Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cardinal Dolan Visits Sick in Bronx

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cardinal Dolan Visits Sick in Bronx: Cardinal Dolan Visits Sick in Bronx BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 16- The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, celebrated Mass recentl...

Cardinal Dolan Visits Sick in Bronx

Cardinal Dolan Visits Sick in Bronx

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 16- The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, celebrated Mass recently at Calvary Hospital for more than 140 patients, families, employees, and special guests. Afterwards His Eminence visited with many patients and their visitors. He also visited the Hospital’s Kosher Hospitality Room and Shabbos Lounge. Cardinal Dolan serves as honorary chairman of Calvary Hospital.

In 2012, Calvary and Yeshiva University’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) announced a pioneering collaboration to provide rabbinic consultation to the observant Jewish community about end-of-life care in accordance with Jewish law. Several representatives from Yeshiva University were on hand to meet with the Archbishop including Edward R. Burns, M.D., Executive Dean, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and Rabbi Menachem Penner, Dean of RIETS. Each year, the Hospital cares for hundreds of Jewish patients at their Bronx hospital, 25-bed Brooklyn Satellite at Lutheran Medical Center, as well as with home care and home hospice throughout the greater New York area.

Calvary Hospital is the nation’s only fully accredited acute care specialty hospital devoted exclusively to providing palliative care to adult advanced cancer patients. A 225-bed facility with locations in the Bronx and Brooklyn, Calvary is the model for the relief of cancer pain and symptoms for more than a century. More than 6,000 patients are cared for annually by Calvary’s inpatient, outpatient, home, hospice, nursing home hospice, and wound care services. To learn more or sign up for the e-newsletter, Calvary Life, please go to www.calvaryhospital.org.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Sedar hailed as a success

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Sedar hailed as a success: Sedar hailed as a success BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 16- Almost 30 persons participated in the community Seder sponsored by Temple Hatikva thi...

Sedar hailed as a success

Sedar hailed as a success

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 16- Almost 30 persons participated in the community Seder sponsored by Temple Hatikva this past Sunday evening at the synagogue. The Seder was conducted by Cantor Kyle Cherry and Rabbi Harry Hertzberg, and all participants read from the special “Hatikva Haggadah”, retelling the story of Passover (the Exodus from Egypt) and singing special holiday songs.

Directly after the Seder, a Kosher Passover feast was served, including chicken soup with matza balls, chopped liver, salad, roast chicken, potato & noodle kugels and traditional Passover desserts.

It was a wonderful evening, with everyone enjoying the traditional Passover foods during the Seder, including Shmura Maztza, bitter herbs and charoset.

Cantor Kyle thanked all those in attendance for their wonderful participation. He noted:“Everyone took part in this beautiful Seder.

It was a pleasure to hear all these voices enthusiastically sing the

traditional Passover songs.”

Rabbi Harry added: “We are grateful to the Bronx Jewish Community Council and its Executive Director Brad Silver for partnering with us in bringing this magnificent event to our friends and neighbors. This Seder was truly a joint effort of the Jewish community and was a great success!”

Temple Hatikva is located at 2440 Esplanade, Bronx, NY. For more information about Temple Hatikva or any of our programs, please call Temple Hatikva at (917) 453-7557 or contact us at

TempleHatikva@aol.com.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Hip Hop Homeless

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Hip Hop Homeless: Hip Hop Homeless Hip-Hop Legend Honored - Music Still Homeless     By David Greene   Pioneers of Hip-Hop music returned to the borou...

Hip Hop Homeless

Hip Hop Homeless

Hip-Hop Legend Honored - Music Still Homeless

 

 

By David Greene

 

Pioneers of Hip-Hop music returned to the borough of its birth to pay tribute to Kurtis Blow, who was honored for his hit single "Basketball" released 30-years ago.

 

Joining Blow outside of the Kingsbridge Armory on April 12 was Rocky Bucano of the Universal Hip-Hop Museum as well as fellow pioneers Cutman LG, Chuck Chillout, Uncle Ralph and Grand Wizard Theodore.

 

Bucano told those in attendance, "We would like to have the first Hip-Hop Museum located at this building behind me, here at the Kingsbridge Armory."

 

"This building," Bucano added, "is for you guys to protect your legacy and the future of Hip-Hop."

 

Councilman Fernando Cabrera then presented Blow with a City Council Proclamation. The councilman, like Blow, is an ordained minister and in 2009 Blow founded the Hip Hop Ministry.

 

Cabrera stated, "It's long overdo for this museum to be a part of our community. The fact is we have a Rock and Roll museum, we have a Jazz museum, we have a Country music museum and how is it that we still don't have a Hip-Hop museum?"

 

"We're going to make it a reality," Cabrera continued, "We want this to be apart of the architectural plans from the beginning." Cabrera added that money to build it would come from private donations.

 

A humble Blow told the crowd, "Praise God. That God came into my life and changed things around. I have so many testimonials, so many miracles that I've seen in my lifetime."

 

He added, "Just to let you know, with God, anything is possible."

 

Tommy Silverman of Tommy Boy Entertainment, said of the museum, "It's going to be a place you want to go back to over and over again," and predicted it would become the borough's number 1 tourist attraction.

 

Bronx nightclub owner Sal Albatiello, who was first to give the new music a permanent home with his club, "Disco Fever" said of Blow, "He's one of the most unrecognized pioneers in the business."

 

Albatiello ended with, "To all the pioneers who use to get in for free and bug me for free drinks and everything. You owe me... and I still have your tab."  

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bunny Breakfast

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bunny Breakfast: Bunny Breakfast (Photos by Gary Quintal) State Senator Jeff Klein invited hundreds of children and their parents to his Annual Bunny Break...