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Rabbi Zev Friedman addressed students protesting outside Nazi war criminal Jakiw Palij’s home in Queens on Nov. 9, 2017.
Little school does big things
Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence is a small school, with just 170 students enrolled for the 2018-19 school year, but through the years, no matter the student population, its young men have had an outsized impact on global matters. more
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Holocaust survivor Bernard Iglielski met a nephew, Dr. Joseph Kohn, of Dr. Berthold Epstein, the man who saved Iglielski’s life four times at Auschwitz.
North Woodmere resident's lifelong dream is fulfilled
North Woodmere resident Bernard Igielski fulfilled a lifelong dream by meeting a relative of Dr. Berthold Epstein, the man who saved his life four times at the Auschwitz concentration camp. more
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Hewlett High School junior and CTeen member Evetta Poley read her original poem at the Chabad of the Five Towns’ Remembrance Evening last Sunday.
CTeens from the Chabad of the Five Towns embrace Judaism
Dr. Jacob Eisenbach stands only 5 feet 4, but might as well have been a sequoia last Sunday to 29 Hewlett and Lawrence high school students who know of the Holocaust only through stories. In front of them was a living survivor. more
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HAFTR Highlights student columnist Margot Bokor.
Passover break, Poland trip and college prepping
As the school year continues to wind down, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School has been as busy as ever. more
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Kathy Pampalone brought her son, Sebastian, a sixth grader at Woodmere Middle School so he could hear Lazan’s first-hand accounting of the Holocaust.
Educating the younger generation on the Holocaust
The audience that came to hear Holocaust survivor and Hewlett resident Marion Blumenthal Lazan speak filled the Boehm Meeting Room in the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library and was moved to the larger Gold Hall on March 15. more
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Before becoming concentration camp prisoners, Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim’s aunts and grandmother (all Tenenboims before marriage) enjoyed a light moment in 1941. From left were his aunts Devorah and Breindel, grandmother Toiba, an unidentified woman, and his aunt Slava.
‘We’re not going to die’
Remembering survivors, keeping history and its lessons alive, continuing to battle anti-Semitism and celebrating the 70th anniversary of Israel will all intertwine when Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — is commemorated on April 12 in the U.S. and Israel. more
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Stamping out this spate of hate
Over the past year and a half, the incidence of hate crimes has skyrocketed across the nation, and Long Island. Just a few weeks ago, swastikas were scrawled on sidewalks . . . more
The Gural JCC will have volunteers share lunch with Holocaust survivors as part of the Kindness to Victims of Discrimination program in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
Bonding the Holocaust with Marin Luther King's legacy
Though the Holocaust ended nearly 73 years ago, the need to remember that horrific time continues, with anti-Semitic incidents on the rise and the number of survivors dwindling. more
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Four generations of Greenbaums gathered to celebrate a century of life for Laura, back row, Mark, Steven, Harrison, and Pamela Greenbaum, Yoni Kranzler, Avery and Josh Stein, front row, Dena, Nyla, and Laura Greenbaum, Lauren Stein, and Devon Kranzler.
Lawrence resident celebrates 100
She’s seen more history than most people have ever even read, survived the horrors of the Holocaust and made a life for herself, and eventually her family in New York City. more
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Ambassador Dani Dayan, the consul general of Israel in New York, spoke about the significance of the words “never again.”
Discussing cultural hatred and bigotry
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas recounted a story of a 17-year-old girl who defaced a building with a swastika, and after being educated on what the swastika symbolizes wrote a letter to the judge adjudicating her case. more
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