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The Central Synagogue building on DeMott Avenue in 1947. The building wasn’t fully completed, but congregants came for High Holy Days services that September and sat on folding chairs.

Central Synagogue of Nassau County is celebrating a big milestone this weekend — its 80th anniversary. “Eighty is a special anniversary because it is two times 40,” said Rabbi Marc Gruber, … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 6/15/16

Temple Emanu-El, at 123 Merrick Ave. in East Meadow, will host experts from the Appraisers Road Show on Sunday, Dec. 13

Appraisers Road Show coming to Temple Emanu-El

Temple Emanu-El leaders are inviting the community to the synagogue on Sunday for day of antique and art discovery. Temple Emanu-El, located at 123 Merrick Ave. in East Meadow, will host … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/10/15

The festival of lights

There was a record-breaking turnout for this year’s menorah lighting ceremony as more than 500 residents crowded Kennedy Plaza on Sunday to mark the first night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Eli Goodman … more

12/10/15

Imam Kashif Aziz greeted Steve Zwick and other members of Temple Beth-El to Jaam’e Masjid Bellmore for an Aug. 23 prayer service.

An interfaith friendship grows in Bellmore

Before Rabbi Howard Gorin, 66, became spiritual leader of Temple Beth-El of North Bellmore a year ago, he served a synagogue in Maryland for more than three decades. For many years, he said, he … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/25/15

Michael Herzlin, a member of Central Synagogue, blew the shofar in celebration of the holidays for the residents of Maple Pointe.

Making a Shabbat house call every week

The week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the holiest time of year for Jews, and is known as the High Holy Days. However, not everyone is physically able to make it to a synagogue for … more

By Alex Costello | 9/23/15

Wantagh synagogue to host Family Fun Day

Congregation Beth Tikvah, an Egalitarian Conservative Jewish Synagogue, will be holding a Family Fun Day on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. more

7/30/15

Aaron Baruch, 12, was one of many children who added their palm prints to a poster that read, “The Future of Israel is in good hands!” They used blue paint on a white background for the colors of he Israeli flag.

Synagogues unite for Israel Independence Day

Jews from Bellmore and Merrick came together on April 23 to celebrate Israel’s 67th birthday. more

5/7/15

The panel used stories of real sex trafficking victims to highlight the problem on Long Island.

Human trafficking: ‘A continuum of exploitation’

“He didn’t even allow her during those days to take a shower somewhere, to wash herself …,” said Amanda Burke, chief of the Human Trafficking Unit of the Nassau County District Attorney’s office’s Special Victims Bureau. “Because he didn’t even allow her that small dignity — to be able to clean herself.” more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 5/6/15

Herb Friend spoke at Central Synagogue on April 15 about his parents’ struggles during the Holocaust. The synagogue invited the children of Holocaust survivors to share their parents’ stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah.

Remembering the horrors of the Holocaust

Central Synagogue marked a solemn Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, on April 15, with prayers, songs and speeches from the adult children of Holocaust survivors. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 4/22/15

Rockville Centre Letters to the Editor

Please donate used K-Cups To the Editor: We, the Grade 6 students of the Jewish Experience at Central Synagogue, are collecting used K-Cups for our Gimilut Chassadim project. Gimilut … more

4/8/15

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