The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) pre-Hanukkah book fair stirred students to look for new books as well as old favorites “Wonder” by Raquel J. Palacio and “The One And Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate, as voted by the students.
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1/4/17
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The lost city of Atlantis is the newest mythical, sea-bound setting for author Anne Rice’s beloved Prince Lestat.
“Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis,” Rice’s 36th book (and her …
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By Mary Malloy
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11/17/16
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They say that cats have nine lives but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats defies the old adage. Thirty-four years and 7,485 performances after its New York debut, the show has returned to its …
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8/15/16
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Words first placed on paper in the teacher’s room of Robert Van Wyck Junior High School 217 in Queens during the 1976-’77 school year by then science teacher Mark Dubin are now in a children’s book “Trouble, Trouble, Ant in the Bubble” along with illustrations by Jerry Stulberger that will be on sale in a few days.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/18/16
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Reality TV stars Bill Klein and Jen Arnold are just like your average couple — except for the fact that they are both under four feet tall. But the best-selling authors really do think big.
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By Mary Malloy
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4/6/16
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Having updated the High Holy Days prayer book, Mahzor Lev Shalem, more than five years ago, the Conservative Jewish movement has published a new daily prayer book, Siddur Lev Shalem, under the auspices of the Rabbinical Assembly.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/9/16
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Did you know that it takes 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter? Or that people actually suffer from arachibutyrophobia?
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12/10/15
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On Oct. 3, long-time friends Peggy Zieran and Carol Hoenig fulfilled a dream while introducing a clever and unique business concept. Housed in a century-old five-room home . . .
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By Teri Ann Loeser
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12/3/15
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Arcadia Publishing, the company that has put out a steady stream of sepia-colored books that inform and illustrate readers on the history of American communities recently released the Jewish Heritage Society of the Five Towns’ new book, Jewish Communities of the Five Towns and Rockaways.
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By Vanessa Parker
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9/23/15
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On one level, it’s a matter of clearing some closet space. On another, it’s a signal to let go and move on.
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7/29/15
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