Long Beach’s police departments try to meet with community members and build relationships at events throughout the year, like International Night Out, which takes place every August. …
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By Angelina Zingariello
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3/22/24
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A decade ago, there was a fire at Chabad of the Beaches at Beth El. A group of firefighters banded together to save two Torah scrolls from the devastation.
They were honored with a service on …
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By Angelina Zingariello
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3/15/24
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The Long Beach Historical Society is set to host a nostalgic blast from the past with its “Woodstock Revisited Gala” at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday, March 9.
The event is scheduled …
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By Angelina Zingariello
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2/16/24
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At Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach, the community gathered to mark the commencement of Hanukkah during a spirited celebration on Dec. 7.
The event featured a spread of snacks, a DJ, dancing, and …
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By Angelina Zingariello
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12/15/23
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While taking a walk the other day, I met a fellow that I see in synagogue every once in a while. After exchanging pleasantries, I asked, “So, I’ll see you on the High Holy …
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By Rabbi Steven Graber
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9/22/22
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Traditionally, at the end of the Passover Seder, Jewish people say, “Next year in Jerusalem,” and for Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg and his wife, Rachel, that year is now.
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By Letisha Dass
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6/2/22
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Congregation Tifereth Israel has been serving Glen Cove’s Jewish community as a place of worship for the past 125 years. Initially an Orthodox Jewish congregation, the synagogue has progressed …
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By Letisha Dass
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6/2/22
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It has been said that we are what we eat, so when the late Rabbi Harold Shulweis wrote, “On Passover, Jews eat history,” he told us that the Passover holiday menu offers instruction with each bite along with a lesson on how we learn and why.
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By Rabbi Dennis Ross
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4/14/22
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Former Rockville Centre Rabbi Dr. Barry Dov Schwartz worked alongside a Nazi hunter. He marched for Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. He served as a chaplain during the Vietnam War. These stories and many more of his exciting adventures and experiences are chronicled in his new book, “A Man of Spirit: A Rabbi Navigates a Half-Century of Sweeping Change,” which was released on Jan. 25.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/10/22
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Valley Stream Jewish Center (previously Temple Gates of Zion) Rabbi Yechiel (Joel N. Buchband) hears the echo of the past in the current crisis in Ukraine.
During the time of the Czar, before the …
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By Karina Kovac
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3/3/22
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