Today is your opportunity to help the hundreds of at-risk and in-pain teens and young adults who depend on Our Place’s services each year. Until 12:00 PM on Friday, every single donation is doubled!

Beginning this Monday, June 29th and continuing though Tuesday, June 30th, Mosdot Toiras Eliyahu, from Mexico City will be hosting a live broadcast featuring Gedolai Yisroel from around the world, along with the top fifteen international Jewish singers. The broadcast will be a monumental presentation giving chizzuk to the Torah world, and specifically to praise educators throughout the Jewish world. This event will be a live broadcast for almost 24 hours, in two languages simultaneously, for the entire Jewish world. Throughout the presentation, we will hear from Gedolai Yisroel such as HaGaon Rav Shmuel Kaminetsky, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, in addition to many other Gedolim.

 Of the hundreds of questions and comments that pour into our phone lines daily, this is the most common one: “Are subscriptions going on sale soon?” You asked for it– and here it is: The Circle’s Annual Summer Flash Sale! This is the sale you’ve been waiting for. But there’s a catch. (There always is, isn’t there?) The flash sale will last for 12 hours, and 12 hours only: from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, Sunday, June 21. Why pay full price when you can get two months absolutely free? No gimmicks here. No hidden fees and “That’ll be an extra $24.99 for shipping please, plus tax.” One flat price and a 12-month subscription is all yours, with the first two months free! Why The Circle? The Circle is the largest kids’ magazine on the market.

Davening at the kever of one of the great Tanaim, Rebbi Yonasan Ben Uziel, is commonly known as segulah for finding one’s zivug. Rebbi Yonasan Ben Uziel was a talmid of Rebbi Hillel Hazaken and never married. As he neared the end of his life, he promised that anyone who came to his grave to daven for their bashert would have their tefilos answered. Since then, for generations, many Jews have flocked to his grave in order to pray for success in finding a suitable marriage partner. Rebbi Yonasan Ben Uziel’s Yartheit is a particularly fulfilling day to daven near the graveside. Every year, on the 26th of Sivan, hundreds of people make the trek to Amuka, all with one goal in mind, to pray for themselves or people they know to get married.

With millions of views of his outrageous science and physics videos, Yochana Ghoori of IncredibleScienceCamp.com will be putting an ASTOUNDING PERFORMANCE this Sunday, June 14th, at 5pm EST. Watch as things pop, wizz, bang, and whir as you learn about how the world works – and get thoroughly entertained in the process. Access to the show is only $10 for an entire family! Children (and adults) A portion of every ticket purchased will go to benefit Hatzalah, and the show will be recorded so you can rewatch it later. Check out Yochanan in action and reserve your ticket now!  

At one point or another, we’ve all heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” As we go through life we realize that the grass may not always be greener on the other side.  We know it to be true, and yet, we can’t imagine that the first people we should be offering our help to would be our own friends and neighbors. The woman you stand patiently behind as you wait in line at the grocery store. The beloved elderly couple who sweetly offers your child a treat just because he said hello. The man you sit next to regularly at Minyan.  They don’t really seem so different than you. We all experience turbulent times and while we recognize that no one is the exception to that rule, we forget to look beyond what’s “normal”.

Parenthood is challenging for just about everyone. For Yaffa & Bentzi Katz, however, it is truly a full time job. They have 6 kids, two of whom are severely disabled. Roizy, 7, and Leizer, 5, are wheelchair-bound and need oxygen to breathe. Between their treatments, tending to their needs, and the rest of the Katz kids, there is very little time for anything else. Because of this, father Bentzi has been unable to keep any sort of job. There is always another emergency, another hospital trip, another cry for help which keeps him from working full-time. This has left the couple, and their 6 kids, in a very difficult financial situation. That is why they are turning to the global Jewish community for help.

The world is in a chaotic place. When faced with health crises, social unrest, and financial instability, it is natural to feel a sense of helplessness. Some, however, manage to rise above this sense of helplessness and fight, against all odds, to make an impact on the world. Few exemplify this trait more than Rabbi & Rebbetzin Mentzer, of Jerusalem.  Rabbi Mentzer was severely disabled for much of his life. He and his Rebbetzin were married for many years before they were blessed with children. The Rabbi was wheel-chair bound. Despite these and other challenges which would have paralyzed many, Rabbi Mentzer was extremely active in his community. He dedicated his time to helping struggling families, and many individuals would come to ask him for his guidance.

Rav Stern of Jerusalem had everything that many work a lifetime to achieve: A talmid chacham, a rosh kollel, and a mashgiach, with a wonderful Rebbetzin & 14 happy children. Despite appearances however, a diagnosis had quietly turned their home to chaos. Since Rebbetzin Stern’s battle with cancer began, the Rav has become solely responsible for raising his large family. This is in addition to running a kollel, and tending to his wife’s needs. As is the case in families hit by such trauma, the older kids have learned to care for the younger kids. The Rebbetzin is confined to her bed, fighting bravely against the disease. It did not take long for financial pressure to take hold.

We are grief-stricken with this immeasurable tragedy. Mrs. Baila Rivka Mertzbach nee Uhr a”h A young mother from Monsey, with no prior medical conditions, has tragically succumbed to the coronavirus. She left behind a family of 11 children with the youngest just 1 year old. This tragedy has shaken us to the core. The children have been left shattered, lost, and bereft of their mother’s love and warm care. “How will we survive the excruciating pain of living without Mommy?” her family is weeping.