Famous Members
Author and talk show host Dennis Prager taught at East Midwood's Hebrew Day school, and famous congregational members have included Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was confirmed at East Midwood, and filmmaker Marc Levin. Levin's grandfather, Herman Levin, had been a president of the East Midwood Jewish Center, and had also helped found, and been a long-time lay-leader of, the Reconstructionist movement.
East Midwood has also had members who have died under tragic circumstances, including Jason Sekzer, who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Danny Farkas, a New York police lieutenant and National Guard soldier who died while stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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