This week marks the sheloshim of the petirah of one of our community’s leading rabbis and educators, Rav Aharon Brafman, zt’’l. Rav Brafman’s entire life was dedicated to …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/13/17
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The completition of a new Torah scroll for the fledgling Sephardic Congregation of Hewlett was celebrated on Sunday.
After the sefer was completed in the Lawrence home of Eric and Mina Aminoff, …
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By Ed Weintrob
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9/7/17
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Police on Friday arrested a Far Rockaway man they believe is the hit-and-run driver who severely injured Rabbi Jordan Kelemer as he crossed Hempstead Avenue to enter the Young Israel of West …
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The Jewish Star
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9/4/17
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The Young of Israel of Woodmere’s five rabbis signed a statement “unequivocally denouncing” the Charlottesville, Virginia, terror attack.
In a message sent to members of the the …
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By The Jewish Star
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8/23/17
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A Far Rockaway man who allegedly identified himself as a police officer and attempted to enter the Young Israel of Woodmere during Shabbos services, was arrested in Cedarhurst, according to …
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By Jeff Bessen, Herald Community News
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8/17/17
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Tuvia Tenenbom, best-selling author of “I Slept in Hitler’s Room” and “Catch the Jew” will be speaking at Congregation of Beth Shalom this Sunday, July 23, about …
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By Zachary Schechter
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7/19/17
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With the start of summer, The Jewish Star is again pleased to publish a special summer message by Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere. Rabbi Billet urges that his congregants …
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By Rabbi Hershel Billet
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6/28/17
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The widow of Rabbi Maurice Lamm spoke about consolation and thanks on Sunday night, at a shiur to mark Rabbi Lamm’s first yahrtzeit.
“Thank you so much for helping me through a …
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By Ed Weintrob
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6/14/17
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Harav Binyomin Kamenetzky, a pioneer in the establishment and growth of Orthodox Judaism in the Five Towns, was niftar on erev Shabbos. Thousands attended his levaya on Sunday at the Yeshiva of South …
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The Jewish Star
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5/3/17
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Ground was broken on Sunday for Kehillas Ahavas Yisrael of Cedarhurst’s new building at 545 Arbuckle Ave. Pictured from left: Shul board member Izzy Wasser; Assemblywoman Melissa Miller; …
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4/26/17
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