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This Sunday I will be going to the Tanger Hillel at Brooklyn College to do our yearly Passover Deliveries to the Elderly. Bags have been getting packed all week, and we are ready to go out to the hundreds of people that are on our lists. These lists include Holocaust survivors and home-bound, among many …

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On Wednesday night the Orthodox Union/JLIC at the Tanger Hillel of Brooklyn College had a panel discussion entitled “Depression and Anxiety: Let’s Talk”, with the intent of breaking the stigma and getting the community talking. Very often mental illness is a disease of separation where people feel different, isolated, and alone…and you really don’t have …

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Frances Irwin, a Holocaust survivor, passed away yesterday morning, following ongoing heart trouble. Frances – originally from Konskie, Poland – meant a lot, and was very close to, a lot of us at the Tanger Hillel of Brooklyn College, being a long time supporter of the Hillel and a great storyteller, sharing her survival story. …

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