Masbia soup kitchen network is where the rubber meets the road in the fight
against hunger. We feed hot, nutritious meals to hungry men, women and children.
No statistics. No bureaucracy. No middleman. We deposit food in empty stomachs.
NY Daily News: New York Jews get ready for Purim by doing charity
BROOKLYN, NY -- March 4, 2012 -- New York Jews getting ready for Purim skipped the costume parties Sunday to focus on giving back.
Doing extra charity is a must during the two-day celebration that begins Wednesday night and honors Queen Esther for saving the ancient Persian Jews from slaughter.
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Helping the hungry was the focus inside a cramped kitchen on Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where a hundred Yeshiva University students lined up chopping carrots and cabbages.
The veggies will go into 500 holiday meals for Masbia, a chain of kosher soup kitchens in Brooklyn and Queens. Masbia is also making “Purim Packages” for cash-strapped parents made up of food, diapers, and toys.
“On the surface, Purim is about parties, costumes, and people running around,” said Masbia director Alexander Rapaport. “But you have to help the needy. So people can make their own Purim at home.”READ MORE
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Monday's Miracle at Masbia
THE JEWISH STAR - Masbia this past Monday night to be treated food, gifts and live music. Philanthropy for the Future, hosted this incredible night at Masbia, helping Masbia feed almost double the amount of people that they usually feed at their Midwood location.
This incredible event was run with a budget of zero dollars, as Masbia is currently facing tremendous financial strain. When PFF founder Yaakov Hawk approached Alexander Rapaport, director of Masbia with this idea it was a difficult decision for him to make, knowing that events like this, frequently go over budget and it was his responsibility to make sure Masbia can keep serving meals to New York’s hungry. As Mr. Rapaport said “Although we’ve had Channukah events and treats in previous years, weeks ago we had decided not do anything special this year due to our financial situation”. After Hawk reassured Mr. Rapaport that “zero means zero”, knowing that Masbia does not have money to supplement to this project, Mr. Rapaport happily jumped on board. After seeing PFF’s work in progress, raising money, finding a band to play and collecting hundreds of toys to give out to Masbia’s guests and that PFF was really working hard, Mr. Rapaport agreed to buy special sufganiyot for the nights guests, but just as Mr. Rapaport was about to pay for the sufganiyot, a complete stranger in the bakery asked him how much he was spending on them replying “85 dollars” the man wrote him a check for 86, truly a Chanukah miracle for Masbia.
To make the Channukah celebration more joyous, PFF decided to give out to toys and bring in a live band to elevate the spirits of the guests. The over 200 toys that were distributed, were collected in the DRS Channukah Toy Drive as well as from Build - A - Bear for Tzedekah in Beaver Lake this past summer. The band, Betach comprised of members from community schools DRS and Rambam donated their time to liven the spirits of Masbia’s patrons. As keyboardist Yaakov Feldstein put it “We felt that on Channukah we need to give back a little to the community and the smiles we put on peoples faces really makes a lasting impact” and the guests felt the same way with one guest thanking us for “Giving my family a night of happiness, presents to make my kids happy and great food for our stomaches”.READ MORE
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Masbia Soup
Kitchens Come To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah
NEW
YORK (CBS 2) - Rosh Hashanah began at sundown - marking the start of
the Jewish High Holy Days.
The ten-day period of reflection is
traditionally a time to review the mistakes of the past year and resolve to make
improvements in the next.
CBS 2's Cindy Hsu headed to to Brooklyn on
Wednesday, where the economy has some turning for help. The Masbia Soup
Kitchen in Flatbush is buzzing as families who have hit hard times pick up free
holiday groceries.
"I'm jobless, I'm on unemployment right now looking
for a job and it’s very hard for me right now raising my children," Agnes
Gruenbaum told Hsu.
Gruenbaum is divorced with 6 children and says the
food she and countless other families receive at the soup kitchen keeps them
going.READ MORE
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New Yorkers Celebrated Memorial Day by Fighting Hunger in Union
Square
New York, NY -- May 31, 2011 -- Many New Yorkers
typically spend Memorial Day at the beach or in the park, eating barbeque with
family and friends. On this Memorial Day, some people found the time to gather
at Union Square Farmers Market and help feed those in New York most in need.
Local farmers at Union Square generously donated their surplus produce to Masbia
Soup Kitchen Network, whose four soup kitchens make good use of fresh local
products. READ
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$30,000 Worth of Passover Food Distributed in 4 Hours
Brooklyn
NY – April 12, 2011 -- For the last few days dozens of volunteers were
busy turning the Masbia central kitchen into a Passover grocery store. They
arranged a large-scale display of donated Passover staples such as matzah,
potato starch, nuts, chicken, meat, oil, grape juice, produce and much more,
that were distributed to single mothers on April 11th in the evening. These
foods were donated by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, City Harvest,
Food Bank and purchased with money from private donations. READ MORE
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