יום שישי, י״א תמוז תשפ״וFriday, June 26, 2026
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Chana Mayefsky is a freelance writer based in Hillside, NJ. She is a regular contributor to Publishers Weekly and teaches at Bruriah High School. She has personally seen the unbelievable work done by the Bris Avrohom organization (908-289-0770). Chana can be reached at chanamayefsky@aol.com.
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Bris Avrohom has reached scores of Russian immigrants and their families through their centers in Hillside/Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Fair Lawn.
No one was interested in hearing about marriage with a chuppah. I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.
All the dictators that tried to diminish the spark of Yiddishkeit did not succeed, declared Mrs. Kanelsky.
As new tech gadgets evolve and old ones slowly fade away, good manners never go out of style.
Mr. Stein (not his real name) saw his career hit a dead end three years ago when the market went sour. As a commercial real estate broker, he and his wife, Devora, then a student studying toward her degree in social work, knew something had to change quickly if they were to survive financially. Friends and family members had suggested they open their own business, but the Steins had no money to invest in the project. They had no credit and the money they borrowed from relatives went directly to day-to-day living. That’s when they contacted the Emergency Parnossa Initiative (EPI) and the OU Job Board and began the process of transforming their lives.
June 19, 2026 
