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HERALD All the News of the Five Towns
National spotlight shines on locals
lawrence has two Covid cases
Freda Heyman is remembered
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Advancing high-caliber research
Students will present to experts Schein, a Woodmere resident, and Sharin, who lives in Atlantic Beach, worked online Two Five Towns residents on separate projects with gradwill present their science uate students in the Garcia research to as many as 14,000 Scholars Program at Stony members of the Brook. The pair Materials Reare now preparing search Society two-minute-long from over 90 counPowerPoint videos tries at the organithat they will zation’s fall conpresent to convenvention on Dec. 4. tion attendees. The presentation D r. M i r i a m will be a virtual Rafailovich, a one, amid the conm at e r i a l s e n g i tinuing coronavineering researchrus pandemic. er and a distinNava Schein, a guished professor senior at the of engineering, DR. MIRIAM Hebrew Academy has directed the of the Five Towns RAFAIlOVICH Garcia prog ram a n d R o c k a w a y Garcia Summer for 25 years. High School, and “Both Amy and Scholars Program Amy Sharin, a Nava g ained so L aw r e n c e H i g h m u ch f ro m t h e S c h o o l s e n i o r, c o n d u c t e d Garcia research experience,” advanced research through the said Rebecca Isseroff, a chemisGarcia Summer Scholars Pro- try and science research teachgram at Stony Brook Universi- er at Lawrence High School and ty that was accepted by the a science research teacher at prestigious society, whose HAFTR. “It is amazing that members represent academia, given the conditions of panindustry and national laborato- demic restrictions, Dr. Rafailovries. Their research impacts ich was able to reinvent the biology, chemistry, engineering and physics. Continued on page 8
By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Courtesy Carl Baessler
Slow down, you move too fast Atlantic Beach residents held a rally to draw attention to speeding through the village on Park Street. From left were County Legislator Denise Ford, rally organizer Kevin Kelley, State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas and village Trustee Linda Baessler. Story, additional photo, Page 5.
Learning virtually at Yachad Joint Hebrew school strengthens Jewish education By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
While the coronavirus pandemic has curtailed in-person learning at schools and religious institutions across the country, the Hebrew school run by Temple Beth El, in Cedarhurst, and Temple Hillel, in North Woodmere, has made a smooth transition to virtual learning. Yachad, which means together in Hebrew, is the joint school formed by the temples two years ago because of a decline in enrollment in their individual schools, according to Temple Hil-
lel Rabbi Steven Graber. Since March, learning has taken place on Zoom every Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30, in subjects including Hebrew readings and Jewish history, philosophy and holidays. “We first took the name because it was the two synagogues coming together,” Graber said. “Now, in a time of separation, the word together means so much more.” He added that there are currently 110 students, ranging in age from 10 to 13, attending Yachad. The feedback Graber has received from students and par-
ents has been positive. “We try to balance things out and not have the kids just sit in front of the computer screen,” he said. “We’ ll play Simon Says in Hebrew to get the kids moving. Zoom is a positive teaching tool that definitely has some advantages, and we’ve learned to make it work.” Temple Hillel congregant Renee Paskal, who lives in North Woodmere, said that her 12-yearold daughter has enjoyed the virtual learning. “I think the synagogue so far has performed as well as could be in doing the virContinued on page 11
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