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kobayashi - JTA: World-renowned competitive eater Kobayashi donates his earnings to Masbia

JTA: World-renowned competitive eater Kobayashi donates his earnings to Masbia February 24, 2012
By Daniel Treiman
What happens when a man who can consume 53 and 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes meets a giant hamantasch?

That’s the question that confronted famed competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi -- a previous record-holder in the prestigious Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest -- when he dropped by Yeshiva ... Read More

mmm - The Jewish Star: Monday`s Miracle at Masbia

The Jewish Star: Monday`s Miracle at Masbia Brooklyn NY-December 30, 2011

By Yaakov Hawk
THE JEWISH STAR -- Masbia this past Monday night to be treated food, gifts and live music. Philanthropy for the Future, hosted this incredible night at Masbia, helping Masbia feed almost double the amount of people that they usually feed at their Midwood location.
This incredible event was run w ... Read More

Yeshiva World News: MASBIA Soup Kitchen Hosts Chanukah Party Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
On Sunday, December 9, the Fifth Day of Chanukah, Masbia graciously hosted a festive Chanukah Party and it was a dazzling hit! The doors opened, the guests of honor, women and children, entered and they were inspired by the delightful atmosphere. Food and friends, fun and family combined to create a ... Read More

Brooklyn Daily Eagle: NYC Child Hunger Soars While Brooklyn Feeding Programs Close November 27, 2011

Nearly 90 Percent of Brooklyn Pantries And Kitchens Are Feeding More People

By New York Coalition Against Hunger
BROOKLYN, NY -- A new analysis of recent U.S. Department of Agriculture data, conducted by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger and released Wednesday, found that nearly 500,000 city children, or one in four, live in families that cannot afford an adequate supply of food.

The coalition` ... Read More

quinn1 - VIN News: Group Of Council Members and the Speaker Eat at Soup-kitchen to Defuse Stigma‏

VIN News: Group Of Council Members and the Speaker Eat at Soup-kitchen to Defuse Stigma‏ Tuesday, November 22, 2011
by VIN News Staff
Brooklyn, NY - A large delegation of City Council members volunteered on Monday their time and energy at Masbia soup kitchen on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn in order to witness firsthand the plight of New York’s unfortunate and the effect that the current state of the economy has on real people. ... Read More

nyobs - NY Observer: Recession Takes Its Toll On NYC Charities

NY Observer: Recession Takes Its Toll On NYC Charities With eager determination some stay afloat

Fall 2011
By Emerald Pellot
[Excerpt from article]
“The impact of the recession on Masbia can be measured by a number of gauges. Some of our big donors who helped us financially before the recession, can no longer help us,” said Alexander Rapaport, founder of Masbia. “Other donors have been awakened by the recession ... Read More

squad - Squadron Volunteers at Soup Kitchen

Squadron Volunteers at Soup Kitchen November 16, 2011
State Sen. Daniel Squadron volunteered at a kosher soup kitchen only steps away from a hate-crime scene. Masbia of Williamsburg is located near the corner of Lee Avenue and Ross Street, where a 51-year-old Hasidic man was severely beaten just late last Friday night, Nov. 12, by three perpetrators in ... Read More

lasova - VIN News: Kosher Food Company Ties New Product Purchase to Masbia Donation

VIN News: Kosher Food Company Ties New Product Purchase to Masbia Donation Wednesday, November 09, 2011
BY SANDY ELLER
VIN NEWS STAFF

SECAUCUS, NJ - A Rockland County based kosher food distributor debuted a line of organic flours today at the Kosher Fest food show that is not only unbleached, organic and stone ground, but a vehicle to feed the needy as well.

The center of every label on five pound bags of La Sova flour clea ... Read More

rh11 - CBS News: Masbia Soup Kitchens Come To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah

CBS News: Masbia Soup Kitchens Come To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah NEW YORK (CBS 2) - September 28, 2011
Rosh Hashanah began at sundown - marking the start of the Jewish High Holy Days.

The ten-day period of reflection is traditionally a time to review the mistakes of the past year and resolve to make improvements in the next.

CBS 2`s Cindy Hsu headed to to Brooklyn on Wednesday, where th ... Read More

doctor - NY Daily News: Doctor donates profits from hand-crafted mezuzah sales to the hungry

NY Daily News: Doctor donates profits from hand-crafted mezuzah sales to the hungry Tuesday, August 09, 2011
BY IZABELA RUTKOWSKI
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Handcrafted mezuzah cases designed by a pediatrician are doing more than protecting homes - they are helping to feed the hungry.

Dr. Alma Krupka Klein put $700 in checks in an envelope and sent it to Masbia, a struggling soup kitchen in Borough Park, Brooklyn, several weeks ago.

"It wa ... Read More

dagim - Dagim Donates Variety of Fish to Masbia Soup Kitchen for the Nine Days

Dagim Donates Variety of Fish to Masbia Soup Kitchen for the Nine Days Monday August 1, 2011 9:25 PM
The following nine days are a designated mourning period for traditional Jews. During this period it is customary not to eat meat, which was considered a luxury, and to eat fish instead. Making meals for the “nine days” is a challenge. Putting together menus and staying within a regular budget is no ... Read More

devra - The Forward: Masbia Kosher Soup Kitchen Sources Locally

The Forward: Masbia Kosher Soup Kitchen Sources Locally July 26, 2011, 2:41pm
By Devra Ferst

For many of the 1.4 million hungry people in New York there is little or no access to sustainable and locally sourced food. Out of necessity, many food pantries and soup kitchens historically stocked take-home bags and filled plates with mass-produced food from far away places, frozen veggies and ca ... Read More

Masbia Opens New Kitchens, Serves More Meals June 29, 2011
BROOKLYN — In its last fiscal year, from July 2009 to June 2010, Masbia, the kosher soup kitchen organization, opened three new kitchens with the help of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.
In addition to its original kitchen in ... Read More

huff - Food Banks Find New Ways To Battle Shortages And Rising Food Costs

Food Banks Find New Ways To Battle Shortages And Rising Food Costs Food banks around the country are implementing new policies to combat rising food costs and food shortages as more people are struggling to get enough to eat.

On July 1, for the first time ever, Washington, DC`s Capital Area Food Bank will charge its members for fruits and vegetables. The cha ... Read More

NY Daily News: Kosher Soup Kitchen Masbia is Hungry for Aid NY Daily News: Kosher soup kitchen Masbia is hungry for aid
In these tough times, even people who help people have to find ways to save money doing it.

For the last few weeks, Masbia has been serving chicken wings.

"We used to give whole chickens, based on family size, or maybe thighs and breasts," said Alexander Rapaport, co-founder and execut ... Read More

30000 - Masbia Distributes $30,000 Worth Of Passover Food Monday Night

Masbia Distributes $30,000 Worth Of Passover Food Monday Night April 11, 2011

For the last 36 hours dozens of volunteers have turned the Masbia central kitchen into a Passover grocery store. They have been arranging a large-scale display of donated Passover staples such as matzah, potato starch, nuts, chicken, meat, oil, grape juice, produce and much more, to be distributed t ... Read More

zagat - NYC Comptroller: Zagat Should Rate MASBIA Soup Kitchens In His Guide

NYC Comptroller: Zagat Should Rate MASBIA Soup Kitchens In His Guide March 30, 2011
BROOKLYN, NY -- New York City Comptroller John Liu visited Masbia soup kitchen on Coney Island Ave. As Chief Fiscal Officer for New York City, Liu experienced firsthand the plight of New York’s unfortunate and the effect that the current state of the economy has on real people.

The soup kitch ... Read More

liu2 - NYC Comptroller Wearing A Different Hat At Masbia

NYC Comptroller Wearing A Different Hat At Masbia Thursday, 31 March 2011
Written by 5TJT Staff
BROOKLYN, NY -- New York City Comptroller John Liu visited the Masbia soup kitchen on Coney Island Avenue. As chief fiscal officer for New York City, Liu experienced firsthand the plight of New York`s unfortunate and the effect that the current state of the economy has on real people.

The sou ... Read More

QChronicle: Fighting hunger with elegance and grace Thursday, February 17, 2011

by Jason Cohen
REGO PARK, N.Y. -- With the belief that no one should ever go to sleep hungry, the nonprofit group Masbia opened its fourth soup kitchen in Rego Park almost a year ago. Masbia, which brought in about $30,000 at a breakfast fundraiser last Sunday — with the promise of more to come — boasts that it is ... Read More

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tamar Snyder and Staff reports
As this week’s blizzard blanketed New York City in snow, Jewish Community Councils and other organizations scrambled to continue providing much-needed services in the hardest-hit neighborhoods, as well as meet emergency needs.

“All of our home care workers got to the homebound clients across ... Read More

weprin - Mark Weprin Visits Soup Kitchen

Mark Weprin Visits Soup Kitchen October 6, 2010
REGO PARK, QUEENS -- City Councilmember Mark S. Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) recently visited the Orenstein Met Council Masbia Community Kitchen on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park, where a soup kitchen serves nutritious meals to those in need.

“Masbia is doing a tremendous job in feeding the hun ... Read More

Lending a helping hand Monday, Septmeber 13, 2010, 12:00 AM EST
by Pete Davis
REGO PARK, QUEENS -- State Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi and State Senator Joe Addabbo recently took a tour of Masbia Soup Kitchen, the only Kosher soup kitchen in Queens.

Masbia, on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park, opened in March with the help of Henry and Susie Orenstein via the Metropolitan ... Read More

Midwood `Restaurant` Feeds the Hungry Monday, 21 December 2009

Written by Christina Pisano
Soup kitchens are traditionally associated with processions of the hungry crowding city sidewalks outside centers where food is offered in a mess-hall style for free or for a very low price. The long wait draws unwanted attention from passers by, heightening the shame often associated with poverty.< ... Read More