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Merokean Susan Saban is working With Temple Beth Am Rabbi Ronald Brown to create a new religious education program for children with special needs. Saban, a Temple Beth Am member, is the assistant director of pupil personnel services for the Herricks School District.

Remaking Jewish education for kids with special needs

One day not long ago, Merokean Susan Saban was sitting in a holiday service at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore-Merrick. A mother of a child with developmental disabilities kept getting up to attend to the boy, who was disrupting the service. Saban’s heart sunk. She knows well the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families. She is the assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Herricks School District, and is charged with providing services for children with special needs. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/20/16

Temple Beth Am of Merrick-Bellmore recently marked Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday that celebrates the Torah, Judaism’s most sacred text, which contains the five books of Moses and is the source of the Ten Commandments. Above, Rabbi Ronald Brown, eighth from left, and congregants gathered after dancing and marching with Torahs in hand around the synagogue.

Temple Beth Am celebrates Simchat Torah

Temple Beth Am of Merrick-Bellmore recently celebrated Simchat Torah, a festival marking the completion of the annual Torah-reading cycle. The Torah, Judaism’s most sacred text, contains the five books of Moses and is the source of the Ten Commandments. Simchat Torah means “rejoicing in the Torah.” more

By David Weingrad | 10/10/12

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