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When I think of Israel, I think of the famous curative waters of the Dead Sea, the beautiful Chagall windows at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, fond memories of watching the world go by sitting in the cafes along Dusseldorf Street in Tel Aviv, the glorious beaches in Eliat, the haunting remembrances of the holocaust in Yad VaShem, and bargaining with vendors in the Arab market in Jerusalem’s Old City to buy the hand carved backgammon set for my children. more

MARCIA ABRAMSON | 12/8/10

Temple President James Rotenberg, Michelle Rosenbaum the temple’s director of education, and Rabbi Rosenbaum, along with temple students lit the menorah and sang Hanukkah songs.

Celebrating Hanukkah

Temple Israel in Lawrence marked the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah with a dinner and service last Friday. more

12/8/10

Peninsula Public Library awaits the decision on Temple Israel’s application for a permit from the Village of Lawrence to subdivide its property. The library is prepared to purchase temple land to build a new library.

Temple, village meet on subdivision

Temple Israel President James Rotenberg and other temple representatives were scheduled to meet with Village of Lawrence Mayor Martin Oliner on Tuesday at Village Hall to get the temple’s planned subdivision application process started. more

JEFF BESSEN | 12/1/10

Temple Israel in Lawrence hosted the 92nd Interfaith Thanksgiving service between the synagogue and the Russell Sage Memorial First Presbyterian Church in Far Rockaway. From left are: Inman Khalid Lateef, Rev. Benjamin Patterson, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, Wyandanch Mosque member Habeeb Ahmed and Temple Israel President James Rotenberg.

Joining the faiths together

Temple Israel in Lawrence played host to the 92nd annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service between the Central Avenue synagogue and the Russell Sage Memorial First Presbyterian Church last Friday. more

11/24/10

Five Towns families and students are the power behind Ossie’s Toy Fund that provides toys to seriously ill children in hospitals, orphanages, homes and hospices in Israel. Specially trained clowns present the toys to the children.

This clowning around is serious

It was 3 a.m. on a Friday morning in November and Robbie Schonfeld, his family, the Allman family and several others were stuffing envelopes for Ossie’s Toy Fund, a non-profit organization that provides gifts for seriously ill children and their families in Israel. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 11/24/10

The Israel Children’s Cancer Foundation opened a “treasure shop” inside of the Five Towns Pharmacy in Woodmere to help Israeli children who are battling cancer.

Battling cancer through hidden treasures

Space in a local pharmacy is now being use to house a “treasure shop” that sells new and gently used giftware, bric-a-brac, Judaica, crystal, house wares, silver, and collectibles with the money benefitting a cancer-fighting organization. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 11/10/10

Hewlett resident Avigail Borah,left, and her younger sister Ariella, right, show off their collection of recyclable bottles that is part of Avigail’s bat mitzvah project to raise money for the One Israel Fund.

Recycling to build a playground

As 11-year-old Hewlett resident Avigail Borah walked home from a friend’s house with her mother Andrea Borah, they were thinking of an idea for her bat mitzvah community service project when they saw all the bottles on the street. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 11/10/10

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Richmond), the minority whip in the House of Representatives paid a visit to the Five Towns last Friday.

Whipping up an interest in politics

House Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Richmond) visited the Shalhevet High School located at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere to host a town hall meeting for 200 high school students last Friday. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 11/3/10

Jewish-American high school, students from the Five Towns hosted Christian-German high school students during the last week of October. At the fat left is Nan Shapiro, director of the International Exchange program, in the center is Aaron Grahovac, a master teacher at the Bettina Von Arnim school and at the far right is Temple Israel Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum.

Bridging the global culture gap

Bridging the gap between nations and religions isn’t that difficult if the younger generations get acquainted and that is the goal of the Jewish/German Youth Exchange Program that had eight German high school students living with seven Five Towns high school students last week. more

JEFF BESSEN | 11/3/10

Land on the Temple of Israel campus on Central Avenue in Lawrence has been proposed as the site of a new Peninsula Public Library.

Library planning continues

Plans for the proposed new Peninsula Public Library building are developing slowly but surely, as library officials await Temple Israel’s presentation of a required subdivision application to the Village of Lawrence.Plans for the proposed new Peninsula Public Library building are developing slowly but surely, as library officials await Temple Israel’s presentation of a required subdivision application to the Village of Lawrence. more

JEFF BESSEN | 11/3/10

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