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Rabbi Shimon Kramer, center, of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, thanked the U.S. Army veterans in attendance.

Chabad lights the night with giant menorahs

If you happened to notice a U.S. military Humvee leading two limousines with giant menorahs atop them through Merrick and Bellmore streets last week, you were not dreaming. more

By Deirdre Krasula and David Weingrad | 12/27/11

Irene Hudson and her 3-year-old daughter Samantha did arts and crafts at the Merrick-Bellmore Chabad’s recent Purim at the African Jungle celebration at the Merrick Golf Course Clubhouse.

Chabad goes wild at Purim celebration

On March 20, Chabad of Merrick-Bellmore held a Purim feast with an African jungle theme at the Merrick Golf Course Clubhouse. more

By David Weingrad | 3/30/11

Danielle Dukofsky, 5, added jelly beans to the giant candy menorah as her mom, Melissa, looked on at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s Chanukah Wonderland. Helping with the ladder was Jonathan Boxer.

Hanukkah celebrations abound in Bellmore-Merrick

Winter is right around the corner, and while a sudden onrush of freezing cold weather has brought an icy chill upon the Bellmore-Merrick area, it has done nothing to diminish the community’s joyous holiday spirit. Hanukkah is officially here, and local congregations have found creative ways to celebrate. more

David Weingrad | 12/8/10

Rachel Goldberg, 7, had fun with finger-painting at Chabad’s arts and crafts booth at the Merrick Fall Festival during Sukkot this past weekend.

Bellmore-Merrick synagogues celebrate Sukkot

The Holy High Days of Judaism may be coming to a close, but there is still one more celebration to be had this year. Many houses around Bellmore and Merrick could be seen with small huts, called sukkahs, in their backyards to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot this past week. more

David Weingrad | 9/29/10

Rabbi Shimon Kramer and CTeen coordinator Itty Barber, far left, smile with local teens at the Bellmore-Merrick CTeen kickoff event.

Bellmore-Merrick Jewish teen group promotes community service

While some teens mingled over light snacks, others showed off their basketball skills, and still others took part in a raucous game of dodgeball at the kickoff for the Bellmore-Merrick chapter of CTeen last Thursday. more

David Weingrad | 9/9/10

A traditional Mexican mariachi band set the ambiance for Purim in Mexico.

Chabad celebrates Purim in Mexico

More than 200 people took a break from the cold with some south-of-the-border fun with Chabad of Merrick at a Purim feast with a Mexican theme on Feb. 28. From decor to costumes to Mexican fare from Kosher Emporium, the atmosphere was festive and the joy of Purim was felt by all. While adults enjoyed the Mariachi band, children prepared mini-sombrero gifts of food for one another, searched for coins hidden in Mexican beans to give to charity, painted maracas and busted open a cactus piñata. more

Sari Zeidler | 3/3/10

Winning the war on terror with good deeds

Rabbi Avraham Holtzberg stood beside Cammans Pond in Merrick last December with head bent slightly to the side and hands clasped at his waist, looking solemn and forlorn at the Merrick Chabad’s otherwise joyful Hanukkah celebration. A month earlier, terrorists had murdered Holtzberg’s brother, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his sister-in-law, Rivka, 28, in Mumbai, India. more

Scott Brinton | 10/8/09

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