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Lawrence invests in village upgrades By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
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The Village of Lawrence has used county and state grants to repave roads, enhance security and beautify the village.
The Village of Lawrence is marking the first year under its new mayor and board of trustees with more than $1.4 million in government-backed projects — from infrastructure upgrades to beautification efforts — and more are on the way. Working with county and state officials, the village tapped into grants that are funding a wide range of projects, including road repairs and upgrades of public safety and infrastructure. On Aug. 19, Mayor Samuel Nahmias posted a State of the ConTinued on page 11
One Israel Fund still on a mission to help Judea and Samaria By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
One Israel Fund, a nonprofit based in Hewlett, has been committed to the safety and wellbeing of over 500,000 residents of Judea and Samaria — the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem — since 1994. “As the premier organization supporting these regions,” the website oneisraelfund.org states, “One Israel Fund works tirelessly to facilitate, on average, over 200 unique projects annually, filling gaps in medical, educational, recreational, preventative security and all other forms of communal and
social welfare.” The group collaborates with community and regional leadership and government officials to help Jewish life flourish. Scott Feltman, of Hewlett, got involved with the organization in 2001, and has been its executive vice president for 18 years. “I spent the first three years as the director of development,” Feltman said. “The first project I was tasked with was raising money for Jewish schools all around the country for children’s bulletproof vests.” Families in Israel signed out bulletproof vests at guard booths to protect their children in case of drive-by
shootings. Feltman left One Israel Fund in 2004 — reluctantly, he said — because of the extensive domestic travel the job required, to Jewish schools in 30 states. He became the executive director of Congregation Beth Shalom, in Lawrence. “When I left One Israel Fund,” he recalled, “it had gone from an organization that was raising less than $1 million (per year) prior to the Intifada years to close to $5 million.” Raising money primarily through fundraisers and donations — among them its annual Summer Barbecue and Fine Israeli Wine Tasting — the organization builds play-
grounds, libraries, community centers, dental clinics and medical centers, and helps with preventive security for Israeli civilians. In 2007, Feltman was asked to come back, but could not commit to doing as much traveling as he had previously. “I finally came to an agreement with them after six months,” he said. “They gave me the leeway
to hire other people in the organization that could help with the travel, and we slowly started to rebuild the organization.” He now has a staff of six fulltime employees and three parttimers in the United States and Israel. “I’ve watched the organization ebb and flow and certainly grow, and now we’re impacting on a much larger ConTinued on page 13