The first thing you notice when you talk to singer Sholom Jacobs is the accent. I couldn’t quite place it. Perhaps English? A bit South African maybe? I was wrong on both counts. The son of Chabad shluchim, Jacobs, 33, was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, where he began his musical career as a child singing in shul, school choirs and concerts ran by his father. Jacobs left Scotland at 16, spending three years learning in an Israeli yeshiva before finally settling in New York. more

June 1 and 2 Joseph Gitler (founder of Leket Israel) speaking at Congregation Beth Sholom Mr. Gitler will be speaking at Congregation Beth Sholom on Friday night and Shabbat morning at various minyanim. He will also be giving a talk at Young Israel Lawrence Cedarhurst’s Seudah Shlishit. On the eve of the Celebrate Israel Parade, it is an especially fitting time for Joseph to educate the community as to the current situation of poverty and hunger in Israel and how Leket Israel is facing this growing crisis every day. Leket Israel works to alleviate the problem of nutritional insecurity among the growing numbers of Israel’s poor. Food that would otherwise have gone to waste is redistributed by nearly 300 nonprofit organizations. more

Students from Rambam Mesivta and HANC were among 600 people who joined an OU Teach NYS mission in Albany to advocate for additional funding for private school education. more

I met Paula Eiselt years ago when my brother dated her aunt. We became friendly with her wonderful parents, and from the get-go, she struck me as a sweet, fun-loving and bright young girl. That … more

A fire station in the northern Jewish-Arab city of Ma’alot Tarshiha donated by Penny and Stephen Rosen of Brooklyn Heights has continued to keep Israelis safe as fires raged in Israel’s … more

Tov B’Yachad, the Orthodox outreach division of UJA Federation on Long Island, held its annual “Supplies for Success” initiative in HAFTR’s gym last Sunday in Lawrence, with … more

Issue of Oct. 10, 2008 Lynbrook - Congregation Beth David will have a Thrift Shop open on Sunday and Monday, October 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Inventory will include books, clothing, … more

An exhibit of photographs by Chie Nishio, an 84-year-old woman of Japanese descent who spent years photographing the Chabad community of Crown Heights, opens this week at the Brooklyn Public … more

Yachad LI held its first Tu B’Shvat Supermarket Challenge, hosted by the Kosher Guru (at right). Yachad members and high school peers arrived at J2 Pizza in Lawrence where they split into seven … more

LI Summerfest, UJA Federation’s mid-summer gala, moved to a new location last Wednesday — from Old Westbury north to the Tilles Center at LIU Post. Among supporters from South Shore … more