Staff Spotlight: Rabbi Duvy Feiler, Camp Simcha Boys Associate Head Counselor

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Chai Lifeline

I started working at Camp Simcha as a counselor in 2004. Those were the greatest summers of my life. I remember walking out of the dining room on my last day there, already engaged to my wife, thinking this would be the last time I would be part of such a magical place. I was wrong! In 2010, I called my role model and mentor, (Camp Simcha Boys Head Counselor) Rabbi Ari Dembitzer and asked if I could come and learn with some of the campers or counselors. He said sure, but we have no room for you to sleep here. I drove 45 minutes every day from my parents’ bungalow for 5 years. One thing led to another, and now, B’H, here I am.

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Staff Spotlight: Dr. Cheryl Book, Chai Lifeline Director of Clinical & Family Services

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Elyanna Saperstein

I first got involved in Chai Lifeline in 2001 as a camper at Camp Simcha when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. From that first experience, I knew that once I was well, I wanted to give back and help others as I had been helped by Chai Lifeline. A few years later, I became a Camp Simcha counselor and then a division head, and I knew I wanted to incorporate this passion into my career. After graduating with a PhD in psychology, I interned for the Chai Lifeline crisis and bereavement team, and then went on to become the director of clinical & family services for the Chai Lifeline’s Greater New York region.

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Chai Lifeline to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

For the first time, donors can now make a tax-deductible gift of popular cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, to Chai Lifeline, the Jewish community’s leading international children’s health network.

Utilizing The Giving Block platform to process all transactions simply and safely, donors can select from a wide variety of cryptocurrencies to support Chai Lifeline in any amount they want.

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HUNDREDS CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT CHAI LIFELINE AT NYC GALA

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

Inspiring program features Chef Wolfgang Puck and Musical Performance by Yishai Ribo

Providing further hope that the social world we once knew is returning to a degree of normalcy, one of the Jewish fundraising calendar’s most sought-after events took place this week as over 800 people gathered in support of the work of Chai Lifeline.

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Chai Lifeline Retreats Give Families Opportunity to Recharge and Reconnect

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

Chai Lifeline ends off the year with a series of weekend retreats for families impacted by pediatric illness and volunteers of Chai Lifeline. Hosted on Chai Lifeline’s beautiful Camp Simcha campus in Glen Spey, NY, the retreats help recharge participants for the year ahead.

“Connection is vital during illness, no person or family should go through sickness alone,” said Chai Lifeline Director of Volunteer Services Faige Yudkofsky. “Our retreats allow parents and kids to connect with people just like them to form a vibrant community of support.”

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Cancer Survivor Runs For Charity

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

While tens of thousands of runners prepped and waited for the NYC Marathon on Sunday, November 7, one runner, 28-year-old Jonah Adelsberg, looked forward to a special milestone just three days later.

November 10 marked 20 years since Jonah was diagnosed with non-Hodgins lymphoma at age 8, and when he began mentally training for a marathon.

Now managing a music studio in Brooklyn, NY, Jonah dedicated his marathon run to raise funds for Chai Lifeline, the international health network that provides a network of support services for children and families facing serious illness and other challenges. Over the years he and his father ran numerous half-marathons with Team Lifeline, Chai Lifeline’s endurance training program, raising over $100,000 for the organization that he credits with helping him get through his personal health crisis. This was Jonah’s first full marathon, and where better to run it than at the famed NYC Marathon, a bucket list item for Jonah and millions of others.

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Camp Simcha Alumnus Runs Marathon

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

Among the thousands of runners in the New York Marathon, there are countless stories of courage and motivation that bring them to the starting line. But for 24-year-old Yitzi Teichman, the path to this moment has been nothing short of miraculous and motivated his run with the Chai Lifeline team, the organization that he says helped him get through his personal ordeal.

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Sullivan County Officials Visit Camp Simcha

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

New York State Senator Mike Martucci, Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff, Under Sheriff Eric Chaboty, and Sullivan County Clerk Russel Reeves paid a special visit to Camp Simcha in Glen Spey, NY on Monday, July 12. The local state and county officials toured the camp facilities, met with campers, staff, and counselors, and even got in on the excitement as the camp prepared to welcome campers for the session.

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Bike4Chai Gears Up for Record Number of Riders

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Elyanna Saperstein

As the country reopens following more than a year of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, people are ready to hit the road… for a good cause. On July 29, a record 600 cyclists will ride close to 60,000 miles to support children with serious illnesses as part of Bike4Chai. Now in its 12th year, the annual cycling event raises funds for Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health support network which provides social, practical, and financial assistance to children with life-threatening and lifelong illnesses and their families.

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Jack Tabbush Named Director of Camp Simcha Without Borders

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Chai Lifeline

Chai Lifeline welcomes Jack Tabbush as the inaugural director of Camp Simcha Without Borders. Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, Camp Simcha Without Borders was developed to safely and innovatively deliver the magic of Camp Simcha to children and communities across the country.

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