11 public hospitals are getting a chance to relax in the middle of a busy shift with free livestreamed musical performances.

What You Need To Know:

  • Free Musical Performances Streamed Each Day for City Public Hospital Workers.
  • Anyone Can Watch On the Health and Hospital Facebook Homepage.
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage Looks for More Survivors Who Need Support.

"I really wanted to share it with people who are working so hard,” said singer Zina Goldrich.

They are streamed on the Health and Hospitals Facebook page each day from 12 to 1 p.m.

 

 

"Hi, I'm Tony Bennett. Welcome to Music for the Soul for New York City's Heroes,” said Bennett.

It’s a project put together in partnership with the mayor's office of media and entertainment and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802. The Music for the Soul Series has attracted some big names and it's also helping musicians who are out of work and struggling financially.

"We were really thrilled to kick off the series with Mr. Tony Bennett and Roseanne Cash, Questlove and AJR have or will be performing in the coming weeks along with NYC’s incredibly talented musicians,” said Commissioner Anne del Castillo of the mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.

The Laurie S. Tisch Illumination Fund is funding the project. You can check it out at the NYC Health System homepage on Facebook each day at noon.

David Teyf, an executive chef who runs Lox Cafe at the Museum of Jewish Heritage is preparing kosher meals for 50 holocaust survivors each week. He and a small team of coworkers then drive around the city to personally deliver the meals.

 

 

Self-help Community, a nonprofit that helps seniors estimated around 38,000 holocaust survivors live in and around the city, with about 50 percent in poverty.

"It's important to me to make sure that no holocaust survivor, no one goes hungry again,” said Teyf. His grandparents who were holocaust survivors would be smiling down on him.

 

 

 

“We have heard stories about survivors struggling to put food on the table. David is doing a real mitzvah,” the CEO of the museum, Jack Kleger said.

Now the museum is reaching out to other survivors who may need help.