Learning to give back was the central theme of Families helping Families that took place at Young Israel of Woodmere on Nov. 20
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/23/22
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Veterans Day was celebrated in the Five Towns the day before, but there was no lack of patriotism and respect for military personal as the sixth annual Honor Day delegation was saluted for their service in the Israel Defense Forces at Young Israel of Woodmere on Nov. 12.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/29/19
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Rabbi Shay Schachter, a Woodmere resident, and director of Young Israel of Woodmere’s adult educational programs, was named to serve as rabbinic and Jewish law adviser for the Orthodox Union’s Yachad...
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/14/19
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Woodmere resident Jason Goldfarb is doing whatever it takes to help out his mother, Estelle Goldfarb, who is in need of a kidney transplant.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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11/14/19
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A resident of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where 11 people were killed and six others injured at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue on Oct. 27, came to the Five Towns last week …
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/8/18
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Many Jewish residents, from the Five Towns and surrounding communities such as Far Rockaway, came to the Woodmere firehouse for the fire department’s 15th annual chometz burning on Monday, the first night of Passover.
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4/13/17
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In his 17 years as a member of Young Israel of Woodmere, the largest Orthodox Jewish synagogue on Long Island’s South Shore, collecting money for a fire truck has been the shul’s most unique fundraising effort, President Yehuda Poupko says.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/7/16
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During Shabbat services last Saturday, seven Nassau County police entered Young Israel of Woodmere on Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere supposedly acting on a tip that members of the synagogue’s security were carrying illegal firearms.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/19/16
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Since becoming the executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre two and half years ago, Woodmere resident Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt has steered the hospital, which is part of the Catholic Health Services (CHS) of Long Island system, through the changing health care environment.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/23/14
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Young Israel of Woodmere synagogue collected 60 pints of blood at its bi-annual blood drive on June 30, as more than 50 donors lined up to give what is called the gift of life.
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By Yitzchk Carroll
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7/10/13
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