To the Editor:
We definitely need more community-minded individuals on the Lawrence Board of Education.
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5/15/13
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Whether it was running a company or providing sage advice, Joel Shiff was a man known for leading by example. “He was a consummate professional, very well spoken, he thought before he said anything and was level-headed,” said Joel Fuller, a friend and Peninsula Library Board colleague.
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By Jeffrey Bessen
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4/17/13
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Remembering the legacy of Martin Luther King
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The 10th annual Greater Long Island Jewish Community tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King at Temple Israel in Lawrence was postponed due to a January snowstorm, but the April 5 celebration of the late Civil Rights leader — on the 45th anniversary of his death — remained an effective reminder of King’s legacy.
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4/10/13
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Passover is an eight-day holiday. The first two days are considered full festivals and no servile work is performed on those days. These days are for prayer, family and of course the Passover Seder. The last two days are also festival days. Except for the fact that there is no Seder on those days, they are very much like the first two days in our observance.
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By Rabbi Steven M. Graber
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3/27/13
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In order to appreciate the festival of Passover that is designated as the holiday of freedom, one must look at the struggle for freedom that is being waged in Middle East and African countries. The yearning to tear off the yoke of oppression that enslaves many is a universal one.
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By Rabbi Sholom Stern
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3/20/13
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Toward the end of the Exodus story we read one line on Passover night, that does not strike us as unusual at first glance, especially to what might be an already hungry crowd eyeing the partially revealed matzah. But the line is hardly simple.
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By Rabbi Yehuda Septimus
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3/20/13
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There’s a story that a group of survivors from one of the camps got together for their first Seder after the Holocaust. Everything went well; there was plenty of food, wine, and matzah available to them.
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By Rabbi Nochem Teneboim
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3/20/13
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A pope of many firsts, the former Jorge Cardinal Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is considered a humble man who has cooked his own meals, used public transportation and possesses a great affinity for the poor.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/20/13
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Learning and helping on Chabad’s Israel trip
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Education, volunteerism, history and spirituality were a huge part of the Chabad of the Five Town’s Israel mission from Jan. 15-24.
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2/6/13
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Lighting the menorah at Cedarhurst Park
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Rabbi Schneur Wolowik of the Chabad of the Greater Five Towns led the lighting of the giant menorah in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park in Cedarhurst on Dec.8, the first night of Hanukkah. In addition to the menorah lighting there was singing and dancing to the traditional holiday songs.
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12/12/12
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