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Chanie Kramer, right, lit candles with Mirel, Sarah and Leah before the Seder.

Community gathers for Chabad Passover Seders

Bellmore-Merrick residents were able to gather around a festive table to commemorate the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt 3,300 years ago, thanks to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life. The … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/14

Andie Ofsink, Jill Levine, Cindy Knoll and Lisa Fessler, from left, were honored at the Circle of Hope fundraising dinner.

400 attend 'Journey for a Purpose' fundraiser

Hundreds of local women gathered in Cedarhurst last week to support a Bellmore-Merrick breast cancer support center. Circle of Hope, a project of the Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh Chabad Center for Jewish Life, hosted its second “Journey for a Purpose” benefit on Oct. 24. The event, which featured special guests and award presentations to local survivors and activists, attracted an estimated 400 women to the Sephardic Temple’s grand ballroom for what organizers described as an entertaining evening for a cause. more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/1/13

The “Journey for a Purpose” event committee, including Chabad’s Chanie Kramer, right, center, at the event.

Merrick-Bellmore Chabad reaching out to breast cancer patients

Seventeen years ago, Merokean Cindy Knoll was diagnosed with breast cancer. Even though she was then a patient undergoing treatment, she was also still a mother of three. The survivor said she doesn’t know what she would have done if her mother weren’t around to watch her then 1-year-old daughter and help –– and now she wants to make sure other local women battling the disease have the same support. “You love your children, but you are worried about surviving,” she said. “I had a very good support group in my family, but some people don’t, and we want to help them. “ more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/19/12

Rabbi Shimon Kramer, with his wife, Chanie, posed with a group of young clowns during the Purim circus.

Chabad goes to the circus for Purim

In keeping with tradition, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Merrick-Bellmore recently hosted a Purim celebration, with a circus theme. more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 3/14/12

Rabbi Shimon Kramer, center, of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, thanked the U.S. Army veterans in attendance.

Chabad lights the night with giant menorahs

If you happened to notice a U.S. military Humvee leading two limousines with giant menorahs atop them through Merrick and Bellmore streets last week, you were not dreaming. more

By Deirdre Krasula and David Weingrad | 12/27/11

Danielle Dukofsky, 5, added jelly beans to the giant candy menorah as her mom, Melissa, looked on at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s Chanukah Wonderland. Helping with the ladder was Jonathan Boxer.

Hanukkah celebrations abound in Bellmore-Merrick

Winter is right around the corner, and while a sudden onrush of freezing cold weather has brought an icy chill upon the Bellmore-Merrick area, it has done nothing to diminish the community’s joyous holiday spirit. Hanukkah is officially here, and local congregations have found creative ways to celebrate. more

David Weingrad | 12/8/10

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