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A UJA-Federation of New York-sponsored trip in mid-March on which a pair of Five Towns rabbis were among 18 spiritual leaders who spent 48 hours in Poland, helping Ukrainian refugees, was an eye-opener.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/31/22
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He was 49 years old in March, and he hopes to celebrate his 50th birthday next year.
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12/9/21
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Former Congressman Steve Israel is taking advantage of a positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic to fulfill a dream he has had since he left office in 2017. He’s opening a …
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By Laura Lane
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10/15/21
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Ari and Ruth Jungreis’s spacious Lawrence backyard is a long way from the Israel Defense Forces bases strategically positioned across the Jewish state, but no less connected: The Friends of the IDF held a fundraising barbecue in the Five Towns on Sept. 15, and raised more than $500,000.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/23/21
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Newspaper publisher Horace Greeley’s advice to young men in the 19th century was to go west.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/5/21
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His life began in a Connecticut community founded by Jewish New York City firefighters that has a street named after a famous singer-songwriter. He grew up in a household that actively lived the Hebrew words tikkun olam, which translate to “world repair” and is interpreted to mean acting constructively and beneficially in the world.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/8/21
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On the heels of 11 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel, an estimated 3,500 to 4,000 people rallied in Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst to show support for Israel and Jewish people around the world.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/2/21
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On the heels of an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel, an estimated 3,500 to 4,000 people rallied in Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst Thursday night to show support for Israel and Jewish people around the world.
The rally followed a recent surge in anti-Semitic violence in the New York metropolitan area and beyond. Officials said the crowd was the largest ever at the park.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/27/21
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“Ambucycles” looking like something Batman might ride routinely race to the scene of medical emergencies across Israel, helping more than 6,000 United Hatzalah volunteers of all religious affiliations attend to the sick or wounded.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/24/21
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A lengthy, threatening note slipped into a package of Five Towns Jewish Times newspapers that were left on the doorstep of Rabbi Kenneth Hain’s Lawrence home last Friday attacked him after Hain, a prominent spiritual leader, took a stand against a news photo that the outlet recently published on its front page.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/19/21
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