We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam Polansky a”h, beloved mother of HALB grandparent Reuven Polansky, grandmother of HALB parent, Jacob Polansky, and great grandmother of  Shana (HALB ’23). The funeral has already taken place. Shiva is being observed at the McCrossin residence, 751 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, until Tuesday morning,…

 With profound sorrow we record the passing of Eli Kahn, z”l beloved father of parent Shoshanah Kahn, and grandfather of Miriam and Sarah Kopyto (12th grade),   Deena Kopyto (’16) and Ruth Kopyto (’15). The funeral has taken place in San Diego, California. Shiva will be observed at  3710 Notre Dame, San Diego. She can be reached at 347-282-8895

With profound sorrow, we record the passing of Ann Blumenthal, aleha hashalom, beloved mother of Reuben Blumenthal. The funeral will take place on Thursday, December 21st, at 9:30am at the Boulevard Funeral Home in Hewlett. Shiva will be observed at the Blumenthal residence, 512 Woodmere Blvd., Woodmere, until Wednesday morning, December 27th.

With profound sorrow we record the passing of Vanda Bat Pauline, z”l beloved mother of parent Ralph Benzakein, and grandmother of Leah, Sabrina, Jack and Michael Benzakein. The funeral has taken place. Ralph will be sitting Shiva starting Thursday morning, December 21st through Sunday morning, December 24th at 624 Derby Ave, Woodmere (All Tefilot will be at…

We regret to inform you of the passing of Sidney Finkel z’l beloved brother of Harvey Finkel The graveside  funeral will take place in Florida on Thursday, Dec 21 at 1:00PM Menorah Gardens, 21100 Griffin Rd Southwest Ranches, Florida 33332 Phone(954) 434-1531 Harvey will be sitting shiva in Florida. His cell phone number is 516-642-3767. Shiva 9984 Marsala…

With profound sorrow we record the passing of Ira Hochsztein, z”l beloved brother of former parent Paul Hochsztein, and uncle of alumni, Ariella Hochsztein Friedman(’00), Dara Hochsztein Karhu (’02 and current parent), Tani Hochsztein Gordon (’04) and David Hochsztein (’10). The funeral has taken place. This will be followed by the burial at the Beth David Cemetery  in…

We regret to inform you of the passing of Aharon Lavie a”h, beloved father of Nitzan Lavie. The funeral has already taken place. Shiva will be observed at the Lavie residence, 75-37 167th Street, Hillcrest, Queens, from late Wednesday afternoon, December 13th, until Monday morning, December 18th. Minyanim: Shacharis: 8:00am Mincha/Maariv: 4:15pm The family requests…

We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Jack Shapiro a”h, beloved father of Chaim Shapiro Shiva will be observed at the Shapiro residence at 254 Oakford Street, West Hempstead, from Wednesday afternoon, December 13th, until Monday morning, December 18th. The family requests no visitors after 9:30pm.

  As we approach the winter solstice, one might say it is the darkest day of the year in our hemisphere, or one might say that it is the beginning of longer, lighter days to come. What if the Iranian Ayatollah grabbed the chief rabbi of Iran’s wife, and took her as his own?  There…