Borough President joined the Warbasse Congregation leadership to celebrate Hannukah in December. (Source: Gabrielle Shnayderman)
The Warbasse Jewish Heritage Congregation, located inside the hard-hit Warbasse housing complex, continues to bounce back from Superstorm Sandy – this time by helping their Jewish neighbors with free food for Passover this weekend.
The congregation escaped the worst of Sandy, only taking on a few inches of water, but was without power for months after the storm. Now they’ve received a large donation that will supply 500 people with food for the holiday.
Rabbi David Okunov and volunteers will be passing out free boxed food for Passover on Sunday at 11 a.m. It is a first-come, first-serve basis. The address is 2790 West 5th Street.
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Wishing You A Joyous Holiday Season
May our hope and strength as a community grant us resiliency in the face of life’s storms. A healthy and happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year to all.
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz
2658 Coney Island Avenue (Temporary Office)
Brooklyn, NY 11223
(718) 743-4078
cymbros@assembly.state.ny.us
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Source: Gabrielle Shnayderman
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz paid a visit to Warbasse Jewish Heritage Congregation this past Sunday, December 9, to help light the menorah and ring in Hanukkah for Warbasse’s first-ever Hanukkah party.
Two-hundred guests were present for the occasion at the center, which was still running on backup generators since Sandy struck late last October. The Warbasse congregation is inside the hard-hit Warbasse housing complex, which became a focal point for relief efforts after Sandy knocked out its independent generators and stranded residents as high up as 23 floors. The synagogue itself, however, was barely touched – a little holiday miracle for congregants.
Thanks to Gabrielle Shnayderman for the tip.
Correction (12/13/2012): The original version of the post indicated that the synagogue suffered extreme damage during Sandy. In fact, that was a nearby synagogue, and the Warbasse congregation only took two to three inches of water. We apologize for the confusion.
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It’s the War of the Lights!
After we announced yesterday that we were collecting photos of holiday lights, decorations and displays from across the neighborhood, that dirty rotten blog over in Bensonhurst - Bensonhurst Bean – decided to up the ante. They’re doing the same, and saying the Bensonhurst community can do a whole lot better than us.
Boo! Boo, I say! Boo!
We can definitely put those rabble-rousers over in that other neighborhood to shame. They want a fight? Well, now they’ve got one.
Send your photos to photos [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com with “Holiday Lights” in the subject line, and let’s show them who’s merrier!
Okay, so you’ve spent hours on the ladder, stringing those darn lights up. You’ve plugged in your mechanical Santas. You’ve got the music going, and everything’s all glitzed up.
Now what?
Share it with the world!
Sheepshead Bites wants your photos of holiday lights and displays from around the neighborhood. Photos do not to be of your own property. Whether its houses, businesses or otherwise, we want to show the world how Sheepshead Bay celebrates the season to be merry.
Send photos by e-mail with “Holiday Lights” in the subject line to photos [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com.
