A Fresh New Face at Yachad
This past month, Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, has hired many new talented staff members. For the NY area, Yachad would like to formally introduce Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal as the new Director of New York. Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal brings a wealth of experience in both formal and informal education, previously serving as an […]
Read More >Jews With Special Needs Prepare for a Rite of Passage
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — The students and tutors gathered around the table ready for the task at hand: 40 cheese and 40 bologna sandwiches, the meat and cheese separated to follow kosher rules. The lesson, late last month, was on acts of loving kindness, or gemilut hasadim in Hebrew. Donating sandwiches to a local soup kitchen […]
Read More >Being Picky
“Being Picky” By Meyer Greenberger June 6, 2016 Being picky is not a good trait, but people are picky despite this.By “being picky” I mean that people are often not satisfied with their lot. They may want what other people have and complain about what they have, but this does not mean that they need […]
Read More >CJP 2016 North Shore Community Grant Recipients
The committee focused on fully funding as many programs as possible that they believed would align best with the community’s current greatest needs. The CJP North Shore Grants Committee met in late May to discuss and review this year’s North Shore Community Grant applications. The $28,300 grant pool encourages North Shore Jewish organizations and […]
Read More >RKYHS Students Run for Yachad in Jerusalem Marathon
RKYHS students who traveled to Israel to run in the Jerusalem Marathon, had an incredible experience while raising money for Yachad. Rachel Luxenberg, Leora Schwartzbach and Clara Loeb joined their eight RKYHS classmates who were running for Shlava for an unforgettable trip. The trio raised close to $8,500 for Yachad. In addition to their races, […]
Read More >Yachad’s IVDU School for Girls Visits OU Kosher in NYC
Earlier this month, six students from Yachad’s IVDU Elementary Girls School in Brooklyn took a trip to the OU Kosher headquarters in downtown Manhattan to learn about kosher meat, fish and vegetables. As part of the Harry H. Beren ASK OU – VISIT OU program, Rabbi Akiva Tendler, OU Kosher rabbinic coordinator, gave the eager […]
Read More >Omaha Yachad’s Inclusion Event Produces 100 Packages for IDF Lone Soldiers
Last month, when Yachad’s New York-based international headquarters called to ask if Omaha Yachad would be participating in a collective program to assemble care packages for Israel Defense Force soldiers, with 15 other Yachad chapters in the United States and Canada, I don’t think they expected “little Omaha” to produce 100 care packages. Yachad is […]
Read More >Yachad's PowerPoint Purim Brings Megillah To Life for an Inclusive Experience
Purim. The very word connotes a day of masks, merrymaking, and feasting on home-baked Hamantaschen containing fruity exotic fillings. It is also a time when Jews from across the world from near and far will gather to fulfill the mitzvah of Megillat Esther as it retells the story of the Persian Queen with her secret […]
Read More >The Storm After the Calm
In its seventh season of competition, the Orthodox Union’s Team Yachad faced a new challenge: how to return to New York when a historic blizzard shut down the airport and the roads. Many of the advisors had to resume college classes, so the thought of an extended stay in Florida, while appealing, was impossible. Already […]
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