April 6 William Lee
April 6 Elizabeth (Schwartz) Fritz
April 6 Sadie Berkelhammer
April 6 Jane Ellen Nochumson
Author: Jennifer Vistoso
Caring Acts of Tzedakah March 22-28, 2024
GENERAL FUND
In Memory of
My beloved husband, Lawrence Pincus, from Janice Pincus
William Baum, from Perry & Stephanie Loesberg
Leib Barsky, from Roman & Emma Barsky
MORTGAGE REDUCTION FUND
In Memory of
Anna Lipstein, from Florence Lipstein
RABBI ADLER’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Memory of
Florence Miller Gaspari, from Robert & Carol Lerner
Yahrzeits Week of March 30 – April 5, 2024
Caring Acts of Tzedakah March 15-21, 2024
BIKUR CHOLIM
In Honor of
Bruce Kaplan’s 70th Birthday, from Jay & Lisa Ganzman
CEMETERY FUND DONATION
In Memory of
Isaac Byer, from Richard & Mary Lou Byer
Jacob Byer, from Richard & Mary Lou Byer
EISENSTEIN LIBRARY FUND
Condolences to
Joan Hersch and family on the Passing of Rabbi Howard Hersch from Carole Byer
Yahrzeits Week of March 23 – 29, 2024
Caring Acts of Tzedakah March 8-14, 2024
Yahrzeits Week of March 16 – 22, 2024
Help Advocate for Princeton Student Held Captive in Iraq
Elizabeth Tsurkov is a Princeton PhD student who was doing fieldwork in Iraq on issues related to human rights. In March 2023, she was kidnapped by Kata’ib Hezbollah, a militia group affiliated with Iran. She has been in captivity for about a year now, but there has not been much progress in securing her release because she is an Israeli citizen (she was on a visa in the US for her PhD). Israel does not have official relations with Iraq, so her ties to the US are her best chance of being released. Elizabeth’s family believes that there must be pressure on the US government for it to take action, particularly because the US provides funding to the Iraqi government.
We are asking for your help by sending letters to members of Congress (particularly those in New Jersey) so they know that their constituents care about her case. At this website, you can find a template letter and links to email the relevant senators: http://www.bringelizabethhome.com/. It only takes a few minutes to send the emails. It would mean a lot to the Tsurkov family if you took a minute to help out. You can also sign up for email notifications on the website to follow her case and be alerted about future requests for advocacy emails.
You can watch/share her sister speaking about her kidnapping and the advocacy efforts at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mtp-JoH3-I
If you can also share this message and links with relevant listservs or Facebook groups that you’re part of (particularly Jewish groups), that would be very helpful.
Help Supply Israeli Soldiers
You can support IDF troops by purchasing items on an Amazon gift registry called “Registry – IDF TANK INFANTRY DONATION LIST FOR HAYALIM” at https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/26SYFLV0V7WA9. IDF reservists have filled out this registry with specific items that their units desperately need, ranging in price from a few dollars to several hundred dollars. You can periodically (and often) follow the link and purchase as many items as your heart and pocketbook allow. Feel free to share this list with as many people as possible. Make sure that you select the proper destination address (“Registry Tank Infantry’s Gift Registry Address”). The full address is hidden for privacy. Amazon will deliver your items to the destination home in Huntingdon Valley where volunteers will sort and rewrap the gifts into duffle bags. The volunteers will then drive the gifts to the El Al office in Newark to be sent on to Israel where volunteers deliver the bags directly to the units. On Amazon, you can also donate money to cover the costs of gas, duffel bags and other expenses. For more information visit https://tankinfantry.com/ or contact Mark Melmed at mmelmed1@comcast.net.