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Temple Israel votes to stay on Central Ave. the past decade has changed the landscape of those neighborhoods. Temple Israel found Temple Israel, in Lawrence, itself at a crossroad, having to has decided to remain in its decide whether to remain at the home at 140 Central Ave., a Lawrence building or downsize Spanish-style domed sanctuary to a smaller home. During a series of small built in 1930, after questions were raised about the congre- group sessions with members that focused on what the buildgation’s future. Founded 110 ing meant to them years ago in Far and what approach Rockaway, Temple would be best, the Israel is the oldest congregation voted Refor m congregaoverwhelmingly to tion on the South stay. Shore. Its president, “This temple Pe n n y S c h u s t e r, means a lot to me,” said that memberSchuster said. “As ship has declined as the president, it’s a result of changes my job to do what is i n t h e re l i g i o u s best for the temple demo g raphics of PENNy scHustER, and what the conTemple president the Five Towns. gregation as a “ We a r e ve r y whole wants to do. much in the minoriSo had they voted to ty, in that most of d ow n s i z e, t h a t ’s our friends and neighbors go to what we would have planned to an Orthodox temple,” Schuster do. said. “Temple Israel is now, and But the vote to remain in the always has been, a Reform tem- building was overwhelming.” ple. Schuster, who lives in LawThe congregation is facing rence, is a third-generation an uncertain future, as an member of the temple, and her influx of Orthodox Jews in the children attend as well. Her Five Towns communities of grandparents were members Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Inwood, when the temple was founded Lawrence and Woodmere over
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A 7,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, six-bathroom home in Atlantic Beach is the highest-priced property for sale in the village, at $11.5 million.
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homas Tripodi, of Douglas Elliman real estate in Long Beach, gets calls all the time from potential home buyers. But in recent days, many of the calls, from media outlets as well as potential customers, have been inquires about one particular property in Atlantic Beach. “It’s kind of crazy,” Tripodi said, “and very interesting.” The home at 139 Bayside Drive has been on the market for a month, and it’s fair to say that it has attracted lots of attention. It’s a Miami Beach-style house on a double bayfront lot with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, and its ask-
ing price is $11.5 million, a record for the village. The last time the house was for sale — for $2.33 million — was 2005, and it has undergone extensive renovations since then. Tripodi has been selling real estate since 2001, and has marketed many of the highestprofile properties on the 18-mile-long Long Beach barrier island, which extends from Atlantic Beach to Point Lookout. He has said that the area has the potential to become “the new Hamptons,” and properties like the one on Bayside Drive are one of the reasons. “The exclusiveness of the people that come here, for sure,” he said when asked what sets Continued on pAge 19
emple Israel is now, and always has been, a Reform temple.
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