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• Kosher-Food Supplies in South Texas at Risk in Hurricane’s Wake - Recovery complicated by high rates of coronavirus in region July 27, 2020
  Hurricane Hanna roared through southern Texas this weekend, leaving flooded roadways and homes, downed trees, broken roofs and power outages in its wake, as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the state. Chabad representatives are busy reaching out to the community, particularly the elderly, while trying to safeguard the area’s kosher-food supplies. Rabbi Asher Hecht […]
• Pop-Up Pennsylvania Camp a Lifeline for New York Kids and Parents - 1,000 kids combine summer study and sports in an outdoors environment July 13, 2020
  For nearly four months, the Bell family was shuttered inside their small apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y. The mother, Faigy Bell, had been so sick with COVID-19 that she spent nearly a week in the hospital and five full weeks just lying in bed as her body battled the virus, while her husband, Mendel, cared for […]
• A Young Man With Autism’s Unexpected Gift to Friendship Circle - Secondhand boutique in North Carolina gets a boost from a grateful employee July 2, 2020
  The envelope wasn’t anything special, but when Rabbi Bentzion Groner and his wife, Rochel, looked inside, they were stunned by what they saw. It was a donation for ZABS Place, a secondhand boutique the Groners and another couple, Charlie and Caren Gale, started to provide employment to individuals with special needs. The store had been […]