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“… as a baalas teshuva married to a baal teshuva, first in our families of over 3 generations of assimilation, we very highly love and support the work of kiruv organizations. We are learning how hard it is to raise frum children in the world today, and we commend you for working so hard to give this young generation the gift of truth and the gift of their heritage. We will support you cause every year, G-d willing, with whatever means we can– your work is truly holy and essential in our day…”

“Thank you sososososo much for reaching out to me! The chosson is a truly wonderful man from ***! His name is *** …We met in late January. We got engaged on my birthday, the third day of Pesach this year. I was so surprised because it was only the fifth time we had visited one another.
We are getting married [in] September… Please let me know at that time if there are some special ladies I can daven for so that they IYH can find such a good shidduch. I never could have found [my chosson] with such ease without Hashem’s help.
Thank you so much for being a part of my search for the right one and BH there will be more happy news from me in the future!”

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Over 100 kids signed up to sell tickets for the Oorah Auction 2012 Kids Kraze contest. Kids sell tickets and earn great prizes, like cameras, mp3 players and Fiveish t-shirts.

One mother even signed up her 18-month baby! She said she’d help him sell tickets… she must really want those prizes!

Fiveish had great fun giving out the Kids Kraze booklets at different busy corners of Yerushalayim. The way the kids were lining up, you would think he was giving out gold…

Mrs. Lauren Gluck of our Little Star Preschool in Staten Island led the inaugural “ChillZone for Moms,” taking the popular ChillZone for teens program to new heights.

At ChillZone in TheZone this past Pesach, hundreds of kids were screaming to learn another 5 minutes with their TorahMates…What a beautiful sight! On Monday night of Chol Hamoed we had our girl’s program and on Tuesday night, we had the boys. We can’t wait to do this again!

Drop off your daughters and then stay for your own evening of inspiration!

LED BY: Mrs. Lauren Gluck, of Little Star PreSchool, Staten Island NY
DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH
TIME: 7:00 – 8:15 PM
LOCATION: Torah Spot, home of Staten Island ChillZone programs
ADDRESS: 374 Ridgewood Ave. Staten Island NY 10312

REFRESHMENTS SERVED

“… I have only a minute to quickly express how profoundly life-changing the experience was. I was floundering and going off the derech: having a very hard time as an isolated single mom living outside of a frum community. I feel like Oorah reached out with a net and scooped me out of danger’s way. Thank you so much for elevating my soul and reaching my heart…”

From a retired military officer, new to the Oorah family: “My family and I were just amazed at the camp and the wonderful program you had for us. The Seders were absolutely astounding… the food was literally “out of this world.” I have attended and even assisted in administering Passover retreats (for U.S. military personnel) and have never had such a wonderful Pesach retreat experience (and Pesach gourmet food!) We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity and the wonderful outreach work you are conducting…”

“….We had the most amazing spiritual fun-filled Hag ever…..From the moment we arrived to saying good bye to new friends and old. My boys are Zone campers and now they have ZONE fever for their summer to begin…”

This has been a wonderful experience for me and I am looking forward to starting the Hebrew and through it feel more like a Jew than a vagrant who knows nothing. My biggest regret is that I didn’t do something like this years ago and when I was a teen.

Thanks to Oorah I have the opportunity to learn all of this terrific information on our Jewish faith in such a fun way with great people helping me.

Tuesday night was dairy, with pizza (70 pies!) and fries from Pizza Plus and 15 dozen bagels, 28 pounds of tuna and 24 pounds of Israeli salad from Bagel Nosh. Wednesday’s meal, a lavish spread including seven different chicken dishes and a variety of sides came from the new D-lux restaurant. Supper was served buffet style in the warehouse next door to Oorah’s main office.

“This is a benefit that is very generous and considerate and my family and I greatly appreciate it! I believe I speak on behalf of all of Oorah’s grateful employees,” one woman enthused.

Judging by the happy faces all around, it seems that indeed she does.

I think Oorah is providing a wonderful service to Jewish people, especially the undereducated and those who drifted away for a long time. Like me. I think Oorah is blessed with volunteers such as Mr. S. He is priceless.

Have a wonderful Pesach. And thanks for the Pesach box that I received today. All the gift boxes serve as a reminder of our Jewish lifecycle events and holy day rhythym.