THEY SAID IT COULD NOT BE DONE, WELL, L.E.C. DID ITDue to COVID-19, we were forced to go virtual, and boy are we thriving. It’s the closest we can get to being back in school, physically. Admin, IT, (for those wondering, they are the ones who keep our online school running) and Staff, mobilized immediately […]

Served families in Chabad synagogue adjacent to Brooklyn yeshivah Although the numbers tattooed on to her arm silently spoke of the horrors she had lived through in Auschwitz, Faiga Korenblit, who passed away last month at the age of 96, could not actually be described as a “survivor,” but rather a “thriver.” In the 75 […]

Jerusalem native inspired many in Buffalo, N.Y. area Rabbi Motti Kopman dedicated his life to two things—spreading joy and helping others, say his family and many friends. In fact, the young rabbi’s reputation for being ready to serve anyone at a moment’s notice was so widespread that he would often receive phone calls at his […]

Friendship Circle program features celebrities the kids can relate to The three-month-long coronavirus lockdown has been tough on everyone, but perhaps more so for children with special needs and their families. In many cases, the quarantine has meant that they’re isolated from the social structure they’ve come to rely on. For many, that social structure […]

Need increases as effects of social distancing continue to ripple outward When Chicago went into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Mark, a resident of the middle-class neighborhood of West Rogers Park, said goodbye to cooked food. Living alone below poverty level, the middle-aged Chicago native had always looked forward to Shabbat—the one […]

‘It’s a fun way to bring closure,’ says Chicago-area high school senior Hailey Jakofsky Eighteen-year-old Hailey Jakofsky says that attending a drive-in theater has always been on her “bucket list.” The problem is that the outdoor theater near her home in Skokie, Ill., had closed in the 1970s, along with most of America’s drive-in theaters, […]