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Understanding trauma from the horrors of Oct. 7
Sadly, Jews have had their own relationship with trauma. From the pogroms to the Holocaust, this trauma has left a long-lasting effect on the Jewish people. more
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A tale of two holidays
Two holidays. celebrated by two religions. Hanukkah, according to the Talmud, celebrates the restoration of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, where a day’s worth of oil burned for eight. Christmas, according to the Bible . . . more
A rabbi’s musings on where antisemitism comes from
What does it mean to be antisemitic? Can Jews do better in fighting against it? This is a complex issue, and a difficult one. It requires looking outside and inside our community. more
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Rabbi Mickey Baum
Blessings this Hanukkah season
Hanukkah is about giving thanks to G-d for His wonders and miracles. more
On Dec. 4, Temple B'Nai Torah in Wantagh hosted a Torah Writing. Ronni Fauci, Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum, Cantor Rica Timman and Joyce Rapaport are standing by the Torahs.
Wantagh-based temple celebrates Torah restoration
Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh recently took a giant step forward in unifying its diverse congregation by hosting a weekend-long spiritual Torah restoration. more
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Rona Kauffman delicately helds a sunchoke, a vegetable that blooms in March.
Wantagh temple garden is giving back to those in need
Birds chirped, and the smell of dirt and garlic filled the warm spring air as about a dozen volunteers worked on a community-service garden at Temple B’nai Torah, in Wantagh, on March 15. They … more
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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
Congregants from Temple B’nai Torah took their first trip as a joint congregation after merging with Temple Emanu-El in East Meadow last June. They visited three historical cities in Europe, including Vienna, where they visited the Staadttemple synagogue.
Temple B’nai Torah embarks on first heritage trip since merger
When faith leaders and congregants were planning the merger of East Meadow’s Temple Emanu-El and Wantagh’s Temple B’nai Torah, an idea that came to mind was to create a heritage trip on which … more
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Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh hosted an interfaith vigil last Sunday to honor the 11 people who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh. Faith leaders who addressed the crowd included, from left, the Rev. James Barnum, of the Bellmore Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Dan Olsen, of New Hope Church in Westbury; the Rev. Christopher Hofer, of the Church of St. Jude in Wantagh; the Rev. Martin Nale, of Christ Lutheran Church of Wantagh; Cantor Rica Timman, Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum and Rabbi Howard Nacht, of Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh; the Rev. Louis Knowles, of the First Presbyterian Church in Levittown; the Rev. Greg Cappucino, of St. Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Wantagh; the Rev. Maxine Barnett, of the Church of St. Jude in Wantagh; and the Rev. Ron Garner, of Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church.
Temple B'nai Torah unites against hate with interfaith vigil
In the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting that left 11 people dead at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, 11 religious leaders from across Nassau County led an interfaith memorial at … more
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Andrea Conwell shared her favorite memories as a congregant at Temple Emanu-El in East Meadow as its upcoming merger with Temple B’Nai Torah in Wantagh approached.
A marriage of ideas
Sitting inside the dome-like synagogue at Temple Emanu-El, you are meant to feel “in the middle” and “included at all times,” Jeff Kraut, a historian and congregant of the East Meadow temple, … more
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