Goldie Steinberg, a long-term resident of the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Long Beach, celebrated her 114th birthday on Oct. 30. Grandell hosted a celebration and welcomed …
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11/6/14
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After making a public announcement in September, Lawrence School District officials found themselves responding to parents’ questions and trying to find an entity to lease the Number Five School.
The …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Nassau Herald
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11/6/14
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A who’s-who of Brooklyn politicos gathered at Downtown Brooklyn’s Junior’s Restaurant last Friday morning to glad-hand over breakfast, just days before the midterm …
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By Noah Hurowitz, The Brooklyn Paper • Photos by Stefano Giovannini
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11/6/14
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Among the things that Jewish women value most about the mikveh experience is the feeling of seclusion, sanctity, and safety.
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By Deborah Fineblum Schabb, JNS.org
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11/6/14
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Lawrence residents David and Shari Shapiro will receive the Keter Shem Tov Award at the EMUNAH benefit dinner on Nov. 15.
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EMUNAH
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10/31/14
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Moishe Hellman and Mel Zachter, Co-Presidents of OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services, announced that the organization’s Annual Gala will be held on Sunday, Nov. 23 at the New York …
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OHEL
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10/31/14
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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Long Island Chapter raised $1.4 million through its Ninth Annual IDF Appreciation Evening last week.
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FIDF
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10/31/14
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Raftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister, got it 100 percent right in a Facebook posting just a few hours after the latest blow to American-Israeli relations—aka …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/30/14
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Four rows of tables were lined up in the old gymnasium of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway in Lawrence as families and friends gathered for a challah bake on Oct. 23 as part of the …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Nassau Herald
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10/30/14
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WARSAW, Poland — In the two millennia between ancient Israel and its modern rebirth, Jews never enjoyed as much political autonomy as they did in Poland, a land that centuries later would …
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By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press
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10/30/14
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