Alexander Rapaport, Exec. Dir. of Masbia, talks about the Seder held this week for those in need, and feeding Kosher food to the hungry every day of the year. “In…

A ‘night of watching’ with the Jewish poor. BY JONATHAN MARK April 5, 2017 Folks say that God must love the Jewish poor; He made so many of us. After all, 1…

BY SANDEE BRAWARSKY   Chocolate and Liberation These fair-trade organic kosher for Passover bars come from small farmer cooperatives in Latin America. At these farms, workers are treated fairly and there…

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By Tara Lynn Wagner Sunday, February 26, 2017 Dozens of volunteers at an Upper West Side synagogue spent the day slicing and dicing for a good cause. Our Tara Lynn…

When someone falls on tough financial times, more often than not, his self-respect takes a hard hit. If it gets to the point when he’s not sure where his next…

By Alexander Rapaport   This is the first in a series of essays submitted by our readers about their personal Shabbat experiences. Shabbat — the gatherings, the traditions and rituals, the…

by Menachem Rephun Volunteers with the Masbia soup kitchen dispensed meals to the needy this week despite their own financial hardship [JP Updates] Holiday meals were dispensed in Queens this week…

Masbia (Heb: satisfy the hungry), a nonprofit soup kitchen network and food pantry, have been serving holiday meals this week on the street, outside their former home at 98-08 Queens Boulevard,…