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Dr. Matt Chinsky, of Woodmere, recited the prayer when burning chometz with son Marty, 7, as son David, 4, felt the morning chill at the Woodmere Fire Department’s annual event on April 5.

The four trash cans pitted with small holes were lined in a row outside the Woodmere firehouse at 20 Irving Place and the dumpster was on the other side of the fence as people from the Five Towns and surrounding communities came to burn their chometz. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/5/23

Holidays never tasted so go good as Hillel campers Ella Muntis, left, and Samantha Strenger. Both third-graders, showed off their sukkah creations.

Summer camp fun at Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence

Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence is packing its summer with not only fun but learning with the seasonal theme of holidays showing up in art, creative cooking, the lunch menu and what camp officials called “out-of-the-box specialties. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/28/22

Passover, a time for new beginnings

One of the things the Torah tells us about Pesach is that we have to celebrate it in the spring. “Guard the month of the spring and keep the Passover for your L-rd...” (Deut. 16:1.) more

By Rabbi Zalman Wolowik | 4/14/22

The Woodmere Fire Department held its annual chometz burning on March 26.

Burning the chometz in Woodmere

Residents walked up from nearby homes or drove to the Town of Hempstead parking lot outside the Woodmere firehouse between Franklin and Irving places to drop their chometz (non-kosher food for Passover) in the fire-laden trash cans tended to by the firefighters on the day before the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins March 27. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/26/21

Interpreting the symbols, erasing the hate

For thousands of years, parents and grandparents have fulfilled the divinely ordained commandment to gather around the Seder table and tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt to their children and grandchildren. more

By Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum | 3/24/21

The end of poverty — and terrorism

Much of the Middle East now lies in tatters, ripped to shreds by terrorists. Why can this region find no peace? Why is it continually in conflict? The reasons are numerous. more

7/13/16

Woodmere resident Layla Elkoulily, a junior at Hewlett High School, and her sister, Lina, were verbally assaulted by an unidentified woman on May 23. Above, Layla displayed the certificate she received for attending the Congress of Future Medical Leaders last fall.

Sisters harassed on Woodmere street

Twice in the past two months, members of the Elkoulily family of Woodmere say, they have been the victims of verbal ethnic attacks. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/1/16

Burning the chometz — food items not kosher for Passover — outside the Woodmere Fire Department on April 22.

Tending to the burning chometz [Photo gallery]

Five Towns residents and others from surrounding communities brought their chometz — food items not kosher for Passover — to the 14th annual Woodmere Fire Department chometz burning on April 22. more

4/25/16

New twist on a traditional Passover dessert: creamsicle macaroons.

Celebrating the miracles of Passover

The eight-day holiday of Passover begins Friday night. Pesach, as its called in Hebrew, commemorates the ancient Hebrews exodus from Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. more

Yitzchak Caroll | 4/20/16

Children and adults learned about Passover traditions when the Jewish Discovery Program visited the at the Chabad of the Five Towns last Sunday.

Making matzo at Five Towns Chabad [Photo gallery]

Learning how matzo is made and about the Haggadah, the book that recounts the story of Passover, was brought together by the Jewish Discovery Program at the Chabad of the Five Towns last Sunday. more

4/13/16

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