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Women from six local temples gathered on March 21 for the sixth annual Joint Women’s Seder, held at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook.
Representatives from Sisterhood of Temple Am Echad, Women of …
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By Mary Malloy
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3/28/12
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In recent weeks, the news has been filled with images of citizens around the world protesting in the streets against totalitarian governments and their policies of suppressing expression. Women and …
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By Rabbi Art Vernon, Jewish Community Center of West Hempstead
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4/20/11
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Thus it came to be in the land of Brooklyn that Morris Brownstein knew Anna Brownstein, his second cousin, and they begot Hilda, Murray, Pearl and Zelda. Pearl, third in the family order, is my mother and the only one who seems to have entirely escaped the questionable legacy of having parents who are also blood relatives.
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Randi Kreiss
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4/14/11
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There’s a famous Jewish joke that goes: “Why do Jews always answer one question with another?”
“I don’t know, why do they?”
Jews have always asked questions. …
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By Rabbi Meir Dvir, Malverne Jewish Center
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4/13/11
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Passover was such a significant observance for the Jewish people that a peculiar commandment is found in the book of Numbers (9: 4 ff.) Moses asks and the Eternal One agrees: If one is not unable to celebrate Passover during the month of Nisan, he or she may have another opportunity to offer the Passover sacrifice.
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Marc A. Gruber, Rabbi, Central Synagogue of Nassau County
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3/24/10
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In the first place, I love the mood of Passover. It comes at the season when the earth discards its bleak winter garments and dresses itself in its most alluring colors. Hopefully for us, this season signifies the rebirth of nature and the end of all the nor'easters!
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Dr. Barry Dov Schwartz, Rabbi, Temple B'nai Sholom
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3/24/10
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In Judaism there is a healthy tension between the individual and the nation as a whole. There are times when our focus is inward toward our own development and goals, and other times when we are …
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Rabbi Dr. Chaim Wakslak
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3/24/10
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On Monday and Tuesday evenings, March 28 and 29, Jews will celebrate Passover by holding a Seder each of those nights. A Seder is more than a meal and a family gathering. It is also a religious program, containing 14 steps
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Rabbi Steven M. Graber
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3/24/10
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One striking tradition that is widely observed by Jews at their Passover Seders involves the afikomen, a piece of matzah broken off near the beginning of the evening and eaten by participants “for dessert” after the meal.
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Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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3/24/10
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Temple Am-Echad in Lynbrook held an unusual women’s Seder on March 9.
The event was a joint effort of three congregations, Temple Am-Echad, Central Synagogue of Nassau County in Rockville Centre and Temple Beth Emmet of Hewlett. Women with no synagogue affiliation also attended. They ranged in age from the very young to 95-year-old Miriam Fine of Lynbrook, who has been a member of Am-Echad — the former Temple Emanu-el — for 75 years. Her parents were also members of the congregation.
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Mary Malloy
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3/24/10
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