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Local Holocaust survivor Simon Berger spoke to a crowd of people at Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach on May 5 for the annual Yom Hashoah program.

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach hosted its annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial program on May 5, where a local Holocaust survivor served as the guest … more

By Bridget Downes | 5/9/19

Passover is a time for 'togetherness'

Passover, Pesach in Hebrew, is a time when we are asked to examine the relationship between freedom and social responsibility. more

By Rabbi Elliot Skiddell | 4/18/19

The stories we tell, the life we live

A Passover message from Rabbi Mark Greenspan of the Oceanside Jewish Center. more

By Rabbi Mark Greenspan | 4/17/19

Passover and Easter signal a time of redemption, salvation

A Passover message from Rabbi Paul Hoffman of the South Shore Jewish Center. more

By Rabbi Paul Hoffman | 4/17/19

Al Vorspan with Rabbi David Saperstein at the Union for Reform Judaism biennial meeting in Dec. 10, 2017.

Former Hewlett resident Al Vorspan dies at 95

The loudest voice in the Jewish Reform movement is now, sadly, silent. Al Vorspan, who was jailed with several other Reform rabbis in 1964 in Augustine, Fla., after responding to a clarion call from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to join the civil rights protest, died on Feb. 16 in upstate New Paltz. The former Hewlett resident was 95. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/21/19

There was singing, dancing, eating and award-giving at DRS’s annual Parent-Son Melave Malka on Feb. 9.

Music and dancing at Davis Renov Stahler's Parent-Son Melave Malka

The entire Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys family, rabbis, parents, and students gathered to honor the positive spirit of being Jewish at the Woodmere school’s 22nd annual Parent-Son Melave Malka on Feb. 9. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/21/19

Rabbi Zalmen Hertz, 22, joined Temple Zion of Long Beach last year as the temple’s spiritual leader.

Temple Zion welcomes new rabbi

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com After more than a year-long search, Temple Zion welcomed a new spiritual leader last year. Rabbi Zalmen Hertz, 22, joined the congregation in February. … more

By Bridget Downes | 1/17/19

Rabbi Chaim Blachman, of the Elmont Jewish Center, lit the first candle of the menorah on Dec. 22.

Elmont Jewish Center spreads the light on Hanukkah

As the sun set on Dec. 22, dozens of Jewish residents huddled outside the Elmont Jewish Center to watch as Rabbi Chaim Blachman lit the first candle on the giant menorah to mark the first night of … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/2/19

Howard Nacht, near left, led a joint Simchat Torah service in October 2016 with Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum of Temple B’nai Torah.

Helping unite two synagogues

Howard Nacht decided he wanted to become a rabbi during his pre-teen years, growing up in the traditional Orthodox synagogue his grandfather attended. more

By Alexandra Dieckmann | 12/27/18

Lighting candles in the hope of a better world

In the second century BCE, a small group of courageous Jews rose up against their oppressors who had outlawed Jewish rituals and freedom of worship. more

By Rabbi Sandra Bellush | 12/6/18

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