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Roni Kleinman, executive director of the JCC, addressed members and staff from in front of a green screen at the facility.

Friedberg JCC in Oceanside looks to the future

When members and guests eventually return to the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside, the facility will look different than before it closed several months ago. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 6/29/20

Mary Lou Langdon's kindergarten class at Saw Mill Road School in North Bellmore bought lunch for the emergency room staff at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Saw Mill Road kindergarten parents feed frontline workers

With classroom parties canceled along with in-person instruction, the class parents of Mary Lou Langdon's kindergarten class at Saw Mill Road School in North Bellmore had some money leftover to … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 6/12/20

Friedberg JCC in Oceanside may be closed temporarily due to coronavirus, but its website has a wide array of program offerings for the community.

Friedberg JCC in Oceanside holds virtual programs, aches to re-open

While its doors are physically shut for now, the JCC staff is still working to provide the community with virtual programs to keep active and connected. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/26/20

Elbert “Elmo” Wilder, a custodian at the Friedberg JCC school in Lynbrook for more than 40 years, was honored with a surprise drive-by parade to celebrate his birthday on May 1. Drivers dropped off birthday signs, balloons and even a cake.

Cherished Lynbrook custodian honored with 80th birthday parade from a social distance

Even into his late 70s, Elbert Wilder, a longtime custodian at the Friedberg Jewish Community Center school in Lynbrook, would stand near its entrance, flail his arms and legs and dance to entertain children as they arrived. more

By Mike Smollins | 5/13/20

Abraham Goldstein died from complications of the coronavirus on April 20.

Elmont synagogue mainstay dies at 101

The coronavirus pandemic claimed another life on April 20, when Abraham Goldstein died of complications from the virus. He was 101-years-old. Goldstein was a “mainstay” at the Elmont … more

By Melissa Koenig | 5/5/20

Villa Formia pizzeria in Lynbrook donated pizza pies to Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside and Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Valley Stream.

Villa Formia Pizzeria in Lynbrook donates food to front-line medical staff

Villa Formia Pizzeria sends a weekly donation of pizza pies to local hospitals to support front-line workers treating Covid-19 patients. more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/16/20

Lea Hennelly began collecting donations to give to hospital workers on March 28. She received more than $3,500 in donations and then bought nearly $800 worth of snacks.

Friends Who Give donate snacks to Nassau County hospital workers

A once a year community event that was originated by a Mineola resident during the holiday season of 2016 has spread to donating goods to medical workers in the frontline of the … more

By Matthew Ferremi | 4/9/20

A Passover message: There is always something good

In every bad situation, there is also always something good that comes of it. The Talmudic character Nachum Ish Gamzu is famous, in Jewish tradition, for seeing the silver lining in … more

By Rabbi Royi Shaffin | 4/8/20

NYCOM employees donated pizza from King Umberto to Long Island Jewish New Hyde Park medical staff on March 31.

Franklin Square-based cell phone store donates pizza to local hospitals

NYCOM Cellular Corporation employees raised nearly $3,800 to donate pizza to local hospital workers between March 23 and March 27. “I was pretty remarkable,” said Michael Sperduto, the … more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/2/20

Clergy members and congregants of the First Presbyterian Church of Baldwin, along with many other houses of worship, are switching to virtual services.

Baldwin houses of worship shift to virtual services

Baldwin houses of worship are figuring out how to adjust to the unprecedented consequences of the global coronavirus pandemic: Public gathering is no longer allowed. For Catholics, no further … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/2/20

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