Maui fire survivors tell of Chabad’s assistance in wake of disaster “We weren’t prepared,” he said. “We didn’t have gas. We had no food, no water—everything was closed, no electricity,” says Ido Sarfati, whose stories burned to the ground. Karen Schwartz Aug. 14, 2023
Jewish community recalls 9/11 with service projects, prayer, concert, memorial walk “What we will accomplish simply by marking the occasion to the degree that we are … we are showing we don’t forget, and that this was a very significant event,” says Rabbi Jonathan Glass. “Just because it’s 20 years later, it doesn’t become relegated to the dustbin of history.” Karen Schwartz Sept. 9, 2021
25,000 people march against hate and fear in New York, saying ‘you’ve got to speak up’ “I’ve marched for everyone else in the past two years, and now it’s time to be there for my people,” said Mindy Brittner. “It’s all interrelated.” Karen Schwartz Jan. 5, 2020
Women are working together, their ‘voices are being heard,’ says Hadassah director Stephanie Blumenkranz, the new director of the Hadassah Foundation, is fighting to improve the Jewish future for women and girls in Israel and America. Karen Schwartz May 15, 2019
