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The Chabad of the Beaches honored firefighters that helped save Torah scrolls from a fire 10 years ago.

A decade ago, there was a fire at Chabad of the Beaches at Beth El. A group of firefighters banded together to save two Torah scrolls from the devastation. They were honored with a service on … more

By Angelina Zingariello | 3/15/24

Once more, Israel goes to war

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

I’ll be choosing my words even more carefully

I’ll be seeing you, just not every week. In June, when I wrote “Column writing through hell and high water,” I told readers I was taking a leave from writing for a few months . . . more

9/21/23

Chabad of the Beaches celebrated a second new Torah Aug. 20, one year after the first.

Chabad of the Beaches has another reason to celebrate

One year after the inauguration of a new Torah, and two years following a heartbreaking act of vandalism that saw two Torahs and various sacred items stolen from the synagogue, the community comes … more

By Angelina Zingariello | 9/3/23

All you can eat? Amid a tenacious virus, not so much.

If there’s one thing that is quintessentially American, it’s the all-you-can-eat, stuff-yourself-till-you-die buffet. Now, as the Delta variant spreads . . . more

8/19/21

Finding common ground between faiths

When he returned to the U.S. after World War II, my grandpa, Vincent Pastore, sometimes sifted through the nightmarish memories that I could never fully understand by simply regarding his Purple Heart. more

2/2/18

Long Beach commemorates Kristallnacht

Rabbi Eli Goodman walked around City Hall on Nov. 6 with a Torah in his hands, as residents touched and kissed the sacred artifact that survived Kristallnacht — also known as Night of the Broken Glass — during which thousands of Jewish shops and synagogues were destroyed throughout Germany and Austria. more

By Ben Strack | 11/10/16

The festival of lights

There was a record-breaking turnout for this year’s menorah lighting ceremony as more than 500 residents crowded Kennedy Plaza on Sunday to mark the first night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Eli Goodman … more

12/10/15

Join the Peanuts gang for their always appealing adventures in Plaza Theatrical Productions' staging of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," this weekend in Bellmore.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... A Step in Time: Molloy College’s 60th Anniversary ExhibitionThe exhibit examines Molloy’s history through photographs, documents and related memorabilia. Through … more

11/4/15

Yosef Hutner, a salesman at National Sukkah Outlet in Woodmere, showed one of several models of sukkahs.

Celebrating the ‘time of our happiness’

What is happiness? It’s a question that has left philosophers pondering for ages. To some, it may be a vacation, a car, a house, or maybe a general feeling of contentment and excitement. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 9/23/15

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