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Faygie Holt

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Gift of Life Marrow Registry keeps moving forward
Faygie HoltDecember 25, 2018
The organization that has helped facilitate 15,600 matches and more than 3,550 transplants is preparing for another chapter as it relocates to a new building a mile from its current offices.
Artist's rendering of the new location of the Gift of Life Foundation in Boca Raton, Fla. Credit: Gift of Life Marrow Registry.
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Woolsey and Camp Fires, 2018
After the fires: Californians start to pick up the pieces of their lives
Faygie HoltDecember 17, 2018
Jewish individuals and organizations donate time, goods, cars and money to people who lost everything.
Rabbi Mendy Zwiebel of Chabad of Chico, Calif., has been providing comfort and support to those who lost their homes, vehicles and possessions to fires that ravaged Northern California in November 2018. Credit: Chabad of Chico.
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Rising tide of hatred against Jews darkens Europe, according to comprehensive CNN study
Faygie HoltNovember 30, 2018
Perhaps underlying a disconnect about what actually constitutes anti-Semitism, only 10 percent of respondents said they have unfavorable attitudes towards Jews.
An Orthodox Jewish man seen outside the synagogue in the Jewish Quarter in Antwerp, Belgium, on Dec. 9, 2014. Photo by Johanna Geron/Flash90.
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Orthodox business group finds common ground with fellow minorities
Faygie HoltAugust 6, 2018
“Our mission is to give and share and partner with others—like that, we are all stronger,” says Duvi Honig, founder and CEO of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
Some 200 young professionals gathered in Philadelphia on July 31 for the “Honoring Lauren Simmons, the Lone Woman on Wall Street: Empowering Minorities” event on July 31, 2018. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
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