It was an evening marking Yom HaShoah, the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside dedicated a new Holocaust Memorial and Remembrance Garden.  After an introduction by Sam … more

Teenage volunteers from the Orthodox Union’s NCSY youth program helped stock the food pantry at the JCC of the Rockaway Peninsula, last Tuesday in Far Rockaway, with fresh produce, oil, matzoh … more

Leaders of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC sent a 25-question survey to 3,500 members to gauge their interest in programs the Jewish Community Center should offer as it acquires the Temple Israel … more

The JCC of the Greater Five Towns and Temple Israel of Lawrence have signed a letter of intent for the Cedarhurst-based JCC to buy the temple’s property on Central Avenue in Lawrence. The … more

The Five Towns and Far Rockaway were prepared for whatever Juno might have delivered, thanks to the cooperation of municipal, state and non-profit players who gathered at Achiezer on Central … more

With all the Yomim Tovim coming up, Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere held a food drive to help those in need. Over the past few weeks, the students collected non-perishable food items. After … more

A exhibit of local miracles —35 black and white portraits of members of the Chaverim Holocaust survivors group — was displayed during Chanukah at the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns. The headshots, titled “Dreams from Nightmares,” are the work of George Bargad Bogart, a New York photographer who comes from a family of many Holocaust survivors. more

More than 100 volunteers converged Sunday on the Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett to stuff backpacks for children in need. Participating in an event organized by Supplies for Success, children, parents and grandparents came from Brooklyn, Manhattan and West Hempstead, as well as from the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. more

Most people don’t remember much from when they were 5 years old, but Joel Block has an indelible memory of the day in 1965 when his father and grandfather were killed in a plane crash. “I was at a Coney Island JCC day care,” said Block, who grew up in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, “and a woman named Lottie took special care of me. She drove me home on a school bus. I didn’t appreciate that until later [in life]. I realized the power we have to be helpful in people’s lives when they need it.” more

Consistent with the new year, HAFTR Middle School ran a pre-Rosh Hashana food drive to help out the local JCC food pantry. more