tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post3471626747836376785..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Mrs. Miriam Lubling Hospitality-Bikur Cholim RoomChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-54559207411454267372011-02-08T14:09:12.227-05:002011-02-08T14:09:12.227-05:00Just to give credit where credit is due, most of t...Just to give credit where credit is due, most of the food in the NYU Bikur Cholim room (as well as other items, such as paper goods)is sponsored by the Klein family of Boro Park in memory of their parents, Rabbi and Reb Rubin of LA. A plaque on the wall memorializes this on-going dedication. The Satmar Bikur Cholim primarily distributes food to patients in the hospital and anything left over is put in the refrigerator of the Bikur Cholim room. Rabbi Halberstam arranged for the Shabbos minyanin, including the Sefer Torah that was paid for by Rabbi Friedman of Boro Park. All of the Bikur Cholim programs at NYU, including the hospitality room, the two apartments nearby for patients' families, Chanuka and Purim parties for the patients, etc., are all organized and sponsored by the Rivka Laufer Bikur Cholim under the leadership of the tireless Mrs Miriam Lubling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-76678144900515247542010-12-31T11:27:08.714-05:002010-12-31T11:27:08.714-05:00The Rabbi involved is Rabbi Halberstam from boro p...The Rabbi involved is Rabbi Halberstam from boro park, who has rudnick shul on 45th street and 16th Ave. He is a tzadik!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-78846492684796260002010-12-31T10:05:04.453-05:002010-12-31T10:05:04.453-05:00Just to add, my mother was recently telling me tha...Just to add, my mother was recently telling me that there is a similar arrangement at University Hospitals in Cleveland--which is sponsored by the local Jewish community. A similar set up to what you describe at NYU Med Ctr. <br /><br />I also know that on the UES here, the local Chabad has a Bikkur Cholim program, where they visit individuals in the many local hospitals on Shabbos and other times as well.<br /><br />It also sounds like a really nice thing that there are people willing to provide Kosher meals and snacks for patients...as I'm sure anyone who has had to eat a Kosher hospital meal can tell you...it leaves a lot to be desired.The Cousinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-32955427006653359652010-12-30T21:58:49.382-05:002010-12-30T21:58:49.382-05:00New York Presbyterian has one too. I went there a ...New York Presbyterian has one too. I went there a few times when I volunteered in the pediatric ER there. The BK room is rather far away, so I got the staff to start bringing in some of the pareve snacks, since most of the regular kosher snacks they had were dairy and thus a problem for chassidish/yeshivish families who kept cholov yisrael.Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-75526400168498199612010-12-30T20:47:44.099-05:002010-12-30T20:47:44.099-05:00Beautiful post Chana- they also have a bikkur chol...Beautiful post Chana- they also have a bikkur choleem room at the Children's Hospital at Columbia. The code to the room is written simply on the door in 3 Hebrew letters so that any Jew walking by can simply pop into the room :)Dananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-40409985629125103022010-12-30T20:43:39.971-05:002010-12-30T20:43:39.971-05:00This was beautiful. Thank you.This was beautiful. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-50438324054291074872010-12-30T17:14:19.234-05:002010-12-30T17:14:19.234-05:00Bikkur Cholim also has a nice setup in Mt. Sinai o...Bikkur Cholim also has a nice setup in Mt. Sinai on the Upper East Side, also funded completely by Satmar. Not only were they incredibly convenient when we ended up on the UES for Shabbos after Elianna was born, but a Satmar guy who was there for Shabbos was incredibly helpful in guiding me to anything I might need.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-60289341138605180132010-12-30T16:14:09.273-05:002010-12-30T16:14:09.273-05:00I like the quote in your final paragraph. Interest...I like the quote in your final paragraph. Interestingly, the first ever legally recognized (and paid) Jewish chaplain in the U.S. military was a hospital chaplain who served hospitalized Jewish soldiers during the Civil War.Yaellenoreply@blogger.com