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According to research by Tel Aviv University, the Sunrise Association, which celebrated 20 years of service in August, is a source of significant emotional and social benefits for its day campers in the United States and Israel.
As it celebrates two decades of serving children affected by pediatric cancer, the Sunrise Association, based in Oceanside, is now backed by compelling new research highlighting the powerful impact of its programs. A recently released study from Tel Aviv University’s School of Public Health provides concrete evidence that Sunrise — which operates 14 day camps across the United States and Israel — offers significant emotional and social benefits to children with cancer ConTInUed on pAge 11
Lenny Levine is honored for service in Oceanside and beyond By ALYSSA R. GRIFFIN agriffin@liherald.com
Longtime Oceanside resident Leonard “Lenny” Levine has chalked up many different accomplishments — from Korean War veteran to music teacher — and at age 90, he’s still proudly serving his community. Levine, who has lived in Oceanside for 55 years, served the country in the Army during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955. “It was really a war,” Levine said. “We lost 54,000 men.” After returning to his hometown of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, in 1955, Levine hung up his military gear and enrolled at
the Juilliard School, the prestigious performing arts conservatory in New York City. Following years of pursuing a career playing the clarinet, he switched his major to delve into teaching, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1960. “Unfortunately, my instrument was clarinet, and in every major orchestra, the most you’re going to have is three clarinets,” he said. He continued his education just blocks away, at Columbia University, where he earned a master’s in 1961. He later taught music in several school districts across New York City and Long Island, including Oceanside.
“I took a lot of courses during the next four or five years, and I’m only six points away from a doctorate,” he added. A chaplain for the Oceanside Jewish War Veterans post for the past 25 years, Levine is one of its longest-serving members. “Unfortunately, through the years, we’ve lost many, many, many people, but I’m still a chaplain there,” he said. H e a l s o s e r ve d o n t h e Oceanside Interfaith Council, representing the Jewish War Veterans. “All the faiths are involved, all faiths represented,” he said, “and we would sit around and discuss what we can do to help people, organize charity events
like (around) Thanksgiving, giving out turkeys and maybe having a dinner.” Though he officially retired from teaching in 1996, Levine remains active with the veterans, and on Se pt. 27, the Oceanside High School Patriots Club honored him during halftime of the Oceanside Sailors’ football game. “It must have been a couple
of thousand kids screaming, ranting and carrying on,” he said. “When they read my biography, you could hear a pin drop. The quiet was so intense, it was unnerving, and I can’t commend them enough.” Levine grew up just a block from his future wife, Sandy, in Brooklyn. After marrying in 1961, they moved one block furConTInUed on pAge 5