G-d instructs Moshe to tell the people about the importance of observing His statutes and laws: “Keep My decrees and laws that a person can do — and live with them. For I am …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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5/4/16
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Eight Jewish institutions in central and southern Nassau County will receive nearly $575,000 through the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a spokesman for Rep. …
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By Diana Calapietro
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8/10/16
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We are a people who are proud to honor the Bris Milah and willingly and unquestioningly circumcise our sons. We do this because of our commitment to our end of the Covenant, and our belief that as …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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12/13/16
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Friday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz by Red Army troops in 1945. As Noah Lederman discovered, not all sites of the Shoah are …
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By Noah Lederman, JTA
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1/25/17
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Over 400 guests joined HAFTR last weekend in celebrating the school’s 39th year.
The school honored parents Annette and Rob (’88) Satran, residents of Lawrence and parents of Jamie …
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3/1/17
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Sara Duani, who serves as Jewish Studies Curriculum Coordinator and a Jewish Studies teacher at Yeshiva Har Torah, was recently named a Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award winner for …
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4/26/17
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Numbers play a significant role in Judaism, and for the 110 women who attended the AMIT’s annual Yom Iyun (Day of Learning) at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on July 26, specific figures …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Herald Community News
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8/2/17
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Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg in a post-Yom Kippur message on his social network asked for forgiveness for the misuse of Facebook in the past year.
He posted on his personal Facebook …
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JTA
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10/1/17
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More than 100 early childhood educators from across Long Island gathered at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Early Childhood Center, in West Hempstead, on Nov. 7 for a day of professional …
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11/22/17
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It is deeply humbling for me to stand before this vibrant democracy to have the great honor to address this Knesset, the first vice president of the United States to be afforded that privilege here …
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By Vice President Mike Pence
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1/24/18
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