How do you do justice to someone as incredible as the Mitzvah Man and all his volunteers?

The answer is, you can’t.

The Sanhedria Children’s Home in Jerusalem is a residential rehabilitation center for boys aged six years and up. These kids come from extremely disadvantaged homes where they suffered severe emotional and/or physical abuse and neglect. Their wounds are deep and real and hidden beneath the surface. Sanhedria nurtures their physical, emotional and spiritual needs and gives them a loving and stable home.

Mosseri’s Original Flatbread Pizza—the first of many exciting products—is now available at a store near you. These delicious frozen pizzas can be baked in an oven or toaster oven, and are ready to serve in a matter of minutes.

By day three of the blizzard of December, 2010, Barkai Yeshivah students and parents alike longed for their friends, teachers and yes, learning. Despite the urge for the school to open for those reasons alone, it was still unsafe. Many streets were unplowed. Cars were still stuck and buried, making driving near impossible. But, just because Barkai’s doors were closed didn’t mean that the learning stopped.

It’s always interesting to hear stories about the children we treat at Strivright. Recently, Charles, an adorable, blond haired boy, graduated from our program and his mother reminded me how she found us.

Rabbi Zalmen Drizin of the Kings Highway Chabad and his wife – without fanfare, and with unconditional love, patience, acceptance and understanding—have been embracing and welcoming new members to their synagogue by creating activities and making themselves available for holidays, classes, events, prayer services, friendship, affiliation, and questions and all of their services are free of charge.

Over 18 years ago, Audrey Cohen decided to start her own business, which was not an easy feat for a single girl. Fitness was popular and Audrey loved fashion so fitness clothes and accessories were a perfect fit and Freestyle came to life. Audrey had a goal, stuck with it, and has become quite a success.

Brooklyn’s Best Toastmasters club celebrated its 10th anniversary this past month. Founded in 2000 by Ralph Tawil, Charles Mizrahi and Ronald Tawil, the club was proud to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with two of the three founders in attendance.

Each year, at Hillel Yeshiva Early Learning Center grandparents, parents and guests have the unique opportunity to enjoy a meaningful day with the children they love. The letter “G,” the children are taught, stands for grandparents and guests.

The Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) will host its Tower of Hope Gala on March 10 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. Rabbi Eli Abadie, MD, will be honored along with Helene Miller—whose late husband, Dr. Daniel G. Miller, founded ICRF—and Dr. Daniel F. Roses, the Jules Leonard Whitehill Professor of Surgery and Oncology of the New York University School of Medicine, Senior Attending Surgeon at Tisch Hospital of the New York University Medical Center and Director of Surgical Oncology.

Hebrew signs, Hebrew shirts, Hebrew songs, Hebrew stories, Hebrew everywhere. For an entire week, Yeshivah of Flatbush Lower Division students immersed themselves entirely in the Hebrew language. The special week—named Shavuah TALI—was organized by the YOF Torah Studies Department to enhance one of its fundamental goals—fluency in Hebrew. The week-long event was the brainchild of Elementary School Principal Rabbi Lawrence Schwed, and was developed into a fantastic program.

Last month was the culmination of the DSN and the JCC’s fall sports season. It was also the month of the Football and Soccer Trophy Breakfast.

Recently, Hillel Yeshiva held two wonderful programs with fathers and grandfathers interacting with their children.