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Lawrence-based group celebrated 25 years of its individualized learning program
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JEPLI also recognized its youthful volunteers, who received Young Leadership awards at the dinner at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club.
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Rabbis David Greenblatt, Dovid Shenker and Yitzchok Wurem celebrated with Lawrence residents Shya Hersh, with plaque and wife, Yehudis Schwartz, who were honored at the dinner in memory of Shya’s mother, Suri Schwartz.
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Lawrence High School graduate Joy Matathias-Avitan, second from left, with family members at the JEPLI dinner.
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Dr. Adam and Shari Maslow of Cedarhurst, far right, were honored at the JEPLI dinner. They are with Rabbis David Greenblatt, Dovid Shenker and Yitzchok Wurem.
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The Jewish Education Program of Long Island a Lawrence-based organization that uses a mentor program teach young Jewish children about Judaism celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Jewish Individualized Learning Program as it honored 11 of the program’s pioneers and 20 volunteers at a dinner held at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club last Saturday.
Shya Hersh and Yehudis Schwartz of Lawrence, Rabbis Yitzchok Frankel, Robert Block and Eliyahy Albert, Devorah Haum-Kovitz of Far Rockaway, Adam and Shari Maslow of Cedarhurst, Avorham and Malka Kay, and Lawrence High School graduate Joy Mathathias-Avitan were the Pioneer honorees. The program was named in honor of Shy’s mother, Suri Schwartz, who died before the individualized program began.
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