Just as many have asked, “Where were America’ s Jews in the 1930s and during the Shoah ?, ” our grand-children will ask, “Where were you after Oct. 7?”
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By Ed Weintrob
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5/15/24
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Rikki Ash (pictured) has always known her beloved grandfather was a special person. She knew that he had lived a life of purpose and made every day count. In her new …
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By Jodi Green
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5/8/24
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As is customary at Yom HaShoah commemorarions, six candles were lit in the Five Towns on Sunday night, one for each million of the six million Jews who were slain by the Nazis. Four of the candles …
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By Ed Weintrob
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5/8/24
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It's time to come home!
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5/3/24
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Antisemitic vandalism struck Long Island over the weekend, with Jew-hatred expressed in spray-painted graffiti along a heavily trafficked road that connects Bellmore and Merrick to East Meadow.
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By Jordan Vallone, LI Herald
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4/17/24
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A few years after publishing “Ten Times Chai: 180 Orthodox Synagogues of New York City,” featuring 613 photos of the interiors of existing Orthodox synagogues in the five boroughs, …
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4/10/24
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Israelis who experienced the Oct. 7 attacks joined members of several Nassau synagogues at Congregation Ohav Shalom, discussing their experiences and how American Jews can help communities in Israel.
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4/3/24
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The Republican congressmember representing the Five Towns has introduced a resolution expressing Congress’ sense “that Israel must be in full support of any negotiation or agreement …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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4/3/24
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The words that come to me as I absorb with great sadness the sudden passing of Joseph Lieberman, of blessed memory, are from the verses describing his namesake, Joseph in ancient Egypt: How all who …
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By Rabbi Warren Goldstein
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4/3/24
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Amit and Tomer Ades decorated their home in the beginning of October to celebrate their son’s fifth birthday. What they didn’t prepare for was celebrating his birthday in a safe room …
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By Ben Fiebert, LI Herald
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4/3/24
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