JCC appoints Joel Block as exec director
From JCC of Greater Five Towns
The JCC of the Greater Five Towns has announced the appointment of Joel Block as executive director. Block will provide strategic direction for the JCC and rely on his expertise in program development and community relations to expand JCC’s curriculum, strengthen its community ties and encourage overall growth.
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7/18/13
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Congregation Beth Sholom is proud to honor an extraordinary couple, Melodie and Marty Scharf from Lawrence. They truly exemplify service to the community.
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By Anne Furmansky Fuchs
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1/17/13
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Congregation Beth Sholom Youth Department, under its new Youth Director, Moshe Cohen held a unique interactive Chanukah event as they said their final goodbyes to an Amazing Chanukah.
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12/27/12
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On Sunday, a group of volunteers from the Englewood Jewish community came to the Five Towns to sponsor a BBQ, tailgate style, at the home of Karen Green, Publisher of the Jewish Star. The group of eight New Jerseyans turned out delicious hot dogs and burgers from noon till dark with a smile, even enduring a Giants loss broadcast on the radio that blasted in the background.
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By Karen C. Green
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11/15/12
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April 2
Chabad of The Five Towns
Youth Zone for Pesach for children ages 3-6
. A fun filled hands on hour of activities related to Pesach.
Chabad of the Five Towns is located at 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst
5:30-6:30 pm. For more information please call 516-295-2478 or www.chabad5towns.com.
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3/29/12
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The black and white pictures of Jewish personalities and scenes float, shuffle, and gather across the velvet-black background as the violin-led strains of the theme from Schindler’s List plays. Albert Einstein, Eli Weisel, a street in Europe, an Israeli flag unfurled at the Kotel and then the cursive words “What It Means to Be a Jew” appear and fade.
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By Malka Eisenberg and Karen C. Green
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2/9/12
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Wednesday brought a 5.9 earthquake that shook the east coast from the Carolinas to Canada. The Jewish Star readership chimed in on their experiences:
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By The Jewish Star readership
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8/25/11
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By Michael Orbach
Issue of April 9, 2010 / 24 Nissan 5770
The Young Israel of Woodmere began with a phone call in 1955.
The call was to Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky, then a first grade …
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4/7/10
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By Mayer Fertig
Issue of November 6, 2009/ 19 Cheshvan 5770
In Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, followers of Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kohn, known as the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe, …
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11/3/09
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By Mayer Fertig
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769 After years of talk about a tuition crisis, many families that scrimped and sacrificed to send children to yeshiva in the past have hit a …
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8/18/09
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