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Rabbi Held joins legacy lectures
Renowned Jewish scholar discusses his book, ‘Judaism Is About Love’ about love,” an ode to his latest book published last year with the same title. “We are sitting here in the Rabbi Emeritus Charles Klein stepped down as spiritual Rabbi Charles A. Klein sanctuleader of the Merrick Jewish ary,” Rabbi Josh Dorsch, the Centre nearly four years ago, synagogue’s spiritual leader concluding a 43-year career. since 2023, said. “This is the sanctuary — but Upon his retirement, dare I say the comKlein and his wife, Betty, established a munity — that was legacy fund to help built after what was the synagogue an incredibly expand educational re m a rk abl e a n d oppor tunities for a m a z i n g c a r e e r. congregants of all T h e re ’s n o m o re ages. crowning achieveLast month, the ment than the legacy, synagogue welcomed which is why it’s so Rabbi Shai Held, a beautiful that Rabbi leading Jewish Klein’s parting gift scholar, as the third was the creation of installment in the legacy fund — RABBI EMERITUs the legacy fund’s lecture creating an endowseries. Held, who CHARlEs KlEIN ment to ensure that earned a PhD in reli- Merrick Jewish this community will gious studies from Centre be able to bring such Harvard University, high class, incrediis a founder of the bly powerful, promiHadar Institute, a center for nent and educational speakers Jewish life, learning and prac- like Rabbi Shai Held.” tice in North America and IsraIn addressing the lecture’s el. attendees, Klein said he’s long The first two installments of considered Held one of his the legacy series featured speak- teachers. ers in 2023 and 2024. “My love for Jewish study Held’s topic of discussion at has been fueled by really great the Merrick synagogue on May teachers,” Klein said. “Rabbi 21 was simple: “Judaism is
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Hedy Page, in wheelchair, was eight years old when Adolf Hitler invaded Vienna, Austria, and finally escaped the Nazi regime with her brother and parents a year later.
Holocaust survivors discuss their experiences with Kennedy students By BRIAN KACHARABA bkacharaba@liherald.com
For eight Long Island residents, the stories of surviving the Holocaust remain just as vivid over eight decades later. Those heroic men and women visited the Kennedy High School library on May 29 to speak to approximately 35 students about experiences during World War II, how they emigrated to the United States, and the antisemitism that still plagues society today. The survivors who participated included Bella Rosenberg, Gerson Alon, Livia Horovitz, Hedy Page, long-time married couple Sonia and Harry Hochman, and Lea Mlawer. The event was orchestrated by Kennedy’s Community Leadership program led by juniors Lucas Rich and Oren Kichel, under the direction of leadership teacher Brad Seidman, in conjunction with the Westburybased Selfhelp Community Services’ Holo-
caust Survivor Program. According to Selfhelp, antisemetic incidents have skyrocketed 344 percent over the last five years and one in five young Americans believe that the Holocaust is a myth. A similar event was held at the school last year that focused on writing letters to Congress in hopes of getting the events of the Holocaust added to school curriculums. “I really became interested in antisemitism because of my Jewish background,” Rich said. “I felt very powerful about seeing how Jewish people around the world are being attacked. We started with an Instagram account to show all of these antisemetic events around the world and give strategies to deal with antisemitism. To continue along with that, we decided why not hold an event here similar to the one we held last year with a roundtable discussion with several Holocaust survivors to speak about the CoNtiNued oN PAge 23
e is one of the most influential teachers I’ve had over the course of my life.
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