He was 49 years old in March, and he hopes to celebrate his 50th birthday next year.
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12/9/21
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There is a passage included in the Hanukkah liturgy which recalls the Maccabean victory and thanks God for the miracle of delivering “the strong into the hand of the weak, the many into the hand of the few… and the wicked into the hand of the righteous.”
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By Bruce Ginsburg
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11/26/21
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Nearly 50 people listened to readings, poems and prayers of memorial during the one hour Temple Israel of Lawrence service held over Zoom on Nov. 9 to commemorate Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass— a name for the Nov. 9 to 10, 1938 violent Nazi attack on the Jewish people and their property in Germany and Austria.
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By Lisa Margaria
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11/18/21
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Hebrew Academy of Long Beach eighth grade students heard from a few speakers, including Head of School Adam Englander, as they prepared for the school year long Names, Not Numbers project, where students collect oral histories of Holocaust survivors and create a documentary film based on their work.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/12/21
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Cedarhurst resident Jake Greenberg completed the Beit Halochem International 5Towns 5K in 18:31 to finish first in the Sept. 12 race at North Woodmere Park that returned live after a year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/28/21
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Ari and Ruth Jungreis’s spacious Lawrence backyard is a long way from the Israel Defense Forces bases strategically positioned across the Jewish state, but no less connected: The Friends of the IDF held a fundraising barbecue in the Five Towns on Sept. 15, and raised more than $500,000.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/23/21
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After nearly 25 minutes of spirited debate at a special Sept. 10 board meeting the Lawrence village trustees unanimously decided to put out a request for proposal for a different vendor at the outside snack bar at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/16/21
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Is your relationship with God business or personal? Do you look to “check off the boxes” in your Jewish life or are you interested in a personal relationship with God? I will tell you why I am asking myself and others this question on the eve of this specific new year of 5782.
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By Rabbi Zalman Wolowik
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9/5/21
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The confusion, utter joy and comfort with the familiar were all on display at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere on Sept. 1, the first day of school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/1/21
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Newspaper publisher Horace Greeley’s advice to young men in the 19th century was to go west.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/5/21
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