In Support of Eretz Yisroel, Friendship Circle Lights Up The Sky

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1 year ago

In Support of Eretz Yisroel, Friendship Circle Lights Up The Sky

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On Thursday evening, December 7, 1,500 people started Chanukah at FCNJ – Friendship Circle with a spectacular drone show in the night sky over LifeTown in Livingston, NJ • Full Story, Photos, Video

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3 years ago

Rabbi Levi Shemtov: Creating Friendship for People with Special Needs

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The Living l’chaim Podcast interview Rabbi Levi Shemtov, co-founder of the Friendship Circle. The Friendship Circle provides assistance and support toover 3,000 individuals with special needs and their families by providing much needed recreational, social, educational and vocational programming both in person and online • Watch

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3 years ago

Shliach Creates App To Build Better Relationships, And More Personal Productivity

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Rabbi Yossi Marozov, director of Friendship Circle of Cleveland, observed the dedicated and selfless teens glancing often at their smartphones, which affected the quality of friendship and validation during these social get-togethers • Full Story

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4 years ago

Cleveland Friendship Circle Expands its Staff

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As part of Friendship Circle of Cleveland’s plan to expand its services, Rabbi Yosef Peysin was named its new director of youth engagement. With his Chassidic Chabad upbringing in mind, Peysin said his main goal as director of youth engagement is to fill a need. Chabad messaging, he explained, centers on the Jewish community as one people. And if one person or one subset of the community is in need, then it’s everyone’s responsibility to address it • Full Story

Crown Heights

4 years ago

Brooklyn Friendship Circle Unveils New Mural

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This past Sunday, Friendship Circle of Brooklyn unveiled a new mural on the corner of Kingston and Lefferts Avenues. The entire community was invited to join the festivities. The mural is a collaborative piece created by participants of the Friendship Circle, under the direction of artist Rosie Goodman (nee Benabou) • Full Story, Photos

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4 years ago

Redondo Friendship Campus Imagines the ‘Unimaginable’

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Twelve years ago, Rabbi Yossi Mintz had a dream. Mintz, the founder and director of the Jewish Community Center Chabad of the South Bay, envisioned a state-of-the-art facility where cutting-edge research, technology, and expertise would help people with special needs carve pathways into society • Full Story