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Sign up to receive communications from uscj about an authentic and dynamic judaism, leadership, torah and more. Temple israel of great neck mourns the loss of its former president, william ungar. William ungar obituary great neck, ny new york times. Stay connected with uscj sign up to receive communications from uscj about an authentic and dynamic judaism, leadership, torah and more. Access for the disabled is a real issue, which some synagogues are working to improve. Long island synagogues past and present in new book. Temple israel of great neck where tradition meets change tign. Great neck synagogue an orthodox synagogue located in great neck. Kolodny notes the growth of orthodox communities in the five towns, west hempstead, and great neck, as well as new chabad houses that have emerged to fill in the void. Synagogues of long island landmarks and millions of other books are. Its a sunny saturday morning in great neck, new york, and larry bencivenga is taking me on a.
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