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Temple Israel in Lawrence played host to the 92nd annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service between the Central Avenue synagogue and the Russell Sage Memorial First Presbyterian Church last Friday.
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11/24/10
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Bridging the gap between nations and religions isn’t that difficult if the younger generations get acquainted and that is the goal of the Jewish/German Youth Exchange Program that had eight German high school students living with seven Five Towns high school students last week.
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JEFF BESSEN
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11/3/10
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Plans for the proposed new Peninsula Public Library building are developing slowly but surely, as library officials await Temple Israel’s presentation of a required subdivision application to the Village of Lawrence.Plans for the proposed new Peninsula Public Library building are developing slowly but surely, as library officials await Temple Israel’s presentation of a required subdivision application to the Village of Lawrence.
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JEFF BESSEN
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11/3/10
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After several years of seeking a new site, the Peninsula Public Library is expected to purchase just over a half acre of land from Temple Israel in Lawrence for $2.5 million to $3 million to construct a new library.
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By JEFF BESSEN
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9/8/10
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An especially fruitful business trip taken by a local rabbi has locked down an opportunity for Jewish Five Towns children to participate in a subsidized French exchange program in Paris or Nice.
Temple Israel of Lawrence Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, who returned last month from a European tour, had meetings with French Jewish leaders to pave the way for Five Towns teens between the ages of 16 and 18 to spend 10 days in Paris in July of 2011 to learn the Jewish customs and traditions of the local French families who will house them.
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Lori Gross
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8/11/10
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On Tuesday evening, May 18, during the Shavuot Service, Temple Israel of Lawrence celebrated its 102nd Anniversary High School graduation.
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5/27/10
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Temple Israel of Lawrence concluded an exchange program with Orthodox Jewish students from Rome. In addition to educating youngsters about a different culture, the program was also designed to promote Jewish unity in the Five Towns between the Orthodox and Reform faiths with the Italian high school students spending the Sabbath with families from the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach.
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3/25/10
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Since our birth as a distinct people over three millennia ago, we have been commanded to retell the story of Passover to our children, not only in light of the historical events which occurred in antiquity, but also in relation to the realities in which we live today. As we sit down for the Seder with our families, I offer you these interpretations of the Passover symbols; from my home to yours.
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Rabbi Jay H. Rosenbaum, spiritual leader, Temple Israel of Lawrence
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3/25/10
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For the past eight years, Temple Israel of Lawrence has facilitated an American Jewish — German Youth Exchange Program with non-Jewish students from Berlin, along with exchange programs with the involvement of the Vatican with Catholic high school students. Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum of Temple Israel said this exchange program is unique in the history of World Jewry.
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By Katie Risolo
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2/11/10
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A local rabbi and a Queens priest collected coats for the poor on the eighth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, in honor of the victims of that day’s terrorist attacks.
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Stephen J. Bronner
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9/16/09
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