West Africa – Orthodox Brooklyn Man Dies in Sierra Leone After Insurance Company Allegedly Dawdles
West Africa – A 59 year old Brooklyn man who was in West Africa on business died this past Shabbos following a minor car accident that took place on Thursday deep in the heart of the Kenema District’s mining country located in Sierra Leone. Avraham Levy of Kensington, who was
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Washington – A delegation of five members of Chesed Shel Emes, the Brooklyn based organization that has been helping bereaved families in their time of grief for the past twenty years, traveled to Washington DC this past Monday to both express their appreciation and build stronger ties with government agencies
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Barrington, NY – Plane Crash Kills Jewish Doctor from NJ
Barrington, NY – A small plane crash has killed an emergency room doctor from New Jersey who was flying to work at a hospital in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes region. Yates County Sheriff Ronald Spike tells local media that Dr. Michael S. Lippe (LIH’-pee) of Mahwah, N.J., was partially
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Michigan – Chesed Shel Emes: A Kiddush Hashem In St. Ignace
St. Ignace, MI – Located 426 miles from Chicago in Makinac County, Michigan, St. Ignace is a popular vacation destination with an area of only 2.7 square miles, almost half of which is covered with water. While for many, the name St. Ignace conjures up visions of beautiful scenery, for
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The ultimate good deed
Prof. Liviu Librescu grew up in Nazi-occupied Romania, immigrated to Israel and later relocated to Virginia, where he was killed in April in a Virginia Tech classroom. A Hasidic group from Borough Park, Brooklyn, picked up his body and arranged a funeral service. Representatives of that group were present for
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