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Community Articles/Community Events
ABananagrams and backgammon tournament was recently held at the home of Claire Cohen, to raise money for Yad Eliezer. Nissim Alouf, one of the organizers of the tournament, spoke of the importance of Yad Eliezer, saying, “Yad Eliezer is a tremendous and awesome organization that feeds the hung...
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Community Articles/Community Events
It was raining sunshine at this year’s Yad Eliezer's annual tournament, in contrast to last year's downpour and quick change of venue to the Deal JCC. Hosted by Karen and Joe Shabot, approximately 300 basketball and tennis players proved their competitive skills throughout the day.
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Yad L’Achim was established in 1950 to help new immigrants adjust to the newly born country of Israel.
It was founded during Operation Magic Carpet—the dramatic airlift that brought Yemenite Jews to Israel. Since then, Yad L’Achim has been there for every wave of immigrants, i...
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Community Articles/Organizations
The Sephardic Renaissance, a not-for-profit organization, has just established a special chapter in Israel—Yaldei Yisrael—in order to reach out to young Jewish girls and boys in small isolated cities who are falling tragically into the clutches of foreign hands that would both spirituall...
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Community Articles/Jewish Communities
A Proud History
Yemenite Jewry represents a proud and unique heritage, replete with great rabbis, philosophers, poets, judges, and community leaders. They maintain the traditions of a Jewish community that hardly experienced Western or European influences on dress, mode of prayer,...
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Community Articles/Education
After a lengthy review process with dozens of educators, clergy members and parents, the board of directors of the Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore (YJS) in Deal Park, NJ voted recently to create a combined third and fourth grade class in the fall. The board reached a unanimous decision after reviewing a...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
The Zvi Dov Roth Academy of Yeshiva Rambam (ZDR) was created in 1997 to respond to the emergence of a pressing need in the Brooklyn community for a new and innovative yeshiva high school. Initiated by Dr. Don Well, the principal of Yeshiva Rambam Elementary School, the educators, directors and paren...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Students, parents, alumni, faculty and administration celebrated nearly 100 years of commitment to Jewish values and education at Yeshiva University High Schools’ (YUHS) annual dinner of tribute at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, recently.
Dr. Edward Berliner of West Orange...
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Community Articles/Community Events
This past spring semester, the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School offered a course in Sephardic Liturgical music, taught by Rabbi Moshe Tessone. This course was arranged in cooperation with the Belz School of Jewish Music (BJSM) at Yeshiva University, and with the foresight of Dr. Joel ...
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Community Articles/Education
If you take a cross-section of a Modern Orthodox yeshivah in Brooklyn, you’ll find a wide range of students: tall, short, big, small, athletic and musical. But there are some students you will not find. Children with Down Syndrome and other developmental disorders beyond the age of six are, su...
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Community Articles/Community Events
First and second graders all recognize two special moments in their school lives that tell them they are really growing up. Yeshivah of Flatbush (YOF) children recently celebrated those milestones.
The Hagigat Siddur for first graders and the Hagigat Humash for second graders bring parents and ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Yeshivah of Flatbush started as a visionary innovation in Jewish education and grew to be the preeminent role model for modern Orthodox yeshivot across the country.
They celebrated their anniversary with the YOF 2007 Auction. As guests entered Shaare Zion Congregation, they were treated to ph...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Nostalgic! What a night! I recently had the great pleasure of attending my 25th class reunion of the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School.
Upon entering the Ohel David and Shlomo Synagogue in Manhattan Beach, I heard roars of laughter. The walls were decorated with blown-up photos of...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
During the mid-winter Intercession break of 2007, Yeshivat Keter Torah put together a phenomenal Golf Tournament to benefit the David Mizrahi A”H Scholarship Fund. The Tournament was held at the luxurious Diplomat Country Club in nearby Turnberry Florida. WE ARE BACK FOR A SECOUND ROUN...
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Community Articles/Community Events
First graders at Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore in Deal Park recently received their first siddurs in a special ceremony at the JCC's Axelrod Performing Arts Center. Each student's book cover was decorated and personalized by their parents, who were called up to the stage individually to present their ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Young Magen David (YMD) of Deal hosted its annual basketball tournaments on a hot Sunday afternoon in August. The boys played at the home of Kim and Charlie Chera, while the girls played right next door at Nina and Sam Cohen's house. Both driveways filled with bikes, there were people in and out ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Move over Jeopardy! The Yeshivah of Flatbush High School College Bowl Team met the TV Challenge recently. More specifically, it was the Cablevision/News12 Challenge, an academic TV quiz show for high schools in the tri-state region featuring the best and brightest local students. The Challenge test...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Third, fourth and fifth graders sat smiling as Borough President Marty Markowitz declared, “You are the crème de la crème!” They had gathered together for the Yeshivah of Flatbush Communications Fair.
Mr. Markowitz, who was invited to speak during a kick-off catered ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
There is a new family in town, and it has introduced a wonderful new program to the Yeshivah of Flatbush. Dr. Susan Gardin came to New York from Detroit, where she was the National Program Director of Kids Kicking Cancer (KKC). Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, a black belt karate teacher, founded KKC follo...
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Community Articles/Education
Whether it is fresh peaches, juicy watermelon slices, or skewers packed with veggies, students in the Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School are delighted with the nutritious snacks being provided for them by the new YOF Nutrition Program. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of YOF mother Julie Betesh,...
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