Masbia Soup Kitchens Come To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah

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Wed Sep-28-11 08:21 PM
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Masbia Soup Kitchens Come To Aid Of Needy Families Marking Rosh Hashanah

September 28, 2011 8:14 PM

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.

There are 4 Masbia Soup Kitchens in Queens and Brooklyn and the need is skyrocketing. Already this year, they have served more than 200,000 meals � that�s 300 percent more than last year.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/28/masbia-soup-kitchens-come-to-aid-of-needy-families-marking-rosh-hashanah/

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Wed Sep-28-11 08:52 PM
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1. That's nice of them, especially since the official safety net...

Edited on Wed Sep-28-11 08:53 PM by Deep13

...is so inadequate. I can still hear GHW Bush droning on about a thousand points of light and how the poor aren't the govt.'s problem.

But it doesn't have have any bearing on whether or not god is real.

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Wed Sep-28-11 08:55 PM
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2. That question has long ago been answered.

The rest of the discussion is what to do with that answer.

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Thu Sep-29-11 09:02 AM
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4. Yeah, the answer is "nothing."

And what to do about poverty is "massive Federal spending paid for with estate taxes."

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Thu Sep-29-11 09:04 AM
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5. That's your answer and your response. It's not theirs.

I don't expect you resent them for feeding hungry people while Obama and Congress debate the issue.

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Thu Sep-29-11 09:11 AM
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6. No, as I said, it's very nice of them.

I applaud their heroic error to staunch a severed leg with a band-aid (because it's all they have.) I am charitable to the degree I am able.

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Wed Sep-28-11 09:27 PM
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3. K&R

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Thu Sep-29-11 04:36 PM
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7. Good for them...

but a pity that there are so many people who are poor, and that the state is not providing enough of a safety net.

By the way, Shana Tova to all who celebrate it!

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