(Community Members)

It would be great if everyone in the community made an effort to make sure the sidewalks are clear of snow for Purim. Many kids will be walking the neighborhood, delivering shalach manos, and we wouldn’t want to force them to walk in the streets on a day when there is bound to be more traffic then usual. If you have a neighbor that is unable (or unwilling) to shovel their own sidewalk, it would be nice to help out and do theirs as well. If as a community, we all make this effort, it can make shalach manos delivery for our kids easier and safer.

(Press Release)

Members of the community are invited to help save a life at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Blood Drive on Monday, March 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Federation’s Mandel Building, 25701 Science Park Drive in Beachwood.

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(Gedaliah Yitzchak Corbett has put together this handy list. If something is missing, let us know in the comments.)

Wednesday March 4

(Fast begins 5:45 am (5:30 according to others) and concludes 6:51 pm (7:02, 7:06 according to others)

Minchah

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Radio-J.com (Phil and Shawn Fink) will be offering LIVE coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s address to The 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday, March 2, beginning at 8:30 am via http://Radio-J.com and the Radio-J iOS app (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch). The program is also scheduled to include appearances from United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman, Former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, and Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

To mark the upcoming first Yahrzeit for

 Rabbi Nathan (Nate) Berman, z”l,

on 29 Adar, 5775 (March 20, 2015)

a program is underway to present in his memory a complete set of the

Artscroll Hebrew-English Talmud (73 volumes) to the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland (Taylor Road) for use in the downstairs Bais Medrash.

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(A great opportunity to help a special community member during a time of great need)

Three years ago, I was diagnosed with adrenal cancer. It’s usually (as in my case) caught very, or too, late. Though the original tumor, which weighed over a kilo, was removed, he cancer has returned time and again after multiple surgeries, chemo, and radiation. I am now looking at enrolling in a clinical trial, which is essentially the desperation stage. This is one of the rarest and deadliest forms of cancer and my prognosis is that I have a 25% chance of living five years as of diagnosis. I am now three years out from original diagnosis. My bakery, Lax and Mandel Bakery, has taken a downturn because I’ve been unable to work.

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