Calendar for the week of May 20, 2011

May 20-21
Lag B’Omer Weekend
YOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE, located at 859 Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere, is hosting popular singer Yehuda Green, who will lead Carlebach-style Shabbat davening in preparation for Lag B’Omer. Following havdalah, a barbecue melaveh malka will begin at 10:30 p.m. in the lobby of the synagogue. Participants are encouraged to bring musical instruments. For more information, contact 516-295-0950

A Shabbat of Song
YOUNG ISRAEL OF OCEANSIDE, located at 150 Waukena Avenue in Oceanside, is hosting chazzan Moshe Weiss, who will lead Shabbat services and deliver a lecture on the history of chazanut. Weiss serves as vice-president of the Cantorial Council of America. The YU Maccabeats will accompany his tefillot. For more information, contact 516-764-1099

May 22
Lag B’Omer Celebration
CHABAD OF FIVE TOWNS is holding a Lag B’Omer celebration at Cedarhurst Park in Cedarhurst. The event will include archery, bonfire, racing, a trampoline show, and a bubble show. The event will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.chabad5towns.com or call 516-295-2478.

Lag B’Omer Community Barbecue
CHABAD OF MERRICK, located at 2083 Seneca Gate in Merrick, is holding a Lag B’Omer barbecue with a kumsitz bonfire, kite flying, magic show, and music. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. Suggested donation for this public event is $18 per family. For more information, contact Esther at 516-833-3057 or visit ChabadJewishLife.org

Lox and Learn: Megillat Ruth
ROSLYN SYNAGOGUE, located at 257 Garden Street in Roslyn Heights, is hosting Rabbi Baruch Dov Braun as its breakfast Lox & Learn speaker. Rabbi Raun will address the topic Megillat Ruth & The Merchant of Venice: A Comparative Analysis. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. Rabbi Braun serves as Assistant Rabbi at the Young Israel of Hillcrest in Queens. For more information, call 516-484-0697

Yeshiva building groundbreaking
YESHIVA GEDOLA OF THE FIVE TOWNS, located at 218 Mosher Avenue in Woodmere, is holding a celebration for its new yeshiva building with divrei Torah from Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky and Rabbi Mattisyahu Salomon. For more information, contact Baruch Moskowitz at 516-2958-900 ext. 6

56th Anniversary Dinner
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW HYDE PARK is holding its 56th anniversary journal dinner, honoring Paige and Eric Finkelstein, and Rita and Selig Lenefsky. The dinner will be held at Colbeh, located at 75 North Station Plaza in Great Neck. This synagogue is celebrating its ongoing mikvah project, scheduled for completion this year. The cover is $360 per couple. For more information, call 718-343-0496

May 24
Acheinu parlor meeting
ACHEINU, the internationally known kiruv organization, is holding its Five Towns parlor meeting at the home of Dov and Esther Lebovic, located at 180 Harborview North in Lawrence. The guest speaker is noted maggid Rabbi Paysach Krohn, who will address the topic of raising and educating our children. A video on the topic featuring noted roshei yeshiva Rabbis Aharon Feldman, Yitzchok Scheiner, and Matisyahu Solomon, will follow. The event begins at 8 p.m. For dedications and information, contact Rabbi Simcha Levine at 877-522-3468 ext. 5141.

Soup, Side, Salad and Sweets Sampler
YOUNG ISRAEL OF WEST HEMPSTEAD is holding a Sisterhood food sampler event with HANC alum Shifra (Marcus) Rabenstein, who will speak on the topic Savoring Our Mothers’ Mesorah – Ensuring Our Children’s Legacy. This owmen-only event begins at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place at the home of Meryl and Jeremy Strauss, located at 256 Maple Street. The suggested donation $36, with proceeds going to benefit the Rabbi’s Fund. For more information, call Nancy Greenberg at 516-539-9680.

Good Deed Award
CHABAD OF MINEOLA, located at 261 Willis Avenue, is welcoming “hero intern” Daniel Hernandez as its guest of honor in handing out the Good Deed Award for Long Island Teenagers. Hernandez is nationally acclaimed for helping save Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life as she lay dying in an assassination attempt. This annual award honors local teens for exemplary deeds. The event begins at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Rabbi Anchelle Perl at 516-739-3636 or www.chabadmineola.com

May 29
L’Chaim 5K Run Walk for Israel
YOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATES is sponsoring a 5K run/walk for Israel, with the starting time at 9:30 a.m. at P.S. 178, located at 188 Street and Radnor Road. The route winds through the scenic streets of Jamaica Estates and the fields of Cunningham Park. Funds raised in the run will benefit Israeli victims of terrorism and attracts more than 1,000 participants every year. For more information, contact Linda at 718-479-7500 or visit http://run.yije.org

May 29
Inwood Memorial Day Parade
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS is holding its Memorial Day Parade honoring local veterans and active duty members. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. on the corner of Nassau Expressway and Bayview Avenue, proceeding towards the VFW Post at Doughty Boulevard and Mott Avenue, with food and drinks given out in the parking lot after the parade. For more information, call 516-239-9275.

May 30
Lawrence-Cedarhurst Memorial Day Parade
VILLAGES OF LAWRENCE AND CEDARHURST are sponsoring a Memorial Day Parade honoring local veterans and members of the armed forces. The event begins 10 10:30 a.m. with a short service at the Lawrence Veterans Memorial, located at Central Avenue and Lawrence Avenue. The parade will then proceed on Central Avenue, ending at Cedarhurst Memorial Plaza, at Cedarhurst Avenue and Summit Avenue.

June 1
Jerusalem Day Dinner
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM/JERUSALEM CHAI is holding its Jerusalem Day dinner at Terrace on the Park, located at 52-11 111 Street in Corona, Queens. The event marks the 32nd year for the Old City yeshiva. Among the honorees of its Bonei Yerushalayim award are Nessim and Lynne Tammam of Great Neck. The keynote speaker will be Deputy Knesset Speaker Danny Danon. The coer fee is $300 per person. For more information, contact Shani Hikind at 212-216-9270 or ateret@juno.com.

June 12
Three Cantors perform
SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER, located at 400 Old Westbury Road in East Meadow, is holding a concert featuring cantors Eitan Binet, David Krasner, and Steve Shor, who will perform cantorial, Israeli, hasidic, and popular songs. The general admission is $18. The event begins at 7 p.m. For sponsorship and information, call 516-520-5733 or visit www.suburbanparklevtorah.com

Ongoing
Pictures of Resistance exhibit
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY, located at 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove, is hosting “Pictures of Resistance: Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman,” in partnership with the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. These rare photographs were taken by Faye Schulman, the only known Jewish partisan to document the underground resistance in pictures. The exhibit will run through July 15. The Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $10.00 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors. For information and directions call 516 571-8040 ext. 100 or visit www.holocaust-nassau.org.