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.
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By Shai Beloosesky
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12/21/23
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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 . . .
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12/14/23
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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.
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By Shai Beloosesky
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11/30/23
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Hanukkah is about giving thanks to G-d for His wonders and miracles.
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12/15/22
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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.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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12/8/22
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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 …
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By Maria Cestero
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3/24/22
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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 . . .
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8/19/21
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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 …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/21/18
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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 …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/8/18
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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, …
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By Brian Stieglitz and James Mattone
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5/3/18
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