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Ensuring that the dough will rise
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More than 300 children 5-13, with adult guidance, learned how to prepare the dough to bake challah bread during the 90-minute Chabad of the Five Towns Kids Challah Bake at The Brandeis School in Lawrence on Jan. 29.
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2/8/17
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St. Joachim’s celebrates church rededication
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Outfitted with refinished pews, a new altar and a new pipe organ, St. Joachim’s Church in Cedarhurst was rededicated at a Mass last Sunday that included Bishop William F. Murphy, leader of the Rockville Centre Diocese.
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1/25/17
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Viewing history up close and personal
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Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas and his children, George III and Mia attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/20/17
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Chabad of Hewlett holds gala dinner
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More than 300 people attended the Chabad of Hewlett’s gala dinner at the Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor last month. The Chabad on Everit Avenue in Hewlett celebrated another year of Jewish education and observance.
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1/11/17
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Israel envoy nominee lights Five Towns menorah
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Woodsburgh village resident David Friedman, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel, lit the menorah in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on the first night of Hanukkah last Saturday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/27/16
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Students plant trees in Grant Park
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Hewlett High School students helped by master gardeners from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County planted seven trees at the county’s Grant Park in Hewlett on Nov. 20.
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11/30/16
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Flipping pancakes and battling Parkinson’s disease
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The Epstein family headed by Ross and Amy hosted the eighth annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s fundraiser at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere on Nov. 20 that benefits the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
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11/30/16
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Noshing for a charitable cause
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Cedarhurst-based anti-poverty think tank, Rock and Wrap It Up! hosted a Taste of Charity fundraiser and awareness event at the Seawane Club in Hewlett on Nov. 7.
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11/23/16
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Kneading the dough, passing on tradition
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About 1,000 Nassau County women from kids to seniors took part in the third annual Great Challah Bake at the Sands Atlantic Beach on Nov. 10 in Atlantic Beach.
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11/23/16
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Running to be kind in CIMBY 2016
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Nearly 75 runners took part in the Chesed (kindness) In My Backyard (CIMBY) 5K run as part of Lawrence-based Achiezer’s initiative to demonstrate the power of kindness throughout daily life. The run took place in Far Rockaway on Oct. 30.
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11/9/16
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