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Gabriella Irizarry, Daphny Milord, Aaron David, Jacob Davis and Emma Gartenstein sang “Eli Eli” at Holocaust Remembrance Day at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on May 10.

Lawrence Woodmere Academy remembers the Holocaust [Photo gallery]

Lawrence Woodmere Academy held a Holocaust Remembrance Day assembly on May 10 that commemorated the victims and survivors of the systematic killing of 6 million European Jews as well as 7 million other people under the Nazi Germany regime of the 1930s and ’40s. more

5/18/16

Rebecca Gordon, a social worker at the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC, helped to serve the food at the Israel celebration lunch.

Holocaust survivors mark Israel’s anniversary

With tables decorated with blue tablecloths and blue paper plates, and centerpieces facsimiles of the Israel flag (blue and white with the Star David), about 100 Holocaust survivors celebrated the 68th anniversary of Israel at the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC’s Independence Day luncheon on May 12. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/18/16

The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s fifth-grade choir, under the direction of Sandy Shmuley, performed at the Holocaust remembrance service.

Remembering to tell the Holocaust Story

More than 1,000 people representing the Five Towns and surrounding communities and 24 area synagogues gathered in Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence on May 4, Holocaust Reme mbrance Day, to honor both the victims and survivors of Nazi Germany’s cultural genocide. more

5/11/16

Holocaust Remembrance Brunch, May 15, Films and Discussion

Cinema Arts Center 423 Park Ave., Huntington Bagel and schmooze - 10am IMMUNITY - 11am REMEMBER - 11:30am Q&A with Screenwriter and Bellmorite, Shari Umansky - 1pm $10 Members | $15 Public www.cinemaartscentre.org more

5/11/16

The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan and the Holocaust story it shows made a huge impact on the HAFTR students.

HAFTR students visit a ‘living memorial’

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) Middle School seventh graders visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan on April 12. The students experienced many emotions as they walked through the “living memorial.” more

5/2/16

The Van der Veer family, of Stein, Holland, hid Rachel Slagter for two years during the Holocaust. Clockwise from top left in this family photo, taken in 1950, were Hans, Sjoerd, Andries, Marjie, Jantje, Andries and Aaltje Van der Veer.

A Holocaust remembrance

For many Five Towns residents, the Holocaust is much more than a dusty memory on the shelf of history. It’s a living, breathing series of events that must be remembered. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/27/16

HAFTR Highlights student columnist Maia Schlussel.

Remembering the Holocaust

Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nissan on the Jewish calendar. It also marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year Yom Hashoah is May 5. more

By Maia Schlussel | 4/6/16

Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Hewlett resident and Holocaust survivor, promotes a message of peace and understanding at her worldwide speaking engagements.

Celebrating Women’s History Month

Hewlett resident Marion Blumenthal Lazan and Carol Berman, of Lawrence, are two of many women who have overcome adversity in their lives to make a difference. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/30/16

Empty shelves at Brach's on Jan. 20. The Lawrence kjosher supermarket will close on May 1.

Brach's kosher supermarket closing on May 1

Despite nearly three months of denials, the rumor has become fact: Brach’s a kosher supermarket in Lawrence will be closing. more

By Jeff Bessen and Vanessa Parker | 2/3/16

Long Island Muslim Society leaders said that interfaith services at the East Meadow mosque, like the one they hosted on June 22, bring community members of various faiths together.

Recapturing the narrative

Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/15

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