Masbia a soup kitchen Network helped feed those in need this holiday volunteers with the kosher soup kitchen gave out turkeys and food boxes to local shelters in Brooklyn housing Asylum Seekers celebrating their first Thanksgiving in the U.S Masbia executive director Alexander Rappaport told JBS it was a special Mitzvah opportunity to share some Ready-to-Eat turkey with the Asylum Seekers citing the fact that the government paid hotels housing them do not have cooking facilities.

These days when you hear “border” the next word is usually “crisis.” The same is true for “labor”: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls the labor shortage a “national crisis by the numbers.” Now the two crises are combining to make matters worse. When I visited the border town of Del Rio, Texas, in April,…

A big kiddush Hashem was made by Mr. Leon Goldenberg, Shomrim of Staten Island and the Masbia Relief Team at La Colmena. La Colmena is a NYC-based charity organization with a mission to empower the immigrant community through education, organizing, culture and economic development. La Colmena provides educational opportunities that teach soft and hard skills,…

Every year, on the day before Kosherfest, the kosher food industry’s annual trade show, a small group of journalists, influencers and foodies from all over the kosher spectrum gather for the Jewish Food Media Conference. This year, the event was held at Sen Sakana, a kosher nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian fusion) restaurant in New York City. A…

NYC Mayor Eric Adams made a surprise visit to the 9th annual Jewish Food Media Conference, a gathering of food critics and Jewish media influencers, where he declared, “Food is powerful.” The mayor noted how individuals often define themselves by their foods, like the Jewish community’s pride in a vast array of kosher offerings. The…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged food writers and influencers this week to help fight antisemitism by using food at a media conference held in advance of the kosher industry’s largest trade fair. The @NYCMayor at the #JewishFoodMedia Conference at @SenSakana ahead of #KosherFest spoke about #Masbia‘s work #FeedingTheNeedy and how he would like…

“Food is powerful,” said Mayor Eric Adams, when he stopped by the elegant, kosher Japanese restaurant Sen Sakana in Manhattan, where more than 100 Jewish writers were gathering at the 9th annual Jewish Food Media Conference. The conference’s participants were meeting to eat, network, and socialize on the night before attending Kosherfest, which is a…

With groceries are been delivered by DoorDash to families in need daily, Masbia is giving back over on Boro Park when they delivery and hand out more than 500 meals every single day.

When Masbia Soup Kitchen Network learned migrants were flooding into the city, the soup kitchen operator bought up 100 pairs of construction boots from Amazon at $100 a pop and lined up a donor to help shoulder the cost. Nonprofits have also been helping migrants enroll in construction site safety training, a must-have for contractors who may…

New York City Hall is opening new shelters, and relief groups including the Jewish-run Masbia Soup Kitchens Network are redoubling efforts as New York City takes in record levels of migrants. Alexander Rapaport, the executive director of the Network, told Reuters they are in the financial capital of the world and people want to share.