On the Calendar

Week of July 25

Long Beach - Sell your old gold and silver for cash at Congregation Bnei Asher, 161 Lafayette Road, on Sunday, July 27 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. A licensed buyer will be present. For more information, call Stewart at (516) 448-8377.

Baldwin - South Nassau Community Hospital is offering parent-child education classes and support groups during the month of July. Mommy & Baby Yoga classes will be held on Monday, July 28 from noon until 1:15 p.m. Maternity Orientation classes will be offered on Thursdays, July 24 and 31 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Prepared Childbirth and Yoga classes will be held in the Parent/Child Education Classroom, located at 2277 Grand Avenue, on the 2nd floor, in Baldwin, and the Maternity classes will be in South Nassau’s Albert Conference Room A. For more information and to register for classes, please call (516) 377-5310.

Oceanside - The Oceanside Jewish Center will host Dr. Elaine Solowey and Mr. David Lehrer from Israel’s Arava Institute on Wednesday, July 30 at 8:15 p.m. Dr. Solowey was written up in Hadassah Magazine recently, as she was able to germinate the 2,000 year old seed found in an ancient jug at Masada. That seed is now a 4 foot tall date palm plant. There is no charge for this event, sponsored by Jewish National Fund and the Oceanside Jewish Center, located at 2860 Brower Avenue. For more information, please call (516) 536-6112.

Mineola - Congregation Beth Shalom Chabad will host the remaining two classes of a three part series entitled “Heaven on Earth: A Virtual Tour of our Holy Temple” on two Thursdays, July 31, and August 7 from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The classes, given by Rabbi Anchelle Perl, cost $36, which includes a student textbook. Beth Shalom is located at 261 Willis Ave in Mineola.

Lido Beach - The Lido Beach Synagogue will host guest speaker, Dr. Richard Grazi, Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Maimonides Medical Center on August 2. For more information, please call the synagogue office at (516) 889-9650.

Lido Beach - The Lido Beach Synagogue will show a documentary, “The Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik” on Sunday, August 3 at 8:00 p.m. A discussion will follow with producer and director Ethan Isenberg. For more information, please call the office at (516) 889-9650.

Cedarhurst - Chabad of the Five Towns will host a women’s class with Mrs. Chaya Franklin on August 4 at 8:30 p.m. There is no swimming, music, or meat. Mrs. Franklin will speak about the latent spirituality in Jerusalem and what we’re missing without Mashiach. The suggested donation is $10. Chabad is located at 74 Maple Avenue. For more information, please call (516) 295-2487.

Cedarhurst - Congregation Kehillas Yaakov Tzvi will be having a Nine Days/ Holocaust program on August 5 at 8:30 p.m. in the Red Shul, sponsored by David and Penina Klein. Featured speakers are Rabbi Yaakov Feitman and Moshe Katz, a Holocaust survivor. A light buffet dinner will be served. The Red Shul is located at 395 Oakland Ave., off West Broadway in Cedarhurst.