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Kulanu Center for Special Services presented Moshe Lonner, left, with an award for his volunteer work at DRS’s Service Society induction ceremony. At right was Kulanu Rabbi Dovie Zeidel.

Woodmere resident Moshe Lonner, the salutatorian of this year’s graduating class at Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) Yeshiva High School, has much to be proud about. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 7/2/14

Reshma Pharsi and Yuvraj Singh stayed connected while enjoying the carnival rides at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival last year.

Strawberry fest is on the way

Hundreds of Long Islanders are set to gather in North Bellmore this weekend at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Bellmore Lions and Kiwanis clubs. more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/28/14

Israeli lone soldiers serve in a variety of capacities. North Woodmere resident Isaac Katz, in front of the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, was a paratrooper and sniper in the 101st Brigade.

Honoring the South Shore’s ‘lone soldiers’

Lone soldiers will be honored at the third annual Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF) community event fundraiser at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on May 28, where about 400 supporters from the Five Towns and across the South Shore are hoping to surpass last year’s amount of $300,000. more

By Vanessa Parker | 5/21/14

Mean it when you say it

Once, when the Chassidic Master, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin was conducting his Passover Seder, he got to the declaration — “Next Year in Jerusalem” — and stopped for a moment. Then he exclaimed, “Lord of the Universe! Each year I repeat, ‘Next Year in Jerusalem,’ praying that twelve months hence, we will be redeemed and dwelling in Israel’s holiest city. more

Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg | 4/11/14

Comedy night headliner Avi Liberman, center, with the EMUNAH event committee at the Back Stage Nite Club.

Producing laughter and funds for EMUNAH [Photo gallery]

EMUNAH, held a comedy night fundraiser at the Back Stage Nite Club in Woodmere on Feb. 1. The organization provides services in Israel, including five children’s residential homes, 135 day care centers and afterschool programs. more

2/7/14

Coming together through color war

It feels … it looks … it sounds … like Hanukkah Color War 2013! Let the games begin! The breakout of Color War on Nov. 27 was the perfect end to the eight straight weeks of school before the highly anticipated “Thanksgivvukah” break. more

Daniella Seelenfreund | 12/11/13

Artist, businesswoman, great mom, cook, volunteer and advocate are the words used to describe Leona Davis, a 60-year Woodmere resident.

Leona Levine, business owner and artist

Leona Levine, a 60-year resident of Woodmere, died on Aug. 9, at the age of 84. more

By Dana Pearl | 8/21/13

The ancient city of Shiloh area was one of the many places Chabad of the Five Towns members visited during their trip to Israel.

Learning and helping on Chabad’s Israel trip [Photo gallery]

Education, volunteerism, history and spirituality were a huge part of the Chabad of the Five Town’s Israel mission from Jan. 15-24. more

2/6/13

Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum of Temple Israel in Lawrence.

Taking in God’s strength during Hanukkah

These past few weeks have been a most difficult time for our community. Sandy was New York’s Hurricane Katrina, but as a community, we pulled together with that indomitable Jewish chutzpah and New York spirit which shouts in word and deed for all to hear, “You won’t get us — you won’t bring us down — we can take whatever man or nature brings our way and emerge stronger and more resolute than before.” This, too, is the message that our holiday of Hanukkah, through the millennia, has transmitted to the world. more

Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum | 12/5/12

Legos Architect Steven Schwartz explains the project.

Reconstructing Jewish history with Legos

Legos, those plastic snap together children’s building blocks, were used to reconstruct the Old City of Jerusalem by the children of the religious and nursery schools and their families at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre on April 1. more

4/12/12

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