WITH 41 PARTICIPANTS FROM COAST TO COAST, OU JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND JOB RELOCATION FAIR RETURNS SUNDAY, APRIL 21, NOON TO 6:00 P.M., IN NEW YORK; EMPHASIS IS ON AFFORDABILITY OF NEW PLACES
TO LIVE AN ORTHODOX LIFE

By Stephen Steiner

            It was once an untested concept; now it is reality. When the Orthodox Union presented its first Jewish Communities Home and Job Relocation Fair, back in 2008, the visionary thought of then-OU President Stephen J. Savitsky was that there were “emerging” Orthodox communities across North America that would be thrilled to throw open their doors to families and individuals relocating from the most populous (and expensive) areas of Orthodox life, that is, the New York metropolitan area.

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Olga Hertz, mother of Susan (Sam) Schvartz.  The funeral was Sunday, April 7th at 3:00p.m. at Berkowitz Kumin.

Shiva will take place at the Schvartz home, 24400 Union Circle, each day from 2:00pm.  Mincha/Maariv will be at 7:45p.m.

We are looking for a new home for the tablecloth division of the Chaya Brocha Simcha Gemach.  This is a volunteer service that benefits the community and whose profits are distributed to Hachnosas Kalla in Cleveland. Please call Rebtzn. Blum at 216-509-2282

Aish.com has an excellent Holocaust Studies section offering historical resources, stories, as well as Torah approaches to suffering and anti-semitism in both article form and multimedia.

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(Cleveland Jewish News)

…  After sitting among some 600 people at the funeral service and listening to Rabbi Binyamin Blau of Green Road Synagogue, family and a friend describe her, I felt like I had known Sherman all my life.

Once the doors to the family visitation room opened, tears began to flow from the standing-room-only crowd. They didn’t stop during the 45-minute memorial tribute …

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Summer Gymnastics Lessons. Girls ages 3-12. See flyer for more details.

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Suggestions:

1.      Shelving  Books – also fun for math majors or people who like numbers

2.      Labeling books

3.      Accessioning books – be the first person to handle and sneak a peek at the new books as they arrive at the library

4.      OhioLINK –  – enabling students statewide to read books from our excellent collection

5.      Special projects – as needed, such as checking in professional journals donated by Lenore Koppel of the Index to Jewish periodicals

 Call the Aaron Garber library for details.  216.464.4050, x131. Your help is sorely needed and will be greatly appreciated.

In response to many readers who wrote us regarding the article on a new minivan which features a built-in vacuum cleaner saying that it is silly to promote upgrading to a van because of the vacuum option, we are sharing that indeed one can easily buy a portable auto vacuum cleaner that fits into a car’s cigarette lighter and probably works just as well and costs a lot less. Here are many examples of this and thanks to our involved readers for their responses.

We regret to inform you of the passing of  Mrs. Inessa Tuman, z”l. The levayah  will be in the large chapel at Berkowitz-Kumin Friday, April 5 at 11:00 a.m.  Following the service there will be no funeral procession to the cemetery.

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We are looking for a new home for the tablecloth division of the Chaya Brocha Simcha Gemach.  This is a volunteer service that benefits the community and whose profits are distributed to Hachnosas Kalla in Cleveland. Please call Rebtzn. Blum at 216-509-2282