Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business hosted a discussion in late March titled “Does it pay to be in a family business?" and one of the participants was East Rockaway native Kenneth Broadlieb, whose father, Theodore, owned Broadlieb Motors in Woodmere for more than two decades until the late 1980s.
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Andrew Coen
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4/7/10
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Paul Masih Das, a senior at Lawrence High School, and Jessica Lovett, a senior at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways (HAFTR), became finalists in this year's Intel International …
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4/2/10
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The Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre on 295 Main Street, East Rockaway, will hold its annual Holocaust Commemoration on April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The keynote speaker for this year's commemoration …
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4/2/10
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A benefit concert for St. Raymond School featuring beloved singer Ronan Tynan is planned for Saturday, April 24, 2 p.m.
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3/24/10
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One striking tradition that is widely observed by Jews at their Passover Seders involves the afikomen, a piece of matzah broken off near the beginning of the evening and eaten by participants “for dessert” after the meal.
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Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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3/24/10
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Lawrence resident Rachelle Lapidus will be competing in the Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-Off — the only national kosher cooking competition in America, on March 18 at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan.
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3/18/10
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Last Saturday's nor'easter, which featured heavy rainfall and tropical-storm-force winds, devastated parts of the Five Towns, toppling hundreds of trees and leaving thousands of residents without power. Many described it as one of the worst natural disaster to ever strike the area.
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Andrew Coen
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3/18/10
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Saturday’s Nor’easter that featured Tropical Storm force winds wreaked havoc on the Five Towns area with thousands of power outages reported by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and train service suspended on the Far Rockaway branch.
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Andrew Coen
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3/14/10
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In response to worries that the world is suffering from Islamophobia, a Five Towns rabbi and Far Rockaway pastor decided to invite one of Long Island's Islamic leaders to an interfaith Thanksgiving service last week to send a message of solidarity with the Muslim religion.
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Andrew Coen
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12/9/09
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East Rockaway High School senior Danny Quadrino, 18, is living his dream as an actor on Broadway. He has made his debut on the Big White Way in the revival of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie." He just filled in for the starring role of "Hugo" in this week's matinee performance.
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Mary Malloy
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12/3/09
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