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The Gural JCC is running a meal pickup and delivery service out of its kosher food pantry as part of the SHOP in Cedarhurst.

Cedarhurst JCC SHOP serves up a large helping of assistance

No stranger to helping through crises, whether it be the financial downturn in 2008 and 2009, Hurricane Sandy in 2012 or the day-to-day assistance it always provides, the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC and its Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Panty at the SHOP has been serving as a pickup and delivery service with food for older adults and those enduring hard times amid the coronavirus outbreak. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/19/20

The United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York honored nine people at its first-ever South Shore dinner, including, Dr Ron and Jackie Kaminer, who were with son Josh Kaminer, far left, daughter Erika Kaminer, second from right, and future daughter-in-law Cassie Scheiner.

UJA honors nine South Shore residents at Seawane Country Club

Alan and Barbara Hartenstein, members of Temple Israel in Lawrence, Hewlett residents Jackie and Dr. Ron Kaminer, Lois and Marc Kemp and Pamela and Dr. Max Scheer, all of the Five Towns... more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/17/19

The Marion and Aaron Gural JCC collected food for its SHOP — Sustenance Hope Opportunities Place. From left were Dr. Joseph Brofsky, Devorah Jaye, Stella Abecassis, Beth Lorch, Rachel and Bella Frogel, Samantha Sigman, Jordana Stern, Melissa Roth and Kayla Aaron.

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s SHOP aids those in need

Despite the abundance of affluent residents in the metropolitan area, there are 556,000 Jewish people who, for an assortment of reasons, are living in poverty, according to the UJA-Federation of New York. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/26/19

Item collection boxes will be at the Gural JCC in Cedarhurst, above, and the Harrison-Kerr Family Campus in Lawrence through Oct. 3.

Gural JCC in Cedarhurst collects for Dorian victims

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is partnering with UJA-Federation of New York and the Yonkers-based AFYA Foundation to collect humanitarian supplies for the victims of Hurricane Dorian that struck the Bahamas on Aug. 24. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/19/19

Marion & Aaron Gural JCC collects for Hurricane Dorian victims

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is partnering with UJA-Federation of New York and the Yonkers-based AFYA Foundation to collect humanitarian supplies for the victims of Hurricane Dorian that struck the Bahamas on Aug. 24. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/13/19

The Gural JCC is offering the services of its Sustenance Center to workers furloughed because of the partial federal government shutdown. A food distribution is being planned for Jan. 28.

Furloughed federal workers can get help at the Gural JCC Sustenance Hope Opportunities Place

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is offering the services of its Sustenance Hope Opportunities Place (S.H.O.P.), which includes the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry and the assistance of the social work staff to help federal workers who have been furloughed because of the partial federal government shutdown. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/17/19

The Five Towns Community Center is the designated collection venue for donated Hurricane Florence items.

Five Towns groups mobilize to collect Florence aid

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, the Five Towns Community Center and Community Chest South Shore have joined forces with the UJA-Federation of New York — the JCC’s sponsor organization — and the AFYA Foundation to collect items for Hurricane Florence relief. AFYA is considered a “nimble and proactive first responder” for disaster relief. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/21/18

Avigdor Trachtenberg, said he had fun packing two bags at a time at the UJA-Federation of New York’s Supplies for Success.

Providing the school supplies for success

More than 100 children, teenagers and adults, volunteers all, filled, sorted and collected at least 900 backpacks filled with school supplies for children in need across Long Island at the UJA-Federation of New York’s ninth annual Supplies for Success at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School in the gymnasium on Aug. 16. more

8/23/18

Owl 57 Gallery ceramic art pieces were packed up by Judah Weinerman and his mother, Mimi, and moved to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s Harrison-Kerr Family Campus in Lawrence.

Tackling poverty and family crises

Volunteers worked quickly but carefully as they packed ceramic pieces, art supplies and equipment at the Owl 57 Gallery in Cedarhurst on May 19. They were making room for a “sustenance center,” to be created by the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC in the 3,000-square-foot space in Maple Plaza. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/25/17

TD Banks in the Five Towns and Valley Stream are asking for monetary contributions to benefit the Woodmere-based Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry.

Banking on helping the food pantry

Four TD Bank locations, including three in the Five Towns, will be collecting money for the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry on Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. through the bank’s Bring Change program. In addition, TD Bank will be making a contribution. more

3/15/17