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Alicia Svigals and her Klezmer Fiddle Express, along with Steven Weintraub performed a benefit concert for SULAM-LI at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere last Sunday.
Klezmer Express plays benefit for SULAM-LI
While many people were preparing for the Super Bowl, others gathered at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere last Sunday for a benefit concert performed by Alicia Svigals and her Klezmer Fiddle Express and Steven Weintraub. more
Hewlett native Alan B. Katz collected his Letters to the Editor and essays defending Israel into the book, "For the Record: Israel and the Palestinians, What the Media Aren't Telling You.
Speaking his mind, delivering his opinion
Disagreeing with the thesis of an op-ed piece he read on the Long Island Rail Road 30 years ago spurred Hewlett native Alan B. Katz to start writing his own opinion pieces. more
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Temple Israel, along with other Five Towns congregations, will host 28 Orthodox Italian-Jewish students in march. The temple’s Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, far left, is with last year’s Italian and American student contingent.
Leaders mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Though the Holocaust occurred nearly 70 years ago, the memories of one of the worst genocides perpetuated by mankind remain strong, especially for the cultures that were persecuted during that horror. more
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Five Towns-based SULAM-LI, an organization that provides religious education to Jewish children with special needs will hold its benefit concert on Feb. 6. Here, Fran Trapunsky, left, helps Evan Pincus make a pop out dreidel in a SULAM-LI class.
Helping those with needs climb life’s ladder
Giving a leg up to school-aged Jewish children with special needs is the mission of SULAM-LI (sulam is the Hebrew word for ladder) and like a ladder this Five Towns-based organization seeks to help those youngsters reach new heights. more
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Temple Israel in Lawrence, the only Reform synagogue in the Five Towns, is developing programs to increase its membership as the area’s Orthodox population swells.
Five Towns synagogue landscape changes
The Five Towns communities of Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Hewlett, Woodmere and Inwood continue to attract a robust Jewish population, though change has come in the makeup of its worship traditions. more
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MLK event at Temple Israel
Temple Israel, 140 Central Ave., Lawrence, is hosting and sponsoring the ninth annual Greater Long Island Jewish Community Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. more
Bowling was one of many activities children did during Kulanu's winter respite week.
Kulanu strikes down boredom
Special needs children from the Five Towns area enjoyed a week of fun-filled activities through Kulanu's winter respite program. more
The Stahler family of Lawrence, Alan, second from left, Esti and Loni, hosted 100 of the more than 300 college-age students that were stranded at John. F. Kennedy Airport due to the post-Christmas blizzard.
Stranded but not left out in the cold
When Esti and Alan Stahler awoke on the morning of Dec. 27, they never dreamed they would have 100 college-age students passing through their home in Lawrence but after receiving a call from the Wolfson family, also of Lawrence, that’s exactly what happened. more
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is looking to rearrange the times of some of its most popular programs, such as the film series, to help alleviate its parking problems.
H-W Library seeks parking solution
Some programs at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library are so popular that attendance often exceeds the facility’s available parking and contributes to traffic problems along Broadway. Library officials are working on a solution. more
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Comedian and actor Elon Gold with Ilan Tocker, right, at the fundraiser gives a thumbs up for Tocker’s recovery.
Elon for Ilan
Actor and comedian Elon Gold entertained a crowd of 350 at Temple Israel in Lawrence at a fundraiser for the Ilan Tocker Foundation that raised $63,000 on Dec. 8., the first night of Hanukkah. more
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