This label appears on all the containers of ‘Jewish penicillin’ delivered by KU Chabad as a get-well gift to students who are under the weather.CHICKEN SOUP JUST LIKE Bubbe’s — It’s that time of year where it’s hard for any of us to stay well, especially college students. In the past couple of weeks I’ve seen several posts from our Chabads on campus, specifically KU Chabad and Chabad at Mizzou, touting their door-to-door delivery of chicken soup.“For us, each one of these piping hot chicken soups represents oodles of love for our precious students ..., (and) it’s amazing to see the magic that some Jewish penicillin can do,” said KU Chabad’s Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel.KU Hillel also has a Chicken Soup Hotline if your son or daughter is not feeling well. Hillel will deliver soup to your KU student and let you know how they are doing. Delivery is available Monday through Friday.Got students at KU or MU? Remind them they can call on Hillel or their campus Chabads to bring them chicken soup for the soul if they are under the weather! Parents and grandparents, you can pick up the phone and call as well. Call KU Hillel at 785-749-5397. KU Chabad may be found at 785-917-0300 or email . Contact Chabad at Mizzou at 573-442-5755 or email . All of these services are free, but they would love donations to keep this and other programs thriving!A SONG FOR TODAY — I’ve been thinking a lot about Bar and Bat Mitzvah lately as we are working on our annual Bar and Bat Mitzvah Jewish Life magazine. This past Shabbat I attended a beautiful B’nai Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Campus, The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah’s temporary home for Shabbat services while its own building is under construction. I don’t believe I ever heard the closing song before, “One Day,” so I did a little research.The song was released by Matisyahu in 2008. According to Wikipedia, the song “expresses a hope for an end to violence and a prayer for a new era of peace and understanding.” Matisyahu has been quoted as saying, “It is an anthem of hope with a big beat, the kind of song that makes you bob your head and open your heart at the same time.” The song was sung at a vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting last October.Here’s the chorus, a little taste of this wonderful song:“All my life I’ve been waiting forI’ve been praying forFor the people to say (Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-oh)That we don’t wanna fight no more (Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-oh)They’ll be no more warAnd our children will play(Why-ohhh , why-ohh-ohh-ohh)One day (One day), one day (One day), one day (Oh-oh-ohh)(Why-ohhh , why-ohh-ohh-ohh)One day (One day), one day (One day), one day (Oh-oh-ohh)”BBYO GETS LARGE DONATION TO EMPOWER WOMEN — This one is near and dear to my heart. BBG had a huge influence on my life and my commitment to Jewish community.(JNS) Chicago industrialist Theodore Perlman and his wife, Harriette, pledged $25 million to BBYO, making it the largest single donation to a Jewish youth group in the United States.The couple announced the $25 million gift on Feb. 14 in Denver at the organization’s international conference, which was attended by more than 5,500 teens and adults. The amount will allow BBYO to improve and launch programs empowering teens and women in the group, which is a prominent pluralistic Jewish movement to engage teens in “more meaningful Jewish experiences,” according to its website.The Anita M. Perlman Women’s Leadership Initiative was named in honor of Perlman’s mother, who founded B’nai B’rith Girls, a division of the organization, which marked its 75th anniversary this year.“The mindset of youth are set back in their youth, both with the ability to listen, to understand and to develop your innate capabilities to lead or to support the right causes,” said Perlman, the founder of The HAVI Group, a worldwide distribution firm.
