Last Thursday evening, Cedarhurst’s Andrew J. Parise Park was filled with joyful noise as the site celebrated its 30th annual Lag B’Omer event.
“Lag B’Omer is truly a day …
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By Melissa Berman, LI Herald
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5/21/25
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Marching in the Israel Day Parade with 40,000 other Jewish people from all across Long Island, the five boroughs and beyond felt like a dream.
I had the incredible opportunity to march with my …
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By Melissa Berman, LI Herald
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5/21/25
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An estimated 40,000 people, including members of Congress and the Knesset, Israeli ministers, local public officials and former hostages and their families, lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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5/21/25
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New Yorker activists were among those attending the Jewish News Syndicate's first International Policy Summit, …
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5/8/25
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s ICARE Foundation will honor community members and hospital doctors at its second annual Blue Phoenix Gala on Thursday, June 5, while raising funds for the …
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By Brian Norman, LI Herald
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5/7/25
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The Maccabiah Games — an international, multi-sport event for Jewish and Israeli athletes of all religions — is often referred to as the “Jewish Olympics.”
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By Brendan Carpenter, LI Herald
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5/7/25
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While most people today know something about the Holocaust, future generations will not have the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from survivors.
Nevertheless, we’ll need to keep the …
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By Nechama Bluth, The Jewish Star
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4/30/25
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Rep. Ritchie Torres told a Yom Hashoah commemoration in west Hempstead on Sunday night that to be successful in the fight for Israel and against antisemitism, Jews must be “politically engaged, …
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By Ed Weintrob
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4/30/25
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The Yom Hashoah commemoration in the Five Towns was different this year. And it was a preview of what’s to come.
In prior years, six Holocaust survivors would each light one candle in …
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By Ed Weintrob
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4/30/25
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Rep. Grace Meng visited 100-year-old Shoah survivor Hanna Slome at Sloane’s home in Flushing, bringing with her a proclamation declaring Slome’s birthday “Hanna Slome Day” in …
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4/23/25
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