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New chapter for Temple Beth El Locust Ave. building is sold to local yeshiva for $6 million the small crowd. “On this night of Hanukkah, the night of rededication, tonight we are Worshippers at Temple going to take a moment to Beth El rededicated the Cedar- rededicate ourselves and our hurst synagogue as a commu- synagogue, because we have nity beacon on the first night hope for a strong and bright future.” of Hanukkah last week. Temple President Bob FisAs the Festival of Lights began, the temple received its chman declined to reveal the biggest gift, name of the buyer, according to Eddie but said it was a Edelstein, its edulocal boys’ high cational director. s c h o o l ye s h iv a . He told the nearly T he main syna30 members who gogue will be gathered for the leased to Temple lighting of the Beth El. first candle that “Our objective the century-old was to transfer building, on ownership, which Locust Avenue in would give us subCedarhurst, had stantial resources been sold to an that we would othunidentified buyer erwise not have who intended to while maintaining ke e p t h e s y n a our presence gogue in operahere,” Fischman tion, and that a $2 said. “Our agreemillion down pay- EDDiE EDELSTEiN ment permits us to m e n t h a d b e e n Educational director use our main sancreceived on Dec. 6. tuary, the small The total sale price is $6 mil- chapel, of fices as well as lion. shared meetings access like “The sale is what will allow special events like this. us to continue to move for“It is a good complementary ward and be who we are, to arrangement,” he added. continue being Temple Beth El Members gathered at the for many years to come Edel- C o n s e r v a t ive t e m p l e f o r stein said, to applause from Continued on page 20
By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ
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Cedarhurst village officials honored Micah Leder with a citation at the dec. 4 board meeting. From left were trustees daniel plaut and israel Wasser, Mayor Benjamin Weinstock, Leder, trustee Myrna Zisman, State Sen. patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and deputy Mayor ari Brown.
Cedarhurst resident’s rescue efforts in Israel are recognized By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
Cedarhurst resident Micah Leder, a member of the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol, was observing the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel. He learned about the attack from nonobserving members of the volunteer patrol group, who relayed the information to him using radios. Leder said that members would report death toll numbers that didn’t seem real. “It didn’t make sense,” Leder said. “We were in shock.” The number started at 200 and would eventually grow to more than 1,000 dead.
Last month, Israel officials confirmed the number of deaths to be around 1,200. Leder, along with Jesse Vogel, of Far Rockaway, and Y. Isaac Stern, of Lawrence, are part of the search-and-rescue team that helps safeguard Far Rockaway, the Five Towns and West Hempstead. Along with their commitment to the safety patrol, they are also members of Chesed Shel Emes, a nationwide Jewish volunteer organization that provides after-death services for Jewish community members. One group is headquartered in Brooklyn. Through connections in Israel, the safety patrol has a relationship with members of ZAKA (a Hebrew abbreviation for Zihuy Continued on page 18
he sale is what will allow us to continue to move forward and be who we are, to continue being Temple Beth El for many years to come.