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Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, a German who converted to Judaism, recounted his life to an audience of Young Israel of North Woodmere members on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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By Lisa Margaria
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5/5/22
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The hallways at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School were darkened on the morning of April 28. The only light emanated from yahrzeit candles held by students as they stood outside classrooms. At 9:20 a.m., a siren sounded — as sirens had sounded earlier that day in Israel.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/5/22
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Nearly 50 people listened to readings, poems and prayers of memorial during the one hour Temple Israel of Lawrence service held over Zoom on Nov. 9 to commemorate Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass— a name for the Nov. 9 to 10, 1938 violent Nazi attack on the Jewish people and their property in Germany and Austria.
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By Lisa Margaria
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11/18/21
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Hebrew Academy of Long Beach eighth grade students heard from a few speakers, including Head of School Adam Englander, as they prepared for the school year long Names, Not Numbers project, where students collect oral histories of Holocaust survivors and create a documentary film based on their work.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/12/21
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A husband-and-wife team who live in Woodsburgh and own a business in Lynbrook spearheaded the production of a new documentary series that will have its New York premiere, and an accompanying panel discussion, on Sunday at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/21/21
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Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of modern Jewish history at Emory University in Atlanta is expected to be named President Joe Biden’s anti-Semitism envoy a State Department position that was elevated to ambassador level earlier this yar by Congress.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/29/21
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In the Five Towns Holocaust survivors, many of whom have been confined to their homes over the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic, could be enduring a toll on their mental health.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/14/21
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Supported by a 2020 study that shows a shocking lack of knowledge about the Holocaust among New York state residents ages 18 to 39, several state lawmakers, including State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, are backing legislation that aims to ensure that schools are teaching students about the historical event as required by an existing state law.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/6/21
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Jews across the world experienced an emotional roller coaster commemorating the successive holy Yoms of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) and Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day).
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By Jordana Mastour
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4/22/21
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In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, more than people joined a Zoom event hosted by Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, which featured filmmaker and Five Towns native Tyler Gildin discussing his documentary, “The Starfish” on April 7.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/16/21
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