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With classroom parties canceled along with in-person instruction, the class parents of Mary Lou Langdon's kindergarten class at Saw Mill Road School in North Bellmore had some money leftover to …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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6/12/20
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Commander Gary Glick is leading the Jewish War Veterans Post 652’s mission to get fellow veterans the health benefits they deserve. It’s become such a big mission for Glick that he has …
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By Andrew Garcia
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2/20/20
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When she was in high school, Michele Friend took an “exodus” from Europe to Israel with Young Judea, the youth group of Hadassah. For six weeks, she and other Jewish-Americans ex-plored …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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1/30/20
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David Zwerin’s 90th birthday was spent surrounded by camaraderie and laughs.
It was a celebratory meeting for the Jewish War Veterans Post 652. Dozens of former service members packed the …
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By Andrew Garcia
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1/2/20
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Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770, the North Bellmore American Legion Post 1749, the American Legion Post 948 and Jewish War Veterans gathered at the corner of Bedford Avenue and …
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11/14/19
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In observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religion, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick invited congregants to attend services, fast and atone for their sins. What was different this year, however, was the Torah from which prayers were read.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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10/10/19
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I suppose “God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world,” as the poet Robert Browning wrote, because Rosh Hashana fell on a perfect day this year. Some years, the Jewish New Year begins while beach chairs still sit on the sand. Other years, frost is on the pumpkin.
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10/4/19
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In recognition of the community’s decade-long commitment to its efforts, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life will host an inaugural gala on Sunday. The event, dubbed Heart & Soul, is a fundraiser to support the chabad’s youth, social services and educational programs, as well as a celebration of those who have supported the organization.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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9/12/19
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In the face of rising anti-Semitism nationwide, coupled with the recent synagogue shooting at the Chabad of Poway in San Diego, the Merrick Jewish Centre, which takes in congregants from Merrick and Bellmore, is instituting new security measures, including armed guards.
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By Andrew Garcia
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9/12/19
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Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free.
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8/9/19
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