Flyers were left on the doorsteps of homes in Rockville Centre and Oceanside last week, filled with vile hate claiming . . .
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7/28/22
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Tsipporah Lowenstein is a 3-year-old with a big family — an aunt, uncle, and nine cousins. All of them endured a 50-hour trip from the Ukraine to New York City by way of Romania, Turkey and Florida just last week.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/17/22
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After finishing law school and passing the bar exam in Brazil, Michel Schlesinger decided that he would rather become a rabbi than pursue a career in law, and that there was just one person he had to persuade.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/10/22
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How is my son, Jason, like a McDonald’s quarter-pounder?
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10/28/21
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Race and racism are in the news and on our minds. In response, many thoughtful commentaries have referred to W.E.B. Du Bois and James Baldwin, both of whom, in their day, wrote about the “Negro problem.”
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By Robert A. Scott
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10/21/21
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When 12-year-old Kaden Rogers saw that the Covid-19 pandemic had left some local families hungry and in need of household supplies, he collected donations to benefit them as part of his mitzvah project, a community-service deed in preparation for his bar mitzvah.
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By Bridget Downes
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1/21/21
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Dec. 14, pharmacist Anthony Longo said, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/14/21
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The Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre’s pre-schoolers and their families got together to light up the night on Dec. 15.
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12/24/20
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As interim Rabbi Paul Resnick joined the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre, he said he had many goals for the future.
“I think I can help turn people to have a deeper understanding of the …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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11/5/20
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After 43 years serving as a rabbi — 13 of which were spent at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre — Rabbi Andrew Warmflash said it was sad, but relieving to call it a career in early June.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/2/20
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