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Achiezer’s Krias Program is back for another year!

Last year, volunteers in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway performed more than 45 lainings and enhanced the Purim celebration for many in our community.

If you are a baal koreh and can lain the Megilah on Purim for our elderly, disabled or home-bound neighbors who are unable to attend shul, please sign up today. Additionally, if you or anyone you know requires this service, please contact Achiezer.

In both cases, call (516) 791-4444 or email purim@achiezer.org and Achiezer  will make the necessary arrangements for you. Purim falls on 14 Adar, which this year corresponds with motzei Shabbat, March 15, and Sunday, March 16.

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THURSDAY MARCH 6

LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Ax- elrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. $12 lunch. Alan Stern 516-398-3094.

SANDY RECOVERY FAIR. NY Rising event brings residents and businesses together with agencies working to further recovery from the storm. 4 to 8 pm. Meet with NY Rising-approved contractors and architechts. Law-rence HS, 2 Reilly Rd, Cedarhurst. For info contact Michael Raab, 516-572-1395.

SATURDAY MARCH 8

HALB’s 59th DINNER. Hebrew Academy of Long Beach concludes its 59th dinner campaign on March 8, with a motzi Shabbat gala on HALB’s Woodmere campus. Freda and Scott Englander of Woodmere (left), with three children in the elementary school (and a fourth, 20 months old, a future enrollee), will receive the Rabbi Dr. Armin H. Friedman Young Leadership Award, named in honor of HALB’s dean emeritus and founding principal. Esther and Baruch Weinstein of Cedarhurst (right), with four HALB graduates and a fifth slated to graduate DRS in 2017, will be the Guests of Honor. For information and reservations, call 516-791-8200 ext 107.tt, 1 Piermont Ave. 516-295-2282.

ISRAEL TALK. Tuvia Book series features a tribute to Ilan and Assaf Ramon followed by Israel-style refreshments. Book is an acclaimed Jewish education specialist and author who has lectured around the world. Free. 8:30 pm. Young Israel of Hewlett, 1 Piermont Ave. 516-295-2282.

SUNDAY MARCH 9

BLOOD DRIVE. New York Blood Center is urgently asking donors to roll up their sleeves to replenish our community blood and platelet supply. 8:30 am - 2:30 pm. Congregation Eitz Chaim, 661 Dogwood Avenue, West Hempstead. Pamglassman@aol.com or call 516.238.1849.

MEGILLAH OUTTAKES. Zayin Adar Breakfast. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz tells “the rest of the story.” 9 am. Free. Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere and DRS Faculty. 649 Hungry Harbor Road, (516) 295-1491.