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Mount Sinai dedicates its Sabbath House hospital have enabled it to better serve the spiritual and emotional needs of patients and visMount Sinai South Nassau itors. “I feel very privileged to be celebrated the dedication of its new Sabbath House on Sept. 12, part of this community-wide honoring longtime supporters supported project,” Shalom Iris and Shalom Maidenbaum. said. “It’s essential for the nontraveling-on-SabLocated on the hosbath community. pital campus, the It’s something that f acility of fers a we don’ t see in sanctuary for Jewtoday’s world — ish families and everybody supports other visitors seekit. I haven’t heard ing a place to stay one bad or negative while their loved word about it, and ones receive treatwe hope that it conment. tinues to serve the The Sabbath n e e d s o f o b s e rHouse recently relovance.” cated to larger The Sabbath quarters, at 2500 SHAloM House Committee Washington Ave., MAIDENBAuM also includes Dr. near the hospital’s Mount Sinai South Rajiv Datta; ChapWashington Avenue Nassau benefactor lain Grace Dillon; e n t r a n c e. I t i s Dr. Alan Garely; designed to serve observant Jewish families that Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, chaircannot travel on the Sabbath, man of the hospital’s Departaddressing both religious obli- ment of Medicine; Sondra Gotgations (like visiting the sick) tesman; Dr. Jay Itzkowitz; Kaila and logistics (such as proximity Kelman; Rabbi Jonathan Musto the hospital and Kosher food). kat; Dr. Samuel Sandowski; and For the Maidenbaums, the Dr. Ari Steiner. The group is dedication had deep personal leading the effort to raise funds significance. As members of the for the ongoing renovation and Nassau County Jewish commu- maintenance of the Sabbath nity, their contributions to the Continued on page 14
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Brendan and Jackie Healy took part in the Hispanic Heritage Kite Festival, with their 3-year-old son, Connor, and their 6-month-old daughter, Lily. More photos, Page 3.
We support Temple Israel,that. now a landmark, celebrates 100 years in L.B. By ANGElINA ZINGARIEllo azingariello@liherald.com
Temple Israel, the oldest synagogue in Nassau County, marked its 100th year of worship last week with a brand new, bright blue historic landmark for the building on Riverside Boulevard. The designation was granted by the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island. “No doubt we’ll plan an event of some nature,” Rabbi Elliott Federlan said. “We’re still in the planning stage. We would like to get the other synagogues involved, in addition to the city. This is a rather historic event, and the community at
large should be involved. That’s important to us.” New York state discontinued its historical marker program in the late 1930s, so the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private philanthropic organization based in Syracuse, stepped in to continue the initiative, and its work continues today. Temple Israel provided information verifying its history to the foundation, submitting the congregation’s 1920 certificate of incorporation and a newspaper article from the Brooklyn Eagle from Sept. 1, 1924, reporting on the synagogue’s opening. “Temple Israel in Long Beach is the oldest conContinued on page 7 September 12, 2024
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