The Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Madison, N.J., will provide free Thanksgiving dinners to needy residents in southeast Morris County.

Said director Rabbi Shalom Lubin: “Due to the current economic slowdown, we are doubling our efforts to reach every homebound individual during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.”

In a similar vein, the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education spent Friday afternoon distributing free turkeys from its office in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y. …