Where What WhenArticles about ChesedA boy is not suited to any of the yeshiva high schools in Baltimore, and is sitting at home, bored and miserable. The desperate parents have heard about Mordechai Bamberger. "Can you help," they ask. A single yeshiva graduate is working and has .......... ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: September 2010 The women of our community might seem to have a monopoly on doing chesed, perhaps, thanks to the formal chesed activities that were inculcated in them back in their school days. However, there are men out there, too, who do chesed, notwithstanding .......... ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: August 2010 We all know the dangers we face today from Iran and its friends. It is just a matter of time before they possess nuclear weapons, and we know they don't like Jews and they don't like America. But what can we do about this, practically speaking? One .......... ............Read More By Miriam Hammelburger Volume: July 2010 Combating the Spiritual Holocaust - Kiruv "Tova Brown," a student at Maalot, had just watched the film Inspired, which depicts ordinary frum Jews reaching out to unaffiliated ones - and she was feeling, well, inspired. In that frame of mind she went shopping at Barnes and Nobles and .......... ............Read More By Devorah Schor Volume: July 2010 The Jewish world is full of creative ways people have found to express their kindness. Many do so by opening a "gemach." (The word is an acronym for gemilus chasadim.) There are gemachs in Baltimore that provide money, things, time, space, or expertise. ............Read More By Devorah Schor Volume: Chanukah December 2009 How I Once Requested Rebuke from my Rabbi, Rabbi B.C. Shloime Twerski, zt"l The Where What When recently received a letter describing an incident at a kiddush in a Baltimore shul, in which tochacha (rebuke) was given in a most insensitive way, causing the one rebuked to feel humiliated. ............Read More By Rebbetzin Bracha Goldberger Volume: May 2009 Taking care of SeniorsMom, I didn’t know things had gotten so bad. Of course you can come be near us. This must have been a hard decision to make, moving out after 60 years. But you’ll be fine. You’ll be great. Baltimore has great services for seniors. ............Read More By Menachem Taragin Volume: November 2008 How do you get from Baltimore to Lakewood, if you don’t drive?The trip takes over seven hours and costs close to $60. Carrying a suitcase, suit bag, and hatbox (for a bachur) compounds the difficulty of the trip. It’s a real strain on a traveler’s back. If your destination is Monsey or Brooklyn, the trip is just as arduous. What a chesed it would be if this traveler had been able to get a ride from someone who was driving to New York anyway! ............Read More By Miryam Edelson Volume: July 2008 Have you ever been traveling and wanted to say tefilas haderech but did not have a copy of the text available?Have you ever been traveling and wanted to say tefilas haderech but did not have a copy of the text available? ............Read More By WWW Volume: February 2008 The Latest in Baltimore ChesedAs Baltimore’s Orthodox community continues to grow, so does its need for chesed organizations. In the past year, alone, our community has been privileged to see several new volunteer organizations and gemachs that are contributing to our safety and convenience. Here are a few of them: Chaveirim to the Rescue ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: May 2007 Children Who Are Twice Exceptional Focusing on Their StrengthsMany times I hear a parent or teacher say, “He/she may be gifted, but…” and the speaker continues with a focus on the child’s weaknesses. In the educational venue of gifted children, many and various myths are perpetuated. ............Read More By Rosemary Callard-Szulgit Volume: January 2007 Saying Hi at Seven Mile Market I shop at Seven Mile Market every week. Jews of every level of ritual observance shop there, too, as do non-Jews. But I did not realize until recently that, for some customers, the experience can feel isolating and uncomfortable. ............Read More By Janet S. Sunness Volume: October 2006 Jewish Interconnection on an Elementary Level The Story of a FamilyThe following stories are true. There are two reasons I share these stories with you. The first and, quite frankly, main reason is to enlist your help in bringing them to a happy ending. The second reason is because they are a remarkable demonstration of Hashem’s enduring kindness and love for His dear children ............Read More By Rabbi Paysach Diskind Volume: October 2006 Helping Others the Way They Want to Be Helped I think about relationships continuously, because they are a critical aspect of being a mother, social worker, and participant in our community. My thoughts are accentuated now, ............Read More By Tzipora Frager Volume: Rosh Hashanah September 2006 Who says you have to be married in order to help others and contribute to the community? No one, I concluded, after hearing the many acts of kindness performed by singles in our community, despite their hectic schedules. ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: Rosh Hashanah September 2006 A Tuition Assistance Organization to the Rescue A special organization, which has been quietly operating for the past two years, is ready to assume a more public profile. Kol Hane’arim, the Marvin and Helen Roth Children’s Fund, Inc., founded by Mr. Nisan Jaffee, takes over where the tuition committee leaves off. It provides financial grants on behalf of those who have been granted the maximum tuition break by the schools but who are unable to pay even the minimum requested amount. ............Read More The Aaron Rosenfeld Memorial Fund Elie Rosenfeld and I have been friends for almost 28 years now. We met through a mutual friend in our freshman year at YU and have been friends ever since. ............Read More By David Gerstman Volume: June 2006 The Where What When and Kol Simcha would like to thank the community for its enthusiastic response to our first “Shadchan in You” page. Kol Simcha received numerous calls from people who read the profiles and thought that one of the featured singles might be appropriate for their child, sibling, or friend. ............Read More FrumSupport.com: Support Without Stigma Lev-Nishber has been married for a few years and is the father of two children. His wife, who was recently diagnosed as bipolar, sees her psychiatrist once a month and goes for counseling once or twice a week. ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: May 2006 How could Devorah have known, when her oldest son Shimmy was born with a hearing impairment, eight years ago, that she would one day merge her two passions – her love for her son and her excitement for music – into a concert benefiting his Jewish education? ............Read More Inspiration Express – Judaism to Stay Gone are the days of Sunday school and Hebrew school, where your mother schlepped you after a long-enough day at public school so you could learn about your Jewish heritage ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: Pesach April 2006 Last year, on March 21, 135 kosher restaurants across the United States donated 10 percent of their gross revenue to benefit victims of terrorism in Israel through a project called America Eats for Israel. ............Read More By Mollie Sharfman Volume: Purim March 2006 Babying the Mothers of Baltimore NewbornsAs a young teenager, in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s, ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: Purim March 2006 Soon after the arrival of the first settlers to the barren sand dunes of what would become the settlement of Netzer Hazani in Gush Katif, several muchtars (local Arab leaders) of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas, greeted them with bread and salt. ............Read More By Eta Kushner Volume: February 2006 Try this questionnaire: What do you do when you’re really hungry? a) Make a sandwich b) Take a bowl of cereal c) Make an emergency trip to the supermarket d) Order pizza What does it mean when your kids complain, “There’s nothing to eat around here”? a) I want milchigs not fleishigs (or vice versa) b) Who finished the chips?! c) We’re out of bagel pizzas and knishes d) Macaroni again? ............Read More By Tamar Englander Volume: February 2006 Dear Mommy, When I was growing up, I was privileged to know several tzidkaniyos (righteous women) in our city. Mrs. Schwartz was always so kind and patient. She never complained, and accepted be’ahava (with love to G-d) her special-needs children. She was known for preparing Shabbos meals for many members of the community. On top of that, she was a loving, warm teacher. ............Read More By WWW Volume: January 2006 N’shei and the Baltimore Spirit Take it from a self-proclaimed you-mind-your-business-and-I-will-mind-mine New Yorker, Baltimore community spirit just sneaks up on you. It happened to me in a relatively short time. ............Read More By Zeecil Gholian Volume: January 2006 Chesed in our Daily LivesChesed is the word for acts of human kindness. It could mean visiting the sick, clothing the needy, hosting guests, doing favors, comforting mourners, and a whole list of other acts of kindness. The Sages say that the very act of God’s creation was chesed, in that God designated others as the object of His kindness. ............Read More By Rabbi Yisroel Miller Volume: Chanukah December 2005 New Gemach Offers Modest Hospital Attire We are pleased to inform the Jewish community of a wonderful new gemach, Chasdei Miriam, lezecher nishmas Miriam, a”h, bas Shneir Zalmen, n”y, a young vibrant mother of two children who was taken from us this past winter. Miriam Wasserman (née Gertner) was an unforgettable woman with a lofty neshama. ............Read More By WWW Volume: Chanukah December 2005 Rebbetzin Rachel Bamberger ChalkovskyWe know that there are individuals in the world who are exceptional baalei chesed. I was privileged to meet one of these very special people, a legend in Yerushalayim. Her name is Bambi. ............Read More By Esther Marcus Volume: Chanukah December 2005 A TIME, an acronym for A Torah Infertility Medium of ExchangeThe realization dawns on you gradually. You celebrate your first anniversary; a week goes by, a month, then another and another. People get a certain look in their eyes when they speak to you. They start the conversations glancing at your stomach. Conversations stop when you enter the room. And one day you realize that you have become a statistic. ............Read More By WWW Volume: Chanukah December 2005 Chevra Ahavas Chesed, Inc. of BaltimoreKristallnacht was the cataclysmic event of November 9, 1938, that effectively terminated the 2,000-year-long history of Jews in Germany. A program memorializing this tragic event will be presented by Chevra Ahavas Chesed, Inc. of Baltimore, on November 13, 2005... ............Read More By Dr. Werner Cohen Volume: Sukkos October 2005 Baltimore and Hurricane KatrinaMany years ago, when my husband and I lived in New Orleans, we weathered several hurricanes, though none as devastating as Katrina. We learned that trouble brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. ............Read More By Bertha Nelkin Volume: Sukkos October 2005 Picking Up the Pieces in Katrina’s AftermathMy wife and children are safe; they sleep quietly in our small rented room. I know from historical experience that we Jews need to talk about our family and children first. As the Jewish people began to enter the land of Israel, two tribes, Reuven and Gad, sought land on the other side of the Jordan River. ............Read More By Daniel P. Aldrich Volume: Rosh Hashanah September 2005 Little Investments, Big Returns Associated’s Jewish Big Brother Big Sister LeagueAn article Michael Gordet read five or six years ago changed his life. The article, about Orthodox youth at risk, struck a chord in him. He thought back to when he was a teenager in the Bronx, decades ago. Someone introduced “an artificial substance” into his community. Michael didn’t join in, and lost a lot of friends because of it. ............Read More By Margie Pensak Volume: Rosh Hashanah September 2005 |
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