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Two holidays. celebrated by two religions. Hanukkah, according to the Talmud, celebrates the restoration of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, where a day’s worth of oil burned for eight. Christmas, according to the Bible . . . more
Like everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel beginning last weekend. more
Woodmere resident Devorah Schochet was given two to four years to live in 2013, when she was first diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. more
Lifelong Five Towns resident David Friedman, the former United States ambassador to Israel under President Trump, attracted a crowd at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst during a book-signing event … more
Traditionally, at the end of the Passover Seder, Jewish people say, “Next year in Jerusalem,” and for Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg and his wife, Rachel, that year is now. more
The class of 2022 academic honorees for Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls include valedictorians Gabriella Herman and Atara Sicklick, salutatorian Yael Shtern and Mimi Altmark and Ilana Moskowitz as the Keter Shem Tov Award winners. more
Neither Russia nor the Ukraine has ever been a welcoming homeland for the Jewish people. Despite the singing and dancing in “Fiddler on the Roof” . . . more
The Chabad of Hewlett’s annual Hanukkah on Ice at Grant Park in Hewlett on Dec. 1, the fourth night of the eight-day Jewish holiday, included the sculpted ice menorah that was five-feet tall, a fire show, dancing, a wax candle factory, decorate your own donut, coloring and raffles and prizes. more
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. more
After nearly 25 minutes of spirited debate at a special Sept. 10 board meeting the Lawrence village trustees unanimously decided to put out a request for proposal for a different vendor at the outside snack bar at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club. more
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