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Vol 14, No. 18 • TheJewishStar.com
THE NEWSPAPER OF LONG ISLAND’S ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES
No. 5 prize goes to Shulamith Girls’ school will occupy C’hurst building in Sept, sidetracking Inwood move By Ed Weintrob The Shulamith School for Girls will become an all-Cedarhurst institution in September, thanks to a deal unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Lawrence School District. The Orthodox day school was awarded a $500,000 one year lease with a one year option to the No. 5 public school at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. The board had previously resolved to close No. 5 this June because the district has excess capacity. Shulamith was planning to move to the Forest Labs property it acquired in Inwood — but that properly is anything but move-in-ready as is the fully operational No. 5 building. In a statement to its families, Shulamith said Shulamith said the Inwood site “remains a significant asset” and the No. 5 lease will allow them to evaluate their options “in the coming weeks and months.” As a result of the deal for No. 5, Schulamith will be able to consolidate its Lower and Middle Divisions and house them together under one roof with a new high school that is set to launch in September. The Lower
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and Middle Divisions are currently housed at Congregations Beth El and Sons of Israel. The Shulamith pre-school will remain separate. The Shulamith statement, signed by President Ari J. Cohen and Executive Director Rabbi Perry Tirschwell, lauded the new facility as a “beautiful, well-maintained premises in the heart of the Five Towns [including] spacious classrooms with abundant natural lighting, high ceilings, comfortable office space, a gym, outdoor playground and courts, parking and a 400+ seat auditorium.” Lawrence School Board President Murray Forman said several institutions were approached regarding the No. 5 site but that “Shulamith offered the highest rent and most favorable option for the district.” “We have a short-term tenant while we assess the long-term strategy,” Forman said. In addition to receiving rent, the Lawrence district expects to save around $800,000 in operating expenses as Shulamith assumes responsibility for building maintenance, officials said. Gala dinner takes Shulmaith to ‘next level’: See story on page 9.
Once again, Israel rushes in with helping hands I
I came across a video of the Nepal-bound IDF medics. The field hospital commander, Col. Dr. Tarif Bader, was giving his 260 soldiers a pep talk before boarding the plane, whose tail is painted with the navy blue stripes and Star of David, which was loaded with emergency supplies: “We are prepared for anything. We leave here strong, full of motivation and with pride to do the job. Currently, the only hospital over there — functioning independently — is ours. Ours is the main hospital there, and anyone who is able to contribute, will do so. We will run into problems, dilemmas and challenges, but they will be met and we will improvise solutions. In that spirit I wish all of us good luck. We will do this. And we will do it with dignity and we will do it successfully.” gain, Israel is saving lives, the first to be there to help in an international disaster and crisis, deploying a hybrid of compassion and skill that blooms deep from the well of Jewish values. Tikkun olam is the fiercest definition. Of course, Israel is not alone. It is heartening to see so many countries dropping everything to help. In the final analysis, with all of our differences, we are all part of the human community, all equally vulnerable to the peaks and valleys of nature. And so, instinctively, we stand with each other in such moments. Like so many did for Israel when Continued on page 7
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keep hearing this phrase: “When the tallest mountain trembles, the smallest mountain comes to help.” As if the friendship between the people of Nepal and the people of Israel was not already so strong. Now it will be stronger. Israelis are no strangers to Nepal. As has become the ritual over the past decades, many IDF soldiers travel to Nepal and India upon termination of their service. Israel is dotted with restaurants, TEHILLA R. clothes shops and more, in GOLDBERG the Nepalese VIEW FROM CENTRAL PARK and Indian style. The biggest Passover seder in the world is hosted by Chabad for the many thousands of young Israeli travelers far from home, traveling in Kathmandu. And now Kathmandu is in trouble, lying in utter devastation and desperation, after being struck by the force of an earthquake and countless aftershocks. The photos alone break the heart. I feel so proud of Israel, a tiny country with a huge heart. It never ceases to amaze me; of all the countries, Israel is so small — the size of New Jersey — yet her delegation is the largest.