Hanukkah is about giving thanks to G-d for His wonders and miracles.
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12/15/22
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Jeff Newman, a congregant at Temple Beth Am of Merrick and Bellmore for 35 years, said that the first word that came to his mind when describing newly installed Rabbi Mickey Baum was “haimish.”
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By Erik Hawkins
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12/14/17
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Members of Temple Beth Am of Merrick and Bellmore enjoyed dinner in their sukkah tent under the stars on Friday night before the Shabbat evening service.
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By Yitzchak Carroll and Erik Hawkins
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10/12/17
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One day not long ago, Merokean Susan Saban was sitting in a holiday service at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore-Merrick. A mother of a child with developmental disabilities kept getting up to attend to the boy, who was disrupting the service.
Saban’s heart sunk. She knows well the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families. She is the assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Herricks School District, and is charged with providing services for children with special needs.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/20/16
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What happens when you put 13 teenagers together in a foreign country? Most people would expect chaos, but to my surprise, it turned out to be a wonderful experience, filled with laughter, excitement and only a little chaos.
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By Rachel Gershengoren
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5/21/15
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Jews from Bellmore and Merrick came together on April 23 to celebrate Israel’s 67th birthday.
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5/7/15
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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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Phil Rosenthal, creator of the hit CBS sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” stopped by Temple Beth Am of Merrick-Bellmore on May 6 for a special fundraiser. His show, starring comedian Ray Romano, ran for nearly a decade, from 1996 to 2005. Though the show was primarily filmed in a studio in California, it was set in Lynbrook.
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By David Weingrad
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5/9/12
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