Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie toured Todd Kaminsky’s 20th Assembly District on Tuesday, posing with a group of Five Towns leaders in the headquarters of Achiezer, the community resource center … more

There was a chanukat habayit for an expanded Achiezer kosher respite room at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside on Monday. “Everyone else can go to the cafeteria,” Rabbi Dr. Aaron E. … more

Senator Charles Schumer told Achiezer’s gala on Sunday in Atlantic Beach the he would fight any “bad deal” with Iran and would continue his commitment to serve as a “Shomer … more

The venue — and the crowds — keep getting bigger. Five Towns-based Achiezer moved its annual Jewish Healthcare Conference and Expo to CitiField last Sunday … more

Please be advised that to date there are no KNOWN cases in our neighborhood. Although likely unnecessary for the following precautions to be spelled out, we urge common-sense and good personal … more

A capacity crowd of high school and seminary girls and representatives of 13 community organizations filled Achiezer’s Central Avenue office in Lawrence to explore chesed as the raison d’être of every Jew. Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, Achiezer’s founder, cited a chilling Gemara of a Tzaddik who climbed into his wagon to retrieve a piece of bread for a poor person, only to find that the hapless man had expired in the brief time that it took to find the bread. Rav Chaim Shmulevitz explains that it is not enough for a Jew to be happy to help another when asked — a Jew must always be prepared with a piece of bread in his back pocket, just in case! more

Achiezer Founder and President Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender speaks about “unnatural giving” to supporters of the organization at Sunday night’s gala in The Sands Atlantic … more

Issue of September 17, 2010/ 9 Tishrei 5771There is no shortage of sad stories in the newspaper business; no shortage of bad things happening to people and no shortage of things we’d rather not … more

Achiezer’s annual gala last Sunday evening at The Sands Atlantic Beach was attended by more than 1,300 enthusiastic participants, including dozens of rabbonim and nearly a dozen elected … more

On Sunday night, an unprecedented and incredible evening of tribute took place at the Sands Atlantic Beach. 1,500 people -— young and old, rabbonim, elected officials and community members from … more