Rabbi Schneur Mangel, son of Devorah and Rabbi Nochum Mangel, has received his rabbinic ordination from Achei Tmimim – Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights.

Dr. Joanne Yacobovich, head of hematology/oncology at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel — the sister of Springboro resident Joyce Lucht — was interviewed by dailymail.com/uk for a June 25 news story about how its medical professionals rushed the children to underground bunkers to keep them safe during the 12-day Israel-Iran war. “Everyone has been caring 24 hours a day, people just came in to help move the hospital without even being called,” she told the Daily Mail. “We are doing all that we can do to get the children healthy.”

The Jewish Federation has announced the honorees for its annual meeting, to be held at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Boonshoft CJCE in Centerville:

• JCRC Volunteer of the Year, Jennifer Holman

• JCC Volunteer of the Year, Judy Chesen

• JFS Volunteer of the Year, Helen Markman

• The Robert A. Shapiro Award, Irvin Moscowitz

• The Past Presidents Award, Felix Garfunkel

• The Jack Moss Creativity Award, Moshe’s Cosmic Burritos, Hillel Academy’s 3rd-5th Grade 2025 Destination Imagination Team

• The Joe and Elaine Bettman Tzadik Award, Burt and Alice Saidel

Lena Elder became a bat mitzvah April 26 at Temple Beth Or under the study of Rabbi Judy Chessin. Lena is the daughter of Jake and Kate Elder, sister to Cole and Wesley, and granddaughter of Mark and Cheryl Ludwig. She attends Watts Middle School in Centerville, plays volleyball, and is an avid crafter.

Send your Mazel Tov announcements to mweiss@jfgd.net.

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