Journey Through Camp Simcah

By Chai Lifeline. Each summer, seriously ill children enjoy an unforgettable, medically supervised sleep-away camp experience at Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special.
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Don’t Judge Quickly (at Hospital)

Humorous scenario why you shouldn’t judge quickly
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Don’t Judge Quickly (Cat in soup)

Humorous scenario why you shouldn’t judge quickly
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Mi Keamcha – Netiv Aryeh Chesed

Yeshiva students practicing chesed with musical background.
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40,000 Words – Shoot East

Promotion for book, Positive Word Power, by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, illustrating the positive and negative consequences of speech.
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Yad Eliezer

Yad Eliezer promo shows how tzadakah is used to feed the poor
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Rabbi finds $98,000 in Craigslist desk, and returns it

By Global National (See also illuminatetheworld.com). Rabbi Noah Muroff bought a desk from Craigslist for $150 got the surprise of his life when he found $98,000 inside. He did the honest thing and returned the money.
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Masbia Soup Kitchens Comes To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah

By CBS News. Especially during economic downturns, chesed organizations feed the poor.
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Poverty’s Angel — Aish.com

Aryeh Lurie is keeping the promise he made as a hungry child to help those in distress.
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Orthodox Jewish Doctor in Ethiopia 28 Years, Cures Thousands

By ABC News, Shabbat.com. Dr. Rick Hodes dedicates his life to cure, and even adopt, infirm Ethiopians, now the subject of a book by NY Times journalist Marilyn Berger.
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Heroes of Israel – The Chicken Lady – Aish.com

The Remarkable 97-years-old Chaya Hammer who suffered from hunger as a child helps to feed the poor of Jerusalem.
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Viral Photo of Black Man Sleeping on Jewish Subway Stranger

By ABC news (See also illuminatetheworld.com). ABC news interviews Isaac Theil who sat in Subway for one half hour as a stranger fell asleep on his shoulder.
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Celebrating the Volunteer Experience by Jewish Relief Agency of Philadelphia

One Sunday each month, Philadelphia’s JRA brings together 750-1000 volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to pack and deliver boxes of fresh produce and nonperishable pantry items to over 3,000 Jewish families in need.
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Jerusalem Marathon Run with Team Lifeline Israel Helps Chicago Boy

by NBC News (See also illuminatetheworld.com). Parents join Jerusalem Marathon to help raise $100,000 for children with special needs.
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Am Echad – One Nation

By Ari Goldwag. Music video underscoring the importance of fostering Jewish unity.
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New Cancer Treatment, Kids Kicking Cancer

Gives Children Strength Through Martial Arts Training – ABC News (See also illuminatetheworld.com). Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, first provided a therapeutic martial arts program at Camp Simcha, where he served as the Director from 1990 to 2002. His commitment to ease the pain of very sick children and his dream of bringing healing through the empowering focus of the martial arts resulted in the creation of Kids Kicking Cancer.
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Tamchei Shabbos of Bergen County, NJ

By Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County, NJ (See also illuminatetheworld.com). Another example of a Jewish community taking care of the underprivileged
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Character That Counts

By Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Bregman on Torahanytime.com. Answers the question why a seemingly Jewishly Observant person may not have good character traits.
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Short & Sweet: Not Just ‘Change’ … Exact Change!

By Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Bregman on Torahanytime.com. Reaching goals in character change has to be planned and worked on.
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The Consequences of Loshon Hara in the Digital Age

By Shoot East and Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation. How careful we need to be in guarding what we communicate and judge others favorably.
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We’ve Gotta Live Together

By aish.com. Practicing chesed fosters Jewish unity
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Better Life – Aish.com

What is hateful to you, don’t do to your neighbor. Take responsibility for causing damage.
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Jtube: It’s Smarter to Travel in Groups

By aish.com. What’s better: teamwork or working by yourself?
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Jtube: The Best Football Play

By aish.com. Who do you think benefited from this more – Keith or his teammates?
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Shaya Hits a Home Run

By aish.com. We reach perfection by helping others
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