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Hasidic Family Returns Wallet Containing $1400

A Hasidic family (name undisclosed) from Brooklyn found a wallet during an outing to Governors Island last Thursday. The wallet contained $1,400 in cash. Intent on performing the mitzvah of hashavas aveida (returning lost items), the family contacted State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein in hopes of tracking down the owner of the wallet: Christopher Collins, who […]

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Holocaust Remembrance Group Delivers Food to Righteous Gentiles 

Seventy seven years might be a long time, but the memory of kindness lasts forever. As we commemorate the Holocaust on Yom Hashoah, we also take the time to recognize those who risked their own lives to save Jews during WWII. From the Depths, an organization that works with Holocaust survivors, has an additional branch […]

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Our Place Provides A Safe Space For Orthodox Jewish Teens On The Street

Eli Verschleiser, chairman and co-founder of the Our Place centers which combat abuse, trauma and addiction in Orthodox Jewish communities, considers himself an honorary Our Place member and thinks he always will be. Originally from Lakewood, New Jersey, his family was one of the first few hundred families who settled there. He had some trouble […]

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The Orthodox Jewish Professor Who Went Viral on TikTok

David Barman didn’t intend to go viral on TikTok and Instagram, but that’s exactly what happened when the Orthodox Jewish Business Law professor decided to make Zoom classes a little more interesting for his students at Florida International University’s College of Business. Barman’s use of different backgrounds, coupled with a few timely costume changes over […]

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