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Temple Beth Am of Merrick-Bellmore recently celebrated Simchat Torah, a festival marking the completion of the annual Torah-reading cycle. The Torah, Judaism’s most sacred text, contains the five books of Moses and is the source of the Ten Commandments. Simchat Torah means “rejoicing in the Torah.”
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By David Weingrad
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10/10/12
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If somehow we have become lost; if we have made a wrong turn, a bad decision, an unwise choice; if we have chosen the wrong route or a self-destructive path the High Holy Day season provide us with the opportunity to reorient ourselves, to determine the direction we should be heading, to recalculate our position and to redirect ourselves towards our destination.
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By: Rabbi Dr. Ronald L. Androphy
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9/13/12
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As we approach New Year 5773, we once again have the precious opportunity afforded by our tradition to reflect on the year that has past.
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9/13/12
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More than half a century ago, Oceanside’s reform Jewish community dedicated itself to the creation of place to gather and pray. Now, 60 years later, Temple Avodah’s congregation will celebrate …
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By Aaron Axelson
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5/30/12
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Oceanside resident Peter Stone, a Holocaust survivor who used to speak to Long Island students about his experiences, died on April 6, of lung disease. He was 80.
Stone was born on May 13, 1931, …
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Alex Costello
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4/18/12
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The East Meadow Jewish Center Hebrew School was informed in a letter on Jan. 12 that it was re-certified as a School of Excellence by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
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Shannon Koehle
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3/2/12
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It’s hard to imagine Rabbi Charles Klein, spiritual leader of the Merrick Jewish Centre, as a rebel. He is as friendly and mild-mannered as they come, with a smile perpetually etched across his face. The father of four and grandfather of six dresses in smart suits and is a fierce adherent of Jewish tradition. But, for a cause, he has risked arrest and even been arrested more than once.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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2/8/12
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The East Meadow Jewish Center held its 29th annual menorah lighting ceremony on Dec. 21 to commemorate the beginning of Hanukkah.
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By Shannon Koehle
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1/5/12
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Valley Stream lights up for Hanukkah
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The village held its annual Menorah lighting ceremony Tuesday evening at Valley Stream Station Plaza. Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshmid from the Chabad Outreach Center joined Mayor Ed Fare in the bucket of a Valley Stream fire truck to light the candle for the first night of the Jewish Festival of Lights, which began that day at sundown.
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12/22/11
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This year, Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa will overlap and many Americans will be celebrating important holidays at the same time. While Chanukah is not as important to Judaism as Christmas is …
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By Rabbi Art Vernon
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12/21/11
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