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Shabbat Shalom!

This week we begin the cycle of the reading of the Torah. It starts with: "In the beginning" Everything is new... -Creation -The relationship with G-d -The relationship with nature and with one another Let us all have hope that this new beginning is filled with health, peace, calmness and love. Shabbat Shalom (Photo credit to Iris Jacobson)

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Chicago burial fund gives penniless Jewish COVID victims a dignified sendoff

David Jacobson’s Gomle Fund buys $6,000 plot for Beth Salamensky, who died alone, far from locked-down family. Online service draws unexpected crowd of empathetic strangers By JESSICA DONATH24 September 2020, 3:47 am David Jacobson in the sanctuary of Chicago Jewish Funerals, September 2020. (Silvio Ribeiro) David Jacobson, founder of Chicago Jewish Funerals, stood behind the...

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