a host or invite guests for Shabbos? He knew that there needed to be a concerted effort to connect individuals and families. Read Article 12) Posted May 17 2010 Out Of The Former USSR: A Yeshiva Brings Students To Israel And To Religion By Gavriel Horan Last week, a quiet revolution took place in the Judean Hills outside Jerusalem. One hundred and twenty parents and children from the Former Soviet Union visited Israel for the first time to participate in a groundbreaking mission. The children, ages 12-14, were all prospective students of Lezion B'rina and its sister school Bat Zion, located in Beitar and Jerusalem, respectively. For nearly 20 years, the Lezion B'rina Institute has been a second home for hundreds of Russian Jewish students who have left their birth land to seek a better future in the Jewish homeland. Read Article 13) Posted Feb 17 2010 Transformation of Ruins: A Gush Katif Wedding By David Wilder Those of you who've been reading my postings over the years might remember my strong bonds to Gush Katif, and particularly to Kfar Darom. Every once in a while, for one reason or another, I find myself flipping through photos that I took, prior to its destruction. It is very difficult to view the pictures; my guts begin churning and sometimes it's even worse. The displacement of so many people, the abandonment of our land, and the catastrophic consequences, culminating in 8,000 rockets fired into Israel, the Gaza War, and of course, the present challenges of Goldstone were so totally unnecessary. All of these results were predicted, time and time again, before the expulsion, but were totally ignored by Sharon and Co. It is still beyond comprehension. Read Article 14) Posted Feb 17 2010 The Rabbi As First Responder By Amy A. Dubitsky Ohel is well known in the New York area for the foster care programming it has been providing for over 40 years, along with its mental health services to individuals and families, and its services to the developmentally disabled through its Bais Ezra programs. Ohel also provides substantial training to professionals, and workshops and seminars to the community at large. Read Article 15) Posted Jan 20 2010 Study Examines State Of Orthodox Marriage By Eli Perlow The state of marriage in the Orthodox community is hard to gauge, but the Orthodox Union, in alliance with the Aleinu Family Resource Center, took up the challenge last year by engineering an online survey taken by thousands of married observant Jews. Read Article 16) Posted Jan 13 2010 Clowns Who Care: Lev Leytzan Warms Hearts, Heads, Hands and Toes By Dr. Neal C. Goldberg The young adult clowns of the Long Island-based charity Lev Leytzan, a medical clowning troupe, returned recently from an 11-day humanitarian mission to Romania and Israel to celebrate Chanukah. Read Article 17) Posted Dec 09 2009 Ashdod... A 'New' City With Ancient Roots By Dvora Waysman Before my daughter Elana and her family went to live in Moshav B'nai Darom, a few miles before Ashdod, we had visited this city just a few times. It tends to get overlooked, in comparison with more glamorous and better-known Israeli cities. Read Article 18) Posted Nov 25 2009 Baseball In Israel? New DVD Tells Unlikely Tale By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter "I didn't think it would be so hard," says Larry Baras in "Holy Land Baseball," a documentary about the Israel Baseball League (IBL) just recently released on DVD. Read Article 19) Posted Nov 04 2009 From Kaifeng To Kibutz For the first time, a group of seven young adults, all of whom are descendants of the Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, has moved to Israel. Read Article 20) Posted Oct 21 2009 India's Bnei Menashe Celebrate Sukkot The Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India was able to celebrate Sukkot this year thanks to the generous support of the Shavei Israel organization, which sent numerous sets of lulavim and etrogim from Israel to India prior to the onset of the holiday. Read Article 278 Archived Articles Found in Features On The Jewish World Next 20 Articles >
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