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The Long Island JewQ Championship will include six children from the Chabad of the Five Towns. Clockwise from left were Gabby Zaysev, Matthew Ortega, Rachel Faynberg, group leader Chana Fishbein, Jake Tucker.

Long Island Chabads compete in ‘Jewish Jeopardy'

More than 500 students 9 to 13 from 16 Long Island Chabads will test their knowledge of Jewish history, heritage and practice in the Long Island JewQ Championship on Feb. 2, Super Bowl Sunday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/30/20

Religious schools and centers in the Five Towns are expected to receive $500,000 of more than $2 million in state money for security upgrades, possibly for cameras.

New York state to offer $500,000 to Five Towns yeshivas and centers

New York state will provide more than $2 million to Long Island religious schools and centers for safety improvements because of the recent spike in hate crimes and bias incidents across the metropolitan area. Five Towns schools and centers — organizations that are not schools — are expected to get $500,000. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/20/19

Jeffrey Yohai, a Five Towns native, was sentenced to 9 years in prison and ordered to pay 6.7 million in restitution on Nov. 8 for a series of fraudulent schemes.

Five Towns native Jeffrey Yohai sentenced to 9 years for series of schemes

Five Towns native Jeffrey Yohai, the son of former Hewlett Harbor Trustee Michael Yohai, was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $6.7 million in restitution on Nov. 8 for a series of schemes that bilked more than $13 million from people, including one that took $3 million from Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/22/19

Blakeman for the Town 3rd C.D.

This year, voters in the Town of Hempstead’s 3rd Council District are faced with a difficult choice between two excellent candidates. Valley Streamer Shari James-Pierre is a fresh face with … more

10/30/19

Democratic candidates kickoff election season at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library

Part political pep rally and part government forum, the Five Towns Democratic Club’s Meet the Candidates night at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library on Sept. 17 served as the kickoff for an election campaign that will be shorter than usual because of early voting. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/26/19

Rabbi Shimon Stillerman of the Chabad of Islip created a guidebook for his Yiddish language classes.

Schmoozing about the Yiddish language

For one-third of the past 1,000 years, 66 percent of the Jewish population spoke Yiddish, yet the “mama lushen” — the mother tongue of Jews — appeared consigned to the dust bin of history, especially after the Holocaust and when Israel decided on modern Hebrew as its national language. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/29/19

Hewlett Neck resident Barbra Feldman graduated from and went on to become head of school for Lawrence Woodmere Academy.

Lifelong Five Towns resident Barbra Feldman, 54

Barbra Feldman, a lifelong resident of the Five Towns, who was named Lawrence Woodmere Academy Head of School in January, died of cancer on Aug. 8. She was 54. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/9/19

Woodmere resident Cindy Grosz at her bat mitzvah with Rabbi Morris Friedman and Rebbetzin Adelaide Friedman.

Lawrence resident Adelaide Friedman, 91

Adelaide Friedman, known to her family and friends as Addi, was the wife to an iconic rabbi and saw her son become the United States ambassador to Israel. She was also had a keen intellect and was an accomplished cook. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/6/19

Inwood Fire Department members on the scene of the apparent drowning of two Inwood residents on July 9.

Inwood couple drown off Far Rockaway beach

A couple from Inwood apparently drowned in the water off Far Rockaway beach at Beach 9th Street and Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway, west of the Atlantic Beach Bridge, after what is being reported as an impromptu swimming lesson gone awry. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/10/19

Ivanka and Jared are on the move — to the Five Towns

Long Island is about to get a “Trump bounce.” A longtime friend of mine has sold his home in the Hewlett area (through an agent) to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and the couple plan to move to the community sometime before school starts in the fall. more

3/29/19

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