It all started with a simple question: Can we have a garden like this?
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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6/18/23
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Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh recently took a giant step forward in unifying its diverse congregation by hosting a weekend-long spiritual Torah restoration.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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12/8/22
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She was only 27 when she died, but already Alexis Zayas had demonstrated a passion for helping others.
Among the good works attributed to her was her commitment to donating blood in her community …
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By Mallory Wilson
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3/24/22
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Birds chirped, and the smell of dirt and garlic filled the warm spring air as about a dozen volunteers worked on a community-service garden at Temple B’nai Torah, in Wantagh, on March 15. They …
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By Maria Cestero
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3/24/22
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When faith leaders and congregants were planning the merger of East Meadow’s Temple Emanu-El and Wantagh’s Temple B’nai Torah, an idea that came to mind was to create a heritage trip on which …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/21/18
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In the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting that left 11 people dead at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, 11 religious leaders from across Nassau County led an interfaith memorial at …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/8/18
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After Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum, of Temple Emanu-El, extinguished the East Meadow synagogue’s “eternal flame” last Sunday, there was a pause and a silence that was broken by a …
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By Brian Stieglitz and James Mattone
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6/14/18
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Sitting inside the dome-like synagogue at Temple Emanu-El, you are meant to feel “in the middle” and “included at all times,” Jeff Kraut, a historian and congregant of the East Meadow temple, …
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By Brian Stieglitz and James Mattone
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5/3/18
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When he returned to the U.S. after World War II, my grandpa, Vincent Pastore, sometimes sifted through the nightmarish memories that I could never fully understand by simply regarding his Purple Heart.
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2/2/18
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“People aren’t looking any less for comfort and religious experiences,” said Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum, of Temple Emanu-El of East Meadow. “But the way they approach it is …
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By Rebecca Anderson and Stephany Reyes
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1/3/18
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