{"id":38009,"date":"2014-10-23T21:38:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T21:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=38009"},"modified":"2014-10-24T17:43:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:43:37","slug":"ou-advoacys-jeff-leb-uses-social-media-return-long-lost-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/news\/ou-advoacys-jeff-leb-uses-social-media-return-long-lost-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiddush Hashem, with a Little Help from some Facebook Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Jeff-Leb-OU-Headshot-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Leb OU Headshot\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-post-38009 wp-image-38013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Jeff-Leb-OU-Headshot-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Jeff-Leb-OU-Headshot-845x1024.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/>While it is often denounced as a colossal waste of time, once again it was Facebook to the rescue as a Cedarhurst resident turned to social media to perform the mitzvah of hashavas aveida.<br \/>\nJeff Leb, the Orthodox Union\u2019s New York State director of political affairs and president of the Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence, was riding the 4 train to his office in August when he noticed a camera on the floor. Picking up the camera, Leb noted that the only identifying information was the pictures on the camera\u2019s memory card.<\/p>\n<p>A call to the MTA\u2019s lost and found department proved fruitless, leaving Leb to take matters into his own hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recognized the pictures right away as from the Superbowl last year,\u201d Leb told VIN News.<\/p>\n<p>Leb had actually been at Superbowl XLVIII with his ten year old son, who had, ironically, lost his mp3 at MetLife Stadium several months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vosizneias.com\/181791\/2014\/10\/21\/new-york-orthodox-five-towns-resident-uses-social-media-to-return-long-lost-camera\/\">vosizneias.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Further coverage of this feel-good story at <a href=\"http:\/\/jewinthecity.com\/2014\/10\/an-act-of-kindness-and-destiny-brought-these-two-together\/\">Jew in the City<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it is often denounced as a colossal waste of time, once again it was Facebook to the rescue as a Cedarhurst resident turned to social media to perform the mitzvah of hashavas aveida. 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