There was music, a catered dinner, crafts, games, latkes and jelly donuts for the annual Festival of Lights.
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Boardman Trio to perform at Temple Shalom
The trio includes Greg Boardman, his brother Kip and Greg’s son Aidan.
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Jewish community shares light during annual Chanukah celebration
James Mockler of Grey, center, was not happy with the view Sunday night from his seat with his mother and his bubbe (Yiddish for grandmother), so he found a better vantage point in the middle of the center aisle at Beth Abraham Synagogue in Auburn during the annual Chanukah celebration. Members of the congregation were […]
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L-A community honors victims of temple shooting
Charlie Dresdner, left, and Johnny Dresdner, the youngest children of Rabbi Sruli Dresdner of Temple Shalom in Auburn, light candles during a special Shabbat service Friday night. Besides the two Shabbat candles, 11 others were lit in memory of the congregants slain in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27. A collage […]
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Preschool program registrations open
AUBURN — Temple Shalom Preschool Program is accepting registrations for the 2018-2019 school year. The preschool program is for children ages 2½ to 5. Preschool sessions are 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Children can attend two (Tuesday and Thursday), three (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), or five mornings (Monday-Friday) a week. A limited number of […]
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From faithless to faithful, Lewiston woman finds happiness in Judaism
LEWISTON — For years, Madeline Strange sought faith. She’d had it as a young child raised in the Protestant faith, but some of the Sunday school teachings didn’t settle right with her as she grew older. “Like that Jesus was God in flesh, that he was the only way to God, the only way […]
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Dorothy Ann Fishman
AUBURN — Dorothy Ann Fishman, 95, of Auburn, died on Friday, Dec. 15, in Auburn at the Hospice House. She was born in Rutland, Vt., on May 26, 1922. She was the daughter of Lewis and Carrie Levin Sussman. She graduated from Rutland High School, Class of 1940. She served two and one half years as […]
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‘Wonderful’ future for past synagogue
AUBURN – Sun shone through the stained glass windows of the Beth Abraham Synagogue on Sunday, and the large, empty room that was once the main sanctuary seemed to echo the presence of past worshipers. It was a bittersweet occasion for the Lewiston-Auburn Jewish community: the deconsecration ceremony for the 100-year-old synagogue at 35 Laurel […]
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Auburn's Beth Abraham Synagogue closing doors, being turned into high-end apartments
Oleg Opalnyk stands in the Beth Abraham Synagogue at 35 Laurel Ave. in Auburn that he recently purchased and plans to renovate into “high-end apartments.” (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — After membership shrank to 15 people, congregants at Beth Abraham Synagogue sold the building last week to a developer who plans to convert it into 10 […]
