Cedarhurst under construction

After half-decade, Agudah of Five Towns to be complete by Pesach

By Michael Orbach

Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770

The Agudah of the Five Towns on Peninsula Boulevard

Construction on three shuls in Cedarhurst is expected be complete by the end of this year. Listed in ascending order of the length of time each project has taken thus far, they are The Chofetz Chaim Torah Center, Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, known as the Red Shul, and Agudath Israel of the Five Towns.
The Chofetz Chaim Torah Center, at 7 Derby Lane, 

Shluchim come home

By Mayer Fertig

Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770

(L-R) Rabbi Anchelle Perl, Mineola; Rabbi Levi Gurkov, Oceanside; Rabbi Eli Goodman, Bach Jewish Center in Long Beach; Rabbi Mendy Heber, Brookville & Glen Cove (Photos by Chaim Perl/chabad.com)

Talk about Jewish Time: I was two-and-a-half-hours late to the closing banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim and didn’t even miss the fish.
After several missed opportunities to attend the annual gathering in Brooklyn of Chabad emissaries from around the world, this year everything fell into place

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