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Like everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel beginning last weekend. more

By Howard Bressler | 10/12/23

It’s a strange time to be a Jew, but when isn’t it?

I grew up in a non-religious family, but it was always important to my parents that we knew we were Jews, and my family followed certain traditional rituals. more

By Alan Singer | 12/15/22

Take heart: The old women will lead us

Nancy Pelosi to Donald Trump: “No.” Sorry if you’re in the first bloom of youth, girlfriends. The ground under your tight, smooth butts is shifting. more

2/8/19

Boxes of food in the lobby of Temple Emanu-El. At the end of the month, it will be delivered to Island Harvest.

Feeding the hungry

While many local residents fasted for 24 hours beginning last Friday evening in observance of Yom Kippur, Temple Emanu-El, of East Meadow, asked its members to go one step further and donate the food they didn’t eat to those who need it. more

By David Weingrad | 9/23/13

Potato latke, the holy grail of pancakes

Consider the Yiddish word latke. It is what it sounds like, an onomatopoeic name for a flat, fried potato pancake consumed by Jewish people during Hanukkah. more

12/13/12

It may take time to find your way in the world

Among the recent themes of forgiveness on Yom Kippur, the heartfelt and recently reexamined Stanford commencement address by Steve Jobs in 2005 and the New York Times article on education and teaching young people how to succeed through failure, I can’t help but look back on a specific life lesson that I have tried to convey to my own children. more

By Lauren Lev | 10/14/11

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