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A little over a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, Gammy’s Pantry, in the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, has continued to help those in need of food. Pantry founder Sasha Young said that the need remains constant.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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3/31/21
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Among the many items in the proposed $103.4 billion New York state budget is money for case management services and the UJA-Federation of New York is campaigning for an additional $2.5 million to aid Holocaust survivors.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/17/21
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After months of planning, the Inwood/Lawrence Police Athletic League program is ready to get under way at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, with two new youth programs.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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2/17/21
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There were solemnly bowed heads and tears, and handmade signs and spoken words of appreciation for Peter Vincent Sobol, the unofficial mayor of Inwood, who died on Feb. 3.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/10/21
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Whether it’s regularly calling congregants, delivering goody bags on holidays or holding virtual programs ranging from educational to social, Five Towns synagogues continue to find creative ways to remain connected with their membership.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/27/21
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A lengthy, threatening note slipped into a package of Five Towns Jewish Times newspapers that were left on the doorstep of Rabbi Kenneth Hain’s Lawrence home last Friday attacked him after Hain, a prominent spiritual leader, took a stand against a news photo that the outlet recently published on its front page.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/19/21
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As the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out across the globe, some 200 residents and staff at the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, in Woodmere, received their first dose of the two-dose Pfizer treatment on Monday, the first day the vaccines were made available to the nation’s nursing homes.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/23/20
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The aisles are wide, the lighting is bright and freshness abounds with the grand opening of the new 67,000-square-foot Stop & Shop supermarket at 253-01 Rockaway Blvd., in the Five Towns Shopping Center on Oct. 30, and listed as the Woodmere store by Stop & Shop officials.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/30/20
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Seven memorials made of metal symbolizing trees stand in an area of the bais medrash (study room) in the Lawrence building that houses the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway lower school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/23/20
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Covid-19 has taken a devastating toll on our country and county in many ways. Far too many family members, friends, and neighbors have lost their lives, while the impact of the pandemic has brought unimaginable suffering financially, emotionally and even spiritually. I felt the frustration so many felt when our schools, businesses, and houses of worship had to close last March, and I felt the joy upon their reopening a few months later.
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By Laura Curran
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10/8/20
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