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CoMMUNItY UPDAtE Infections as of July 5
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Infections as of June 28 7,735
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Vol. 98 No. 28
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A record of good works Temple Israel’s Rosenbaum leaves for new rabbi post named for founders’ children — including Carol Klein, later to become renowned as singerHis life began in a Connecti- songwriter Carole King — cut community founded by Jew- Rosenbaum attended high school ish New York City firefighters in Brooklyn and then the Jewish that has a street Theolo g y Hebrew named after a famous Academy, finishing singer-songwriter. He in 1975. grew up in a houseHis advocacy for hold that actively Jewish people has lived the Hebrew ranged from helping words tikkun olam, to found the North which translate to American Board of “world repair” and is Rabbis, an organizainterpreted to mean tion that includes acting constructively rabbis from every and beneficially in sect of Judaism; to Rabbi Jay the world. multiple trips abroad Rosenbaum “I was raised to be to establish and a rabbi,” said Rabbi maintain relationJay Rosenbaum, who is leaving ships with political and religious Temple Israel of Lawrence after leaders, including meeting popes 19 years as the synagogue’s spiri- and Arab leaders; to creating a tual leader and a relationship student exchange program as with the temple that began in the part of Temple Israel’s high 1970s. “My father, Mickey Rosen- school. His wife, Amy, who baum, was president of an accompanied him on nearly all Orthodox synagogue in Connect- the trips, died in December. icut” — Congregation Mount Rosenbaum was recognized Moses — “a devout supporter of by the North American Board of Israel who saw Judaism as a way Rabbis as Chaplain of the Year to repair the world and make it a for his efforts with rescue workbetter place.” ers and victims’ families at From Lake Waubeeka, in ground zero after the Sept. 11 Danbury, where the streets were Continued on page 8
By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
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WhIlE ADUltS WERE offered information on services and organizations, children played in a bouncy house at the Five Towns Community Center Health Fair last month.
Expanding awareness of health and services at the fair By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
As Guatemalan Fútbol League soccer games played on Sadie E. Scott Recreation Field, a long stretch of small tents dotted the Five Towns Community Center parking lot in Lawrence as the center’s Health & Prevention Services component hosted a health fair on June 26. O n a s i m u l t a n e o u s ly sunny and cloudy, breezy and humid Saturday, representatives of several health organi-
zations and institutions manned booths and discussed their programs with potential clients. For those who built up an appetite playing soccer or speaking, there were hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages. David Martin Chavez, a coordinator from the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, one of the more gregarious attendees, explained that the 75-year-old organization offers a variety of services, and helps upward of a 100 people per day.
“I try to help, ask questions, find out what they’re eligible for and refer them to as many programs as I can,” Martin Chavez said, adding that many people, from seniors to undocumented immigrants, are unaware of assistance programs. “I give them the information from A to Z, and hold their hand. I say, you’re eligible — take it!” NY Project Hope, a program of the New York State Office of Mental Health that operates at the New Horizon Continued on page 8