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‘Cash mob’ in Chagrin Falls lends a hand to 155-year-old hardware store

Posted by afeinstein | 26 January 2012 | 1 Comment
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(Plain Dealer) It began quietly, as an email to 40 friends. But when a steady stream of customers began coming through the door before the family-owned Chagrin Hardware had even opened for the day on Saturday, it was clear that it had turned into much more than that.

Rabbi opens gemach for non-Orthodox in prosperous suburbia

Posted by afeinstein | 04 December 2011 | No Comments
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When Hirshy Minkowicz was growing up in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn 30 years ago, he often noticed visitors arriving after dinner to meet with his father. They would withdraw into the study, speak for a time, then part with some confidential agreement having been sealed.

Jewish women’s auxiliary cooking Thanksgiving meals for Beachwood, UH fire departments, CH Police Department

Posted by afeinstein | 22 November 2011 | 1 Comment
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(Sun Press by Ed Wittenberg) The Aish HaTorah women’s auxiliary, known as Aishet Chayil, is working on a project with its families called “Put the Thanks Back into Thanksgiving.” Today (Nov. 22), they are cooking at Young Israel of Greater Cleveland in Beachwood, with Chef Dave Frank. Nov. 24, they will deliver a full multi-course [...]

2 Inspiring Stores of Chesed From Recent East Coast Storm

Posted by afeinstein | 03 November 2011 | No Comments
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Teaneck Kosher Supermarket Gives Away Food To Those Without Power As the owner of one of the few businesses on Teaneck Road with electricity, Shia Schonfeld decided to share his good luck with his neighbors. Schonfeld, a partner at Teaneck Kosher Supermarket, began giving away free dinners on Monday to residents who lost power during [...]

Lansing Cemetery Cleanup

Posted by afeinstein | 31 October 2011 | No Comments
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Lansing Cemetery Cleanup — Sunday, November 6, 2011 10:00am – 12:00 pm: The state of some of our local, very old cemeteries are in severe disrepair, with overgrowth of vines and trees around and about the graves, to the point that one cannot even drive down some of the service paths with a car to [...]

Need help building a sukkah?

Posted by afeinstein | 03 October 2011 | No Comments
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Three rabbis hike 15 miles from Brooklyn to Bronx weekly to lead synagogue

Posted by afeinstein | 26 September 2011 | 1 Comment
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(CrownHeights.info) It could be New York’s longest schlep: Every Saturday, young rabbis trudge 15 miles from Brooklyn to worship with some of the last Jews left in one Bronx neighborhood. The ultra-Orthodox rabbis lead a small Parkchester synagogue housed in the same ramshackle building as an Islamic school and a mosque. “It takes them four [...]

Learn Ahavas Chesed for Meira

Posted by afeinstein | 14 September 2011 | No Comments
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About four months ago, the family of Meira (Bressler) Reimer, began a daily email distribution of the Chofetz Chaim’s sefer Ahavas Chesed.  Each day offers something short to read and a daily application.  This has been done in the zechus that Chaya Meira Mindel bas Chava Golda should have a Refuah Shlaimah. If you would [...]

MedWish hosts first Mitzvah Day

Posted by afeinstein | 14 August 2011 | No Comments
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(Cleveland Jewish News)(See related event flier here) Cleveland’s MedWish International team knows there is nothing like performing a mitzvah to bring people from all streams of Judaism together. On Sun., Aug., 21, from 9:30-noon, the local non-sectarian charity that ships discarded or outdated medical supplies and equipment to Third World countries will open its Euclid [...]

JFSA Food Pantry Needs Your Help

Posted by afeinstein | 11 August 2011 | No Comments
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JFSA is reaching out to the community assist with some critical needs: 1) Our food pantry is extremely low with many requests pouring in. If you could let congregants know, perhaps they could drop off foodstuff during the week.  The address is JFSA – Drost Family Center, 24075 Commerce Park Rd, Beachwood, OH  44122 We [...]

Medwish Mitzvah Day

Posted by afeinstein | 01 August 2011 | No Comments
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Click here to RSVP at their web site.

Purim Costume Gemach

Posted by afeinstein | 01 February 2011 | No Comments
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A Purim Costume Gemach (new and used costumes) will be opening up very soon for the Cleveland Community.  If you have any purim costumes that your children have worn in the past, please think of donating it to this worthy cause to benefit others. If you would like to donate a costume or sponsor a [...]

A NY storm brings Hasgocha Protis and Chesed Opportunities to Cleveland

Posted by afeinstein | 27 January 2011 | 3 Comments
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Another tremendous storm hit the NY area and once again made transportation by road or air virtually impossible. The return flight from Eretz Yisroel for Rabbi Eli and R’ Reuven Dessler and family was set to arrive in Newark this morning and then the family would transfer to Cleveland on another plane,  but due to [...]

Meals On Wheels: The Five Towns Feed Stranded El Al Students

Posted by afeinstein | 29 December 2010 | 1 Comment
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New York – It was an email from Benzion Klatzko that set a chesed train in motion that was just as powerful as the mega blizzard that blew through the New York area this past Sunday night. Klatzko, the founder of Shabbat.com was at JFK Monday morning, along with 200 students who spent nine hours [...]

Federation, NCJW collect items for homeless

Posted by afeinstein | 27 December 2010 | No Comments
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The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jewish Volunteer Network (JVN) and the National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, (NCJW) are partnering with area synagogues, day schools and other Jewish organizations in Operation Warm-Up, an effort to collect items for the homeless community. The following new items are needed for men, women and children: winter hats, [...]

Stuffed toys make aliyah

Posted by afeinstein | 15 November 2010 | No Comments
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(Cleveland Jewish News) Gerry Engelhart may be 52, but he still loves stuffed animals. Especially when they’re for his pet project. For the past three years, the Beachwood resident has been aggressively rummaging through garage sales and thrift shops looking for adorable stuffed animals in mint condition. His friends, aware of his “doggone” obsession, frequently [...]

Brooklyn Man In Desperate Need Of A Kidney

Posted by afeinstein | 14 November 2010 | No Comments
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A Brooklyn man has had more than his share of misery and now he’s doing his best to survive because he has a lot to live for. When Richard Woontyler’s kidneys failed three years ago hope was not lost because his teenage son was a perfect match. But the boy was tragically killed while opening his [...]

Chesed Opportunity- Rides Needed

Posted by afeinstein | 10 November 2010 | No Comments
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(Ed: Pardon the repost, but the family has not yet found a ride that works out.) There is a sick patient at the Cleveland Clinic from Eretz Yisroel who has a number of family members from the NY area who would like to trade-off being with her. The only problem is transportation. If you are [...]

Chesed Opportunity- Rides Needed

Posted by afeinstein | 08 November 2010 | No Comments
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There is a sick patient at the Cleveland Clinic from Eretz Yisroel who has a number of family members from the NY area who would like to trade-off being with her. The only problem is transportation. If you are either coming or going between NY and Cleveland over the next week and have an extra [...]