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Celebrating a holiday of belief and hope
From Long Island to Jerusalem, Jews all over the world will celebrate Hanukkah this year from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1. Countless families will view the bright lights of the menorah while enjoying the holiday and its blessings. But the Festival of Lights, as Hanukkah is also known, has a much more profound meaning to it than mere candles and oil. more
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Being strong in the face of adversity
Esther Jungreis, who died on Aug. 23 at 80, was a worldwide figure in Judaism, known as the “Jewish Billy Graham,” but for one fellow North Woodmere native, the rebbetzin (a rabbi’s wife), was the one person who connected with a teenage boy after he lost his father. more
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Esther Jungreis, founder of Hineni
The Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis of North Woodmere, founder of Hineni, died Tuesday. more
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The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s fifth-grade choir, under the direction of Sandy Shmuley, performed at the Holocaust remembrance service.
Remembering to tell the Holocaust Story
More than 1,000 people representing the Five Towns and surrounding communities and 24 area synagogues gathered in Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence on May 4, Holocaust Reme mbrance Day, to honor both the victims and survivors of Nazi Germany’s cultural genocide. more
Yosef Hutner, a salesman at National Sukkah Outlet in Woodmere, showed one of several models of sukkahs.
Celebrating the ‘time of our happiness’
What is happiness? It’s a question that has left philosophers pondering for ages. To some, it may be a vacation, a car, a house, or maybe a general feeling of contentment and excitement. more
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HAFTR is one of 25 schools using the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education’s high school technology program. Chloe Gottlieb and Ilan Karasanti, both freshmen, demonstrated their project, a monitor for music volume that uses sensors called Smart Sound.
Displaying a desire for technology and learning
Nearly 700 ninth and 10th grade students from 25 area schools who are enrolled in the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering program participated in their Young Engineers conference at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway on May 19. more
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The grand ballroom in Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst hosted about 300 members of that synagogue and Congregation Beth Sholom for a Shabbat dinner last Friday.
Building unity by breaking bread
It was altogether fitting that congregants from the Orthodox Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence and the Conservative Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst shared meals and got acquainted on the very Shabbos weekend that the designated Torah potion introduces the word “family” for the first time. more
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Temple Beth El held a gala dinner at its Cedarhurst temple to mark the Conservative congregation
Temple Beth El celebrates 90 years [Photo gallery]
Temple Beth El, a Conservative congregation, celebrated its 90th anniversary with gala at the Locust Avenue synagogue in Cedarhurst on Oct. 27. more
Many American Jews do not consider themselves religious, but do want to be identified culturally as Jewish.
Seeking to engage disaffected Jews
Despite the high concentration of observant Jews in the Five Towns, a large percentage of American Jews define themselves as nonreligious, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. more
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Members of Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst gathered together on Sept. 10 to kick off their 90th anniversary celebration.
Temple Beth El celebrates 90 years
When Alvin Epstein moved to Woodmere 47 years ago, he decided to join Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst a year later because it shared the same conservative values and offered outstanding youth and adult programs. more
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