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Herrendorf Foundation Partners

with Alpert JFS to Address Food Insecurity

A $10,000 grant from pantry distribution to 120 last month, distributing
the Herrendorf Family clients, all under the age of baskets decorated by
Foundation has enabled 65 years. residents of the Melvin J.
Ferd & Gladys Alpert “As new residents & Claire Levine Jewish
Jewish Family Service to the West Palm Beach Residential & Family
to provide much-needed area, we are proud to be Service Residential
support to dozens of able to support families Program with Alpert JFS
young Jewish families in our community during Chief Development Officer
locally who are dealing the High Holidays,” Kelley Whiter. Provisions
with the challenge of food said Joshua Herrendorf, include jars of applesauce,
insecurity. president of the Herrendorf gefilte fish, matzah ball
Funding has provided Family Foundation. “When soup, honey, canned
holiday baskets and/or my family moved from carrots, sweet potatoes,
Publix gift cards to 20 Joshua Herrendorf and Suzi Haifa to the United States, Josh Herrendorf with Jennifer, green beans, peas, and
young Jewish families of Glassman it was important for us to a volunteer from Lake Worth jellied cranberry sauce, as
four three times a year. maintain our culture and well as a box of matzah ball Josh Herrendorf and Suzi
The grant ensures food from the Alpert JFS Kosher Food traditions in our new home, and our family hopes to give this and soup mix, fresh apples Glassman delivering food
Pantry will be distributed to 10 young Jewish families of back with dignity to those in need here, as well.” and honey cake, memorial baskets
four throughout the year and offset the costs of scheduling, Joshua Herrendorf and his wife, Suzi Glassman, candles, and the choice of a
managing, and overseeing the holiday meal delivery and food participated in this year’s Rosh Hashanah food basket deliveries frozen turkey or Publix gift card to recipients. Eighty people
in 35 households received Rosh Hashanah baskets.
Volunteers Share Sweet High Holiday generous funding,” said Alpert JFS CEO Marc Hopin.
“We are grateful to the Herrendorf family for their

Traditions with Seniors in Need “Together we will work to help hungry Jewish families in our

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Morse L i fe
volunteers, New Synagogue
residents, and
staff once again
gathered to Hires Executive
package and
deliver kosher
holiday meals to Director
1,250 vulnerable
seniors living throughout Palm Beach County.
“It’s wonderful to be able to bring the community together Rabbi Abe Unger,
again this year to enjoy the sweet traditions of the High Ph.D., has joined New
Holidays with seniors who depend on MorseLife for support,” Synagogue as executive
said President & CEO Keith Myers. “We are grateful to have director - programs. Rabbi
Unger served as campus
such dedicated volunteers rabbi and director of
who have made it an annual urban programs at Wagner
tradition to serve meals to College, where he was a
isolated seniors through professor with tenure in the
the MorseLife Homebound Government and Politics
Mitzvah program.” Department, specializing
Seniors received traditional in public administration.
meals of homemade matzoh Rabbi Unger also served
ball soup, wine, challah, as executive director of The Office of Jewish Community
an apple and honey, and Affairs of Staten Island and as project manager of a major
homemade honey cake for HUD grant at the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
dessert. Foundation. He has been a congregational rabbi, and
“We continue to maintain received appointments as senior fellow at the NYU
social distancing measures Marron Institute of Urban Management and Orthodox
for the safety of our seniors, Union Center for Communal Research. Prior to joining
which includes contactless Wagner College, Rabbi Unger founded the Mosaic Colony,
meal drop-offs,” added an educational organization for children and teens that
Myers. “Even though these explored Jewish identity in dialogue with other cultures
challenges exist, it’s a joyous through the arts. He has published three books examining
occasion to share traditional Jewish thought and community engagement.
holiday rituals.”