The Long Beach Police Department is partnering with local religious institutions to increase patrol shifts during the upcoming holidays in reaction to recent threats around the country. The effort is …
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By Bridget Downes
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3/30/17
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United Jewish Appeal-Federation (UJA) of New York volunteer Ellen Grossman and 25 of her friends organized a pre-Passover Seder for 85 Holocaust survivors at the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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4/27/16
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Oceanside Jewish Center hosted a women’s Seder in advance of the Passover holiday. The dinner, which was held on April 6, included many women from area synagogues across the South Shore.
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4/13/16
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Linda Levy exclaimed, “I haven’t seen these since I was a kid!” after the Levittown resident held up a can of Mandelin almonds) as she picked out Passover food last Thursday at the Rina Shkolnik kosher food pantry in Woodmere.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/8/16
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Families throughout the area are preparing to welcome spring in the holiday spirit, with Sunday’s Easter celebration, followed by Passover next month.
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By Karen Bloom
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3/23/16
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I’m not saying the sun isn’t shining as you read this (it’s always tricky to write about the weather) but the forecast looked dreadful this week.
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4/10/15
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In a yearly rite of spring, hundreds of local children hunted for eggs and collected candy at the Eggstravaganza on April 4 at Fraser Park in North Merrick.
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4/8/15
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In every generation each person should feel as though she or he were redeemed from Egypt. As it is said: “You shall tell your children on that day saying, It is what the Lord did for me when I went …
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By Paul Hoffman, Rabbi of South Shore Jewish Center
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4/1/15
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Nassau County police patrols will be increased around synagogues, churches and other house of worship for the upcoming Passover and Easter holiday, officials announced on Tuesday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/1/15
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The North and Central Merrick Civic Association threw its annual Spring Eggstravaganza on April 12 at Fraser Park in North Merrick. Merrick families with young children flocked to the park at 11 a.m., finding a Wonka-like field of multi-colored eggs ...
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4/17/14
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